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.

Filmography

• 2027Dumas: Black Devil
• 2027Untitled Ocean's Prequel
• 2025French Lover — Abel Camara
• 2025I Was a Stranger — Marwan
• 2025Out of Control — Julien, Producer
• 2025Patience (Sabali) — Sekou
• 2025Shadow Force — Isaac
• 2024The Book of Clarence — Barabbas
• 2024The Killer — Sey
• 2023Father & Soldier — Bakary Diallo, Producer
• 2022Jurassic World Dominion — Barry Sembène
• 2022The Takedown — Ousmane Diakhité
• 2021Fake News — Starsky, the Uber driver
• Lupin — Assane Diop, Creative Producer
• 2020La télé d'Omar et Fred
• 2020Night Shift — Aristide
• 2020Refugee — Marwan
• 2020Simply Black — Omar Sy
• 2020The Call of the Wild — Perreault
• 2020The Lost Prince — Djibi, le père / le prince
• 2019Arctic Dogs — Leopold (voice)
• 2019The Wolf's Call — D'Orsi
• 2019Yao — Seydou Tall, Producer
• 2018Belleville Cop — Baaba Keita
• 2018The State Against Mandela and the Others — Associate Producer
• 2017Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy — Self, Actor
• 2017Knock — Knock
• 2017Sahara — Ajar (voice)
• 2017Transformers: The Last Knight — Hot Rod (voice)
• 2016Chocolat — Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
• 2016Inferno — Christoph Bouchard
• 2016Two Is a Family — Samuel
• 2015Burnt — Michel
• 2015Jurassic World — Barry
• 2015Mune: Guardian of the Moon — Sohone (voice)
• 2014Good People — Khan
• 2014Samba — Samba Cissé, Co-Producer
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past — Bishop
• 2013Mood Indigo — Nicolas
• 2012Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? — Mosby
• 2012On the Other Side of the Tracks — Ousmane Diakhité
• 2012The Dream Team — Wéké N’Dogo
• Bref — Omar Sy
• Fish 'n' Chips — Fish (voix)
• 2011The Intouchables — Driss
• 2011The Tuche Family — Le curé
• 2010Conte de la frustration — Mo
• 2010Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker — Taxi driver
• 2010The Not-So-Little Thumbling — Grand Poucet, Producer
• 2010The Storytelling Show — Momo (voice)
• 2009King Guillaume — Jean Peter
• 2009Micmacs — Remington
• 2009Murphy's Law — Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
• 2009Round Da Way — Narbé (voice)
• 2009Safari — Youssouf Hammal
• 2009So Happy Together — Bruno
• 2009Special Correspondents — Jimmy
• 20082 Alone in Paris — Sammy Bouglioni
• 2007Garage Babes — Hamidou
• Moot-Moot — Isidore (voice), Tanguy (voice)
• 2007Omar et Fred - Le spectacle — Omar Sy
• 2006Those Happy Days — Joseph
• 2005Once Upon a Time in the Oued — le génie de la lampe
• SAV des émissions — Creator
• 2004Coming-Out — Omar Sy
• 2004The Box — Lorenzo
• 2003The Dope — Michel Dembélé
• 2002Ces jours heureux — Brice
• 2002Dead Weight — Malian guy
• 2002If I Was Him — Gabriel
• 2002Samouraïs — Tyson
• 2002The Race — Sergent ONU
• 2001Don't Die Too Hard! — Taxi Driver
• La Cape et l'épée — Ménestrel
• Le Chat du rabbin — Le chat
• Mercenary: An Extraction Series
• Patience — Sekou

Appearances as themselves (36)

• 2024Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires — Self
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• Cannes Festival — Self - Guest
• 2022Drôles de familles — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The A Talks — Self - Guest
• C ce soir — Self - Guest
• Humberto — Self
• 2020Anelka: Misunderstood — Self
• 2020GIMS: On the Record — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Bonsoir ! — Self - Guest
• 2018Omar Sy, c'est ta chance — Self
• 2018The Perfect Day — Self
• Face the Classroom — Self - Guest
• 2016Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner — Himself
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• 2016The Blues: Another Story of France — Self
• 2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary — Self
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past - Classification: M — Self
• 2013L'entrée des Trappistes — Self
• 2011Marrakech du rire — Self
• Vendredi, tout est permis — Self
• N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels — Self
• 2008VERSUS — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2004L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire — Self - Impersonator (voices)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Apartment — Self - Guest
• 2000Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel — Self
• 2000L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! — Self - Impersonator (voices)
• 1999Jamel Show — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• Fort Boyard — Self