Ériq Ebouaney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Biography
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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Filmography
Judgement
Movie · as Thierry Lombard
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Movie · as Garba
Hyacinthe
Movie · as Césaire
L2: Empuraan
Movie · as Kabuga
Un dîner presque parfait Afrique
TV · as Ériq Ebouaney · 1 ep
Here and There
Movie · as Professeur Ibrahima
Lex Africana
TV · as Racine Malik Niang · 6 eps
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
TV · as Fallou Boukar · 9 eps
Liaison
TV · as Bob Foret · 6 eps
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ritual
Movie · as Cézaire Nduka
Exterminate All the Brutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Movie · as Doctor
Earth and Blood
Movie · as Adama
Rogue City
Movie · as Stephan Jankovic
Domino
Movie · as Ezra Tarzi
Kaniama Show
Movie
A Season in France
Movie · as Abbas Mahadjir
Belleville Cop
Movie · as Ladji Touré
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
Movie · as Dolomey
Past Imperfect
Movie · as Michel
China Salesman
Movie · as Sheik Asaid
Bastille Day
Movie · as Baba
Gang of the Caribbean
Movie · as Politik
All Three of Us
Movie · as Adama
Mother(s)
Movie · as Alioune
Capitaine Marleau
TV · as Colonel Douala · 1 ep
SMS
Movie · as Le grand flic
3 Days to Kill
Movie · as Jules
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
Movie · as Lieutenant Yaya
Aya of Yop City
Movie · as Hyacinthe
Italian Movies
Movie · as Zahur
Dakar Trottoirs
Movie · as Maitre
Stalingrad Lovers
Movie · as Jupiter
Jo
TV · as Amadou · 8 eps
Falco
TV · as Père de Simon · 1 ep
Henry
Movie · as Karanja
Clash
TV · as Abel Diop, père d'Hugo · 6 eps
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV · as Kaskoff · 1 ep
Case départ
Movie · as Isidore
Implosion
Movie · as Wilhelm
Black Gold
Movie · as Hassan Dakhil
The King's Necklace
Movie · as Octave Bumi
Death in Paradise
TV · as Theo Frazier · 1 ep
The White Line
Movie · as François
The Horde
Movie · as Adewale
In Gold We Trust
Movie · as Melchior
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Movie · as Agent immobilier
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
Movie · as Lieutenant Bado
Fais danser la poussière
Movie · as Suleyman
Carlos
Movie · as Hassan al-Tourabi
Blackout
Movie · as Monsieur-la-Bête
Thirst
Movie · as Immanuel
35 Shots of Rum
Movie · as Blanchard
King Guillaume
Movie · as Le curé
Omar
Movie · as Le père d'Omar
Disgrace
Movie · as Petrus
Transporter 3
Movie · as Ice
Ca$h
Movie · as Letallec
Baby Love
Movie · as l'assistant social
Black and White
Movie · as Bertrand
Hitman
Movie · as Bwana Ovie
Africa Paradise
Movie · as M'Doula
Magic Paris
Movie
The Nativity Story
Movie · as Balthasar
The Front Line
Movie · as Joe Yumba
The Trail
Movie · as Kadjiro
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie · as Firuz
San Antonio
Movie · as Jérémie Blanc
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Movie · as Policier
The Silence of the Forest
Movie · as Gonaba
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
Movie
Femme Fatale
Movie · as Black Tie
Villa mon rêve
Movie · as Touré Dialo
The Three Kings
Movie · as Babar le videur
My Wife Is an Actress
Movie · as Le videur de la boite
Lumumba
Movie · as Patrice Émery Lumumba
Bàttu
Movie
The Children of the Marshland
Movie · as 'Banania'
La Mort du Chinois
Movie · as Bekate, nurse
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
XXL
Movie · as Omar
When the Cat's Away
Movie · as Ouvrier ébéniste