Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Known for
Acting
Born
January 20, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Trappes, Yvelines, France

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

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Filmography

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Le Chat du rabbin

Le Chat du rabbin

Movie · as Le chat

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Patience

Patience

Movie · as Sekou

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Mercenary: An Extraction Series

Mercenary: An Extraction Series

TV · 3 eps

2027
Dumas: Black Devil

Dumas: Black Devil

Movie

2027
Untitled Ocean's Prequel

Untitled Ocean's Prequel

Movie

2026
Artou poster

Artou

Movie · as Narrator

2025
Shadow Force poster

Shadow Force

Movie · as Isaac

2025
Out of Control poster

Out of Control

Movie · as Julien

2025
I Was a Stranger poster

I Was a Stranger

Movie · as Marwan

2025
French Lover poster

French Lover

Movie · as Abel Camara

2025
Patience (Sabali) poster

Patience (Sabali)

Movie · as Sekou

2024
The Killer poster

The Killer

Movie · as Sey

2024
The Book of Clarence poster

The Book of Clarence

Movie · as Barabbas

2024
Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires poster

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

Movie · as Self

2023
Father & Soldier poster

Father & Soldier

Movie · as Bakary Diallo

2023
Beau geste poster

Beau geste

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Drôles de familles poster

Drôles de familles

Movie · as Self

2022
Jurassic World Dominion poster

Jurassic World Dominion

Movie · as Barry Sembène

2022
The Takedown poster

The Takedown

Movie · as Ousmane Diakhité

2022
Cannes Festival poster

Cannes Festival

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The A Talks poster

The A Talks

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Fake News poster

Fake News

Movie · as Starsky, the Uber driver

2021
Lupin poster

Lupin

TV · as Assane Diop · 25 eps

2021
C ce soir poster

C ce soir

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Humberto poster

Humberto

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
GIMS: On the Record poster

GIMS: On the Record

Movie · as Self

2020
The Lost Prince poster

The Lost Prince

Movie · as Djibi, le père / le prince

2020
The Call of the Wild poster

The Call of the Wild

Movie · as Perreault

2020
Refugee poster

Refugee

Movie · as Marwan

2020
Night Shift poster

Night Shift

Movie · as Aristide

2020
Simply Black poster

Simply Black

Movie · as Omar Sy

2020
Anelka: Misunderstood poster

Anelka: Misunderstood

Movie · as Self

2020
La télé d'Omar et Fred poster

La télé d'Omar et Fred

Movie

2019
Arctic Dogs poster

Arctic Dogs

Movie · as Leopold (voice)

2019
The Wolf's Call poster

The Wolf's Call

Movie · as D'Orsi

2019
Yao poster

Yao

Movie · as Seydou Tall

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Belleville Cop poster

Belleville Cop

Movie · as Baaba Keita

2018
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Movie · as Self

2018
The Perfect Day poster

The Perfect Day

Movie · as Self

2018
Bonsoir ! poster

Bonsoir !

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
Sahara poster

Sahara

Movie · as Ajar (voice)

2017
Knock poster

Knock

Movie · as Knock

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight

Movie · as Hot Rod (voice)

2017
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy poster

Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy

Movie · as Self, Actor

2017
Face the Classroom poster

Face the Classroom

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2016
Inferno poster

Inferno

Movie · as Christoph Bouchard

2016
Chocolat poster

Chocolat

Movie · as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

2016
Two Is a Family poster

Two Is a Family

Movie · as Samuel

2016
The Blues: Another Story of France poster

The Blues: Another Story of France

Movie · as Self

2016
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner poster

Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner

Movie · as Himself

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Jurassic World poster

Jurassic World

Movie · as Barry

2015
Mune: Guardian of the Moon poster

Mune: Guardian of the Moon

Movie · as Sohone (voice)

2015
Burnt poster

Burnt

Movie · as Michel

2014
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary poster

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Movie · as Self

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Movie · as Bishop

2014
Good People poster

Good People

Movie · as Khan

2014
Samba poster

Samba

Movie · as Samba Cissé

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Classification: M poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Classification: M

Movie · as Self

2013
L'entrée des Trappistes poster

L'entrée des Trappistes

Movie · as Self

2013
Mood Indigo poster

Mood Indigo

Movie · as Nicolas

2012
On the Other Side of the Tracks poster

On the Other Side of the Tracks

Movie · as Ousmane Diakhité

2012
The Dream Team poster

The Dream Team

Movie · as Wéké N’Dogo

2012
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? poster

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

Movie · as Mosby

2011
The Intouchables poster

The Intouchables

Movie · as Driss

2011
The Tuche Family poster

The Tuche Family

Movie · as Le curé

2011
Marrakech du rire poster

Marrakech du rire

Movie · as Self

2011
Fish 'n' Chips poster

Fish 'n' Chips

TV · as Fish (voix) · 52 eps

2011
Bref poster

Bref

TV · as Omar Sy · 1 ep

2011
Vendredi, tout est permis poster

Vendredi, tout est permis

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2010
The Storytelling Show poster

The Storytelling Show

Movie · as Momo (voice)

2010
The Not-So-Little Thumbling poster

The Not-So-Little Thumbling

Movie · as Grand Poucet

2010
Conte de la frustration poster

Conte de la frustration

Movie · as Mo

2010
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker poster

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker

Movie · as Taxi driver

2009
Special Correspondents poster

Special Correspondents

Movie · as Jimmy

2009
Micmacs poster

Micmacs

Movie · as Remington

2009
King Guillaume poster

King Guillaume

Movie · as Jean Peter

2009
Safari poster

Safari

Movie · as Youssouf Hammal

2009
Round Da Way poster

Round Da Way

Movie · as Narbé (voice)

2009
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

Movie · as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega

2009
So Happy Together poster

So Happy Together

Movie · as Bruno

2008
VERSUS poster

VERSUS

Movie · as Self

2008
2 Alone in Paris poster

2 Alone in Paris

Movie · as Sammy Bouglioni

2008
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels poster

N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Garage Babes poster

Garage Babes

Movie · as Hamidou

2007
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle poster

Omar et Fred - Le spectacle

Movie · as Omar Sy

2007
Moot-Moot poster

Moot-Moot

TV · as Isidore (voice), Tanguy (voice) · 15 eps

2006
Those Happy Days poster

Those Happy Days

Movie · as Joseph

2006
Salut les Terriens ! poster

Salut les Terriens !

TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps

2006
On n'est pas couché poster

On n'est pas couché

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Once Upon a Time in the Oued poster

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Movie · as le génie de la lampe

2005
SAV des émissions poster

SAV des émissions

TV · 162 eps

2004
The Box poster

The Box

Movie · as Lorenzo

2004
Coming-Out

Coming-Out

Movie · as Omar Sy

2004
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire poster

L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire

Movie · as Self - Impersonator (voices)

2003
The Dope poster

The Dope

Movie · as Michel Dembélé

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
Samouraïs poster

Samouraïs

Movie · as Tyson

2002
The Race poster

The Race

Movie · as Sergent ONU

2002
If I Was Him poster

If I Was Him

Movie · as Gabriel

2002
Ces jours heureux poster

Ces jours heureux

Movie · as Brice

2002
Dead Weight poster

Dead Weight

Movie · as Malian guy

2001
Don't Die Too Hard! poster

Don't Die Too Hard!

Movie · as Taxi Driver

2001
The Apartment poster

The Apartment

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2000
Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel poster

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

Movie · as Self

2000
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! poster

L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !

Movie · as Self - Impersonator (voices)

2000
La Cape et l'épée poster

La Cape et l'épée

TV · as Ménestrel · 1 ep

1999
Jamel Show poster

Jamel Show

Movie · as Self

1992
Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Fort Boyard poster

Fort Boyard

TV · as Self · 1 ep