Omar Sy
Birthday: 1978-01-20
Birthplace: Trappes, Yvelines, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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Shadow Force | Isaac | |
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Le Chat du rabbin | Le chat | |
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French Lover | Abel Camara | |
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2025-02-19 | Out of Control | Julien |
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2024-08-22 | The Killer | Sey |
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2024-02-23 | The Strangers' Case | Marwan |
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2024-01-11 | The Book of Clarence | Barabbas |
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2023-01-04 | Father & Soldier | Bakary Diallo |
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2022-06-01 | Jurassic World Dominion | Barry Sembène |
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2022-05-06 | The Takedown | Ousmane Diakhité |
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2021-09-08 | Fake News | Starsky, the Uber driver |
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2020-11-26 | La télé d'Omar et Fred | |
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2020-07-08 | Simply Black | Omar Sy |
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2020-05-21 | Night Shift | Aristide |
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2020-05-17 | Refugee | Marwan |
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2020-02-19 | The Call of the Wild | Perreault |
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2020-02-12 | The Lost Prince | Djibi, le père / le prince |
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2019-11-01 | Arctic Dogs | Leopold (voice) |
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2019-02-20 | The Wolf's Call | D'Orsi |
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2019-01-23 | Yao | Seydou Tall |
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2018-10-17 | Belleville Cop | Baaba Keita |
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2017-10-18 | Knock | Knock |
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2017-06-16 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Hot Rod (voice) |
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2017-02-01 | Sahara | Ajar (voice) |
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2016-12-07 | Two Is a Family | Samuel |
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2016-10-13 | Inferno | Christoph Bouchard |
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2016-02-03 | Chocolat | Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat |
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2015-10-02 | Burnt | Michel |
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2015-06-06 | Jurassic World | Barry |
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2015-02-05 | Mune: Guardian of the Moon | Sohone (voice) |
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2014-10-15 | Samba | Samba Cissé |
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2014-08-12 | Good People | Khan |
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2014-05-15 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bishop |
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2013-01-10 | Mood Indigo | Nicolas |
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2012-12-15 | On the Other Side of the Tracks | Ousmane Diakhité |
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2012-12-05 | Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? | Mosby |
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2012-09-26 | The Dream Team | Wéké N’Dogo |
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2011-11-02 | The Intouchables | Driss |
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2011-06-30 | The Tuche Family | Le curé |
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2010-10-20 | The Storytelling Show | Momo (voice) |
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2010-08-10 | Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker | Taxi driver |
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2010-08-08 | Conte de la frustration | Mo |
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2010-02-08 | The Not-So-Little Thumbling | Grand Poucet |
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2009-11-04 | Murphy's Law | Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega |
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2009-10-28 | Micmacs | Remington |
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2009-06-17 | Round Da Way | Narbé (voice) |
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2009-06-17 | So Happy Together | Bruno |
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2009-05-16 | Logorama | Michelin Mike / Monsieur Propre / M&M's (Voice) |
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2009-04-01 | Safari | Youssouf Hammal |
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2009-01-28 | King Guillaume | Jean Peter |
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2009-01-21 | Special Correspondents | Jimmy |
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2008-06-25 | 2 Alone in Paris | Sammy Bouglioni |
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2007-10-28 | Garage Babes | Hamidou |
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2007-10-22 | Omar et Fred - Le spectacle | Omar Sy |
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2006-06-28 | Those Happy Days | Joseph |
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2005-10-19 | Once Upon a Time in the Oued | le génie de la lampe |
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2004-10-06 | The Box | Lorenzo |
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2004-06-30 | L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire | Impersonator (voices) |
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2004-03-31 | Coming-Out | Omar Sy |
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2003-02-05 | The Dope | Michel Dembélé |
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2002-06-19 | Samouraïs | Tyson |
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2002-06-05 | If I Was Him | Gabriel |
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2002-06-01 | Ces jours heureux | Brice |
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2002-04-10 | Dead Weight | Malian guy |
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2002-03-27 | The Race | Sergent ONU |
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2001-03-28 | La Tour Montparnasse Infernale | Le Taxi |
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2000-10-25 | L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! | impersonation (voices) |