Isaach or Isaac de Bankolé (born 12 August 1957; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian actor. De Bankolé was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to Yoruba parents from Benin. His grandparents are from Nigeria. He moved to Paris in 1975 for his last year of lycée and pursued a master's degree in physics and mathematics. He then attended an aviation school and earned a private pilot licence, before a chance encounter with French director Gérard Vergez led him to enroll in the Cours Simon, a Parisian drama school.

Filmography

• 2026Dune: Part Three — Farok
• 2026The Fence — Alboury
• 2025Muganga — Denis Mukwege
• Task — Father Daniel Georges
• Parish — Tongai Sr.
• 2024Snakeeater — Frank, Executive Producer
• 2024The Brutalist — Gordon
• 2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — River Tribe Elder
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib — Sebastian Amadou (voice)
• 2022The People We Hate at the Wedding — Henrique
• 2021French Exit — Julius
• 2019A Violent Man — Pete
• Godfather of Harlem — Monsieur 98
• 2019Shaft — Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
• 2018Black Is Beltza — Wilson Clever (voice)
• 2018Black Panther — River Tribe Elder
• 2017Double Play — Ernesto
• 2017Femme Noire
• 2017Kiss Me! — Bernard
• S.W.A.T. — Aden Syed
• 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
• 2015The Last Witch Hunter — Max Schlesinger
• 2014Calvary — Simon
• 2014Mirage — Francis, Executive Producer
• 2014Run — Assa
• 2014Where the Road Runs Out — George, Co-Executive Producer
• 2013Mother of George — Ayodele Balogun
• 2012Chaos — Vincent
• 2011Oka! — Bassoun
• 2010I Am Slave — Bah
• 2010White Material — Boxer
• The Good Wife — Larry Oliver
• 2009The Limits of Control — Lone Man
• White Collar — Luc Renaud
• 2008Machetero — Jean Dumont
• 2008The Guitar — Roscoe Wasz
• 2007Battle in Seattle — Abasi
• 2007The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Laurent
• 2007The Fifth Patient — Cpt. Mugambe
• 2006Casino Royale — Steven Obanno
• 2006Miami Vice — Neptune
• The Unit — General Togar
• 2005Before It Had a Name — Waiter
• 2005Manderlay — Timothy
• 2005Stay — Professor
• 2005The Skeleton Key — Creole Gas Station Owner
• 2004Coffee and Cigarettes — Isaach (segment "No Problem")
• 2004From Other Worlds — Abraham
• 2004Homework — Jean, Executive Producer
• 2003The Killing Zone — Malcolm
• 24 — Ule Matobo
• 20013 A.M. — Angus
• 2000Bàttu — Saar
• 1999Cherry — Menu Man
• 1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai — Raymond
• 1999Otomo — Otomo
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life — Sgt. Barthelmy
• The Sopranos — Father Obosi
• 1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries — Mamadou
• 1995Casa de Lava — Leão
• 1995The Keeper — Jean Baptiste
• 1994Heart of Darkness — Mfumu
• 1991Night on Earth — Cab Driver Paris
• 1990No Fear, No Die — Dah
• 1989How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired — Vieux
• 1989Vanille fraise — Hippolyte N'Go, Dialogue
• 1988Ada in the Jungle — Bumbo
• 1988Chocolat — Protée
• 1987Lady Cops — Inspecteur Lacroix
• 1986Black Mic Mac — Lemi
• 1986Noir et blanc
• 1986Taxi Boy — Touré
• 1984Comment draguer tous les mecs — Honoré Clair
• 1984The Syringe
• Traveling Miles — Director

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2010Behind Jim Jarmusch — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self - Guest
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self