Omar Sy
70 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 20, 1978 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Trappes, Yvelines, France
- Also known as
- Omar
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.
Known for
Omar Sy: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Le Chat du rabbin
as Le chat
- Upcoming Patience
as Sekou
- Upcoming
- 2026 Artou
as Narrator
- 2025 I Was a Stranger
as Marwan
- 2025 French Lover
as Abel Camara
- 2025 Patience (Sabali)
as Sekou
- 2025 Shadow Force
as Isaac
- 2025 Out of Control
as Julien
- 2024 The Killer
as Sey
- 2024 The Book of Clarence
as Barabbas
- 2023 Father & Soldier
as Bakary Diallo
- 2022 Jurassic World Dominion
as Barry Sembène
- 2022 The Takedown
as Ousmane Diakhité
- 2021 Fake News
as Starsky, the Uber driver
- 2021
- 2020
- 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 Belleville Cop
as Baaba Keita
- 2017 Knock
as Knock
- 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hot Rod (voice)
- 2017 Sahara
as Ajar (voice)
- 2016 Two Is a Family
as Samuel
- 2016 Inferno
as Christoph Bouchard
- 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 Good People
as Khan
- 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Bishop
- 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
- 2011 The Intouchables
as Driss
- 2011
- 2011 The Tuche Family
as Le curé
- 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 Round Da Way
as Narbé (voice)
- 2009 So Happy Together
as Bruno
- 2009 Safari
as Youssouf Hammal
- 2009 King Guillaume
as Jean Peter
- 2009 Special Correspondents
as Jimmy
- 2008 2 Alone in Paris
as Sammy Bouglioni
- 2007 Garage Babes
as Hamidou
- 2007 Omar et Fred - Le spectacle
as Omar Sy
- 2007
- 2006 Those Happy Days
as Joseph
- 2005
- 2005 Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as le génie de la lampe
- 2004 The Box
as Lorenzo
- 2004 Coming-Out
as Omar Sy
- 2003 The Dope
as Michel Dembélé
- 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 Don't Die Too Hard!
as Taxi Driver
- 2000
Behind the camera (9)
- 2026 Artou
Producer
- 2025 Out of Control
Producer
- 2023 Father & Soldier
Producer
- 2021
- 2019 Yao
Producer
- 2018 The State Against Mandela and the Others
Associate Producer
- 2014 Samba
Co-Producer
- 2010 The Not-So-Little Thumbling
Producer
- 2005
Talk shows and appearances (37)
- 2024
- 2023 Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
1 episode
- 2023 Beau geste
1 episode
- 2022 Sherri
1 episode
- 2022 The A Talks
1 episode
- 2022 Cannes Festival
1 episode
- 2022
- 2021 C ce soir
1 episode
- 2021 Humberto
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2018
- 2018 Bonsoir !
1 episode
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 Face the Classroom
1 episode
- 2016 Quotidien
1 episode
- 2016
- 2016
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011 Vendredi, tout est permis
2 episodes
- 2011
- 2008
- 2008
- 2006 Salut les Terriens !
7 episodes
- 2006 On n'est pas couché
1 episode
- 2004
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2001 The Apartment
1 episode
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1992 Morgenmagazin
1 episode
- 1990 Fort Boyard
1 episode