Ériq Ebouaney
Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis, Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox. In 2006, he starred in The Front Line and La piste. In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich, a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
as Garba
Un dîner presque parfait Afrique
as Ériq Ebouaney
Hyacinthe
as Césaire
L2: Empuraan
as Kabuga
Lex Africana
as Racine Malik Niang
Here and There
as Professeur Ibrahima
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
as Fallou Boukar
Liaison
as Bob Foret
Ritual
as Cézaire Nduka
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
as Narrator (voice)
Exterminate All the Brutes
as Self
Rogue City
as Stephan Jankovic
Earth and Blood
as Adama
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
as Doctor
Domino
as Ezra Tarzi
Kaniama Show
as Unknown
Belleville Cop
as Ladji Touré
A Season in France
as Abbas Mahadjir
China Salesman
as Sheik Asaid
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
as Dolomey
Past Imperfect
as Michel
Gang of the Caribbean
as Politik
Bastille Day
as Baba
All Three of Us
as Adama
Capitaine Marleau
as Colonel Douala
Mother(s)
as Alioune
SMS
as Le grand flic
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
as Lieutenant Yaya
3 Days to Kill
as Jules
Stalingrad Lovers
as Jupiter
Aya of Yop City
as Hyacinthe
Italian Movies
as Zahur
Falco
as Père de Simon
Jo
as Amadou
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as Kaskoff
Clash
as Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
Henry
as Karanja
Black Gold
as Hassan Dakhil
Death in Paradise
as Theo Frazier
Case départ
as Isidore
The King's Necklace
as Octave Bumi
Implosion
as Wilhelm
The White Line
as François
In Gold We Trust
as Melchior
Carlos
as Hassan al-Tourabi
Blackout
as Monsieur-la-Bête
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
as Lieutenant Bado
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Agent immobilier
The Horde
as Adewale
Fais danser la poussière
as Suleyman
35 Shots of Rum
as Blanchard
King Guillaume
as Le curé
Baby Love
as l'assistant social
Transporter 3
as Ice
Disgrace
as Petrus
Ca$h
as Letallec
Black and White
as Bertrand
Africa Paradise
as M'Doula
The Nativity Story
as Balthasar
The Front Line
as Joe Yumba
The Trail
as Kadjiro
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)
as Firuz
San Antonio
as Jérémie Blanc
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Policier
The Silence of the Forest
as Gonaba
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
as Unknown
Femme Fatale
as Black Tie
The Three Kings
as Babar le videur
My Wife Is an Actress
as Le videur de la boite
Lumumba
as Patrice Émery Lumumba
Bàttu
as Unknown
The Children of the Marshland
as 'Banania'
Vivement dimanche
as Self
La Mort du Chinois
as Bekate, nurse
XXL
as Omar
When the Cat's Away
as Ouvrier ébéniste