Douta Seck

Birthday: 1919-08-04
Deathday: 1991-11-05
Birthplace: Saint-Louis, Senegal
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Douta Seck (1919–1991) was a Senegalese stage and film actor, theatre director, singer, and trained architect. After studying architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he turned to the performing arts, becoming one of the leading figures of modern Senegalese theatre. He created the title role in Aimé Césaire's The Tragedy of King Christophe and appeared in numerous international and African productions, including Tamango (1958), The Comedians (1967), Xala (1975), and Sugar Cane Alley (1983). Widely regarded as a pioneer of Senegalese theatre and cinema, Seck remains an influential cultural figure in his country.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1987-01-01	Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
	1983-09-21	Sugar Cane Alley	Medouze
	1983-04-01	Amok	Reverend Sikau Norje
	1983-01-01	Pétanqui
	1981-01-02	Under House Arrest
	1976-05-02	Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre	Roi Christophe
	1975-10-01	Xala	Gorgui
	1971-04-05	Black Sun	Parlamentary Representative
	1967-10-31	The Comedians	Joseph
	1965-01-01	La Tragédie du Roi Christophe	Le Roi Christophe
	1959-05-06	Checkerboard	Vance
	1958-01-24	Tamango	Slave Warrior
	1956-04-06	The Adventures of Gil Blas