Omar Sy
January 20, 1978 (48 years old) in Trappes, Yvelines, France
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · I Was a Stranger as Marwan
- 2025 · French Lover as Abel Camara
- 2025 · Shadow Force as Isaac
- 2025 · Out of Control as Julien
- 2024 · The Killer as Sey
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The A Talks as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Jurassic World Dominion as Barry Sembène
- 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 · Night Shift as Aristide
- 2020 · Refugee as Marwan
- 2020 · The Call of the Wild as Perreault
- 2019 · Arctic Dogs as Leopold (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Wolf's Call as D'Orsi
- 2019 · Yao as Seydou Tall
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Hot Rod (voice)
- 2016 · Two Is a Family as Samuel
- 2016 · Inferno as Christoph Bouchard
- 2016 · Quotidien as Self - Guest
- 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 · Samba as Samba Cissé
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Bishop
- 2012 · Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? as Mosby
- 2011 · Fish 'n' Chips as Fish (voix)
- 2011 · The Intouchables as Driss
- 2011 · Bref as Omar Sy
- 2010 · The Storytelling Show as Momo (voice)
- 2009 · Micmacs as Remington
- 2009 · Safari as Youssouf Hammal
- 2008 · 2 Alone in Paris as Sammy Bouglioni
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2006 · On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Those Happy Days as Joseph
- 2005 · SAV des émissions as
- 2004 · The Box as Lorenzo
- 2003 · The Dope as Michel Dembélé
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Dead Weight as Malian guy
- 2002 · The Race as Sergent ONU
- 2001 · The Apartment as Self - Guest
- 2000 · La Cape et l'épée as Ménestrel
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1990 · Fort Boyard as Self
- Future · Mercenary: An Extraction Series as
- 2027 · Dumas: Black Devil as
- 2025 · Patience (Sabali) as Sekou
- 2024 · Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires as Self
- 2024 · The Book of Clarence as Barabbas
- 2023 · Father & Soldier as Bakary Diallo
- 2022 · Couch by Lena Situations as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Cannes Festival as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Takedown as Ousmane Diakhité
- 2020 · La télé d'Omar et Fred as
- 2020 · GIMS: On the Record as Self
- 2020 · Anelka: Misunderstood as Self
- 2020 · Simply Black as Omar Sy
- 2020 · The Lost Prince as Djibi, le père / le prince
- 2018 · Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
- 2018 · Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- 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 · Face the Classroom as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Sahara as Ajar (voice)
- 2016 · The Blues: Another Story of France as Self
- 2016 · Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner as Himself
- 2014 · CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
- 2014 · Good People as Khan
- 2013 · L'entrée des Trappistes as Self
- 2013 · Mood Indigo as Nicolas
- 2012 · On the Other Side of the Tracks as Ousmane Diakhité
- 2012 · The Dream Team as Wéké N’Dogo
- 2011 · The Tuche Family as Le curé
- 2011 · Marrakech du rire as Self
- 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 · So Happy Together as Bruno
- 2009 · Round Da Way as Narbé (voice)
- 2009 · King Guillaume as Jean Peter
- 2009 · Special Correspondents as Jimmy
- 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)
- 2005 · Once Upon a Time in the Oued as le génie de la lampe
- 2004 · L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire as Self - Impersonator (voices)
- 2004 · Coming-Out as Omar Sy
- 2002 · Samouraïs as Tyson
- 2002 · If I Was Him as Gabriel
- 2002 · Ces jours heureux as Brice
- 2001 · Don't Die Too Hard! as Taxi Driver
- 2000 · L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! as Self - Impersonator (voices)
- 2000 · Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel as Self
- 1999 · Jamel Show as Self
- Future · Le Chat du rabbin as Le chat
- Future · Patience as Sekou