Omar Sy

Biography

Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.

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Acting

—		Le Chat du rabbin as Le chat
—		French Lover as Abel Camara
—		Mercenary

2025		Shadow Force as Isaac
2025		Out of Control as Julien

2024		Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires as Self
2024		The Killer as Sey
2024		The Strangers' Case as Marwan
2024		The Book of Clarence as Barabbas

2023		Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023		Beau geste as Self
2023		Father & Soldier as Bakary Diallo

2022		Jurassic World Dominion as Barry Sembène
2022		Cannes Festival as Self - Guest
2022		The Takedown as Ousmane Diakhité
2022		Drôles de familles as Self

2021		Fake News as Starsky, the Uber driver
2021		C ce soir, le débat as Self - Guest
2021		Humberto as Self
2021		Lupin as Assane Diop

2020		La télé d'Omar et Fred
2020		GIMS: On the Record as Self
2020		Anelka: Misunderstood as Self
2020		Simply Black as Omar Sy
2020		Night Shift as Aristide
2020		Refugee as Marwan
2020		The Call of the Wild as Perreault
2020		The Lost Prince as Djibi, le père / le prince

2019		Arctic Dogs as Leopold (voice)
2019		The Wolf's Call as D'Orsi
2019		Yao as Seydou Tall

2018		Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
2018		Belleville Cop as Baaba Keita
2018		The Perfect Day as Self

2017		Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy as Self, Actor
2017		Knock as Knock
2017		Transformers: The Last Knight as Hot Rod (voice)
2017		Face the Classroom as Self - Guest
2017		Sahara as Ajar (voice)

2016		Two Is a Family as Samuel
2016		Inferno as Christoph Bouchard
2016		Quotidien as Self - Guest
2016		The Blues: Another Story of France as Self
2016		Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner as Himself
2016		Chocolat as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

2015		Burnt as Michel
2015		Jurassic World as Barry
2015		Mune: Guardian of the Moon as Sohone (voice)

2014		CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
2014		Samba as Samba Cissé
2014		Good People as Khan
2014		X-Men: Days of Future Past as Bishop

2013		L'entrée des Trappistes as Self
2013		Mood Indigo as Nicolas

2012		On the Other Side of the Tracks as Ousmane Diakhité
2012		Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? as Mosby
2012		The Dream Team as Wéké N’Dogo

2011		Fish 'n' Chips as Fish (voix)
2011		The Intouchables as Driss
2011		Bref as Omar Sy
2011		The Tuche Family as Le curé
2011		Marrakech du rire as Self

2010		The Storytelling Show as Momo (voice)
2010		Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker as Taxi driver
2010		Conte de la frustration as Mo
2010		The Not-So-Little Thumbling as Grand Poucet

2009		Murphy's Law as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
2009		Micmacs as Remington
2009		So Happy Together as Bruno
2009		Round Da Way as Narbé (voice)
2009		Safari as Youssouf Hammal
2009		King Guillaume as Jean Peter
2009		Special Correspondents as Jimmy

2008		2 Alone in Paris as Sammy Bouglioni
2008		N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
2008		VERSUS as Self

2007		Garage Babes as Hamidou
2007		Omar et Fred - Le spectacle as Omar Sy
2007		Moot-Moot as Isidore (voice)
2007		Moot-Moot as Tanguy (voice)

2006		Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
2006		Those Happy Days as Joseph

2005		SAV des émissions
2005		Once Upon a Time in the Oued as le génie de la lampe

2004		The Box as Lorenzo
2004		L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire as Impersonator (voices)
2004		Coming-Out as Omar Sy

2003		The Dope as Michel Dembélé
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

2002		Samouraïs as Tyson
2002		If I Was Him as Gabriel
2002		Ces jours heureux as Brice
2002		Dead Weight as Malian guy
2002		The Race as Sergent ONU

2001		As An Aside as Self - Guest
2001		La Tour Montparnasse Infernale as Le Taxi

2000		La Cape et l'épée as Ménestrel
2000		L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! as impersonation (voices)
2000		Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel as Self