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Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Born: 1978-01-20 • Trappes, Yvelines, France

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
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Dumas: Black Devil
2027
I Was a Stranger poster
I Was a Stranger
2025 • Marwan
French Lover poster
French Lover
2025 • Abel Camara
Patience (Sabali) poster
Patience (Sabali)
2025 • Sekou
Shadow Force poster
Shadow Force
2025 • Isaac
Out of Control poster
Out of Control
2025 • Julien
Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires poster
Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires
2024 • Self
The Killer poster
The Killer
2024 • Sey
The Book of Clarence poster
The Book of Clarence
2024 • Barabbas
Father & Soldier poster
Father & Soldier
2023 • Bakary Diallo
Jurassic World Dominion poster
Jurassic World Dominion
2022 • Barry Sembène
The Takedown poster
The Takedown
2022 • Ousmane Diakhité
Drôles de familles poster
Drôles de familles
2022 • Self
Fake News poster
Fake News
2021 • Starsky, the Uber driver
La télé d'Omar et Fred poster
La télé d'Omar et Fred
2020
GIMS: On the Record poster
GIMS: On the Record
2020 • Self
Anelka: Misunderstood poster
Anelka: Misunderstood
2020 • Self
Simply Black poster
Simply Black
2020 • Omar Sy
Night Shift poster
Night Shift
2020 • Aristide
Refugee poster
Refugee
2020 • Marwan
The Call of the Wild poster
The Call of the Wild
2020 • Perreault
The Lost Prince poster
The Lost Prince
2020 • Djibi, le père / le prince
Arctic Dogs poster
Arctic Dogs
2019 • Leopold (voice)
The Wolf's Call poster
The Wolf's Call
2019 • D'Orsi
Yao poster
Yao
2019 • Seydou Tall
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018 • Self
Belleville Cop poster
Belleville Cop
2018 • Baaba Keita
The Perfect Day poster
The Perfect Day
2018 • Self
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy poster
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy
2017 • Self, Actor
Knock poster
Knock
2017 • Knock
Transformers: The Last Knight poster
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 • Hot Rod (voice)
Sahara poster
Sahara
2017 • Ajar (voice)
Two Is a Family poster
Two Is a Family
2016 • Samuel
Inferno poster
Inferno
2016 • Christoph Bouchard
The Blues: Another Story of France poster
The Blues: Another Story of France
2016 • Self
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner poster
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner
2016 • Himself
Chocolat poster
Chocolat
2016 • Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
Burnt poster
Burnt
2015 • Michel
Jurassic World poster
Jurassic World
2015 • Barry
Mune: Guardian of the Moon poster
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
2015 • Sohone (voice)
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary poster
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
2014 • Self
Samba poster
Samba
2014 • Samba Cissé
Good People poster
Good People
2014 • Khan
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 • Bishop
L'entrée des Trappistes poster
L'entrée des Trappistes
2013 • Self
Mood Indigo poster
Mood Indigo
2013 • Nicolas
On the Other Side of the Tracks poster
On the Other Side of the Tracks
2012 • Ousmane Diakhité
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? poster
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
2012 • Mosby
The Dream Team poster
The Dream Team
2012 • Wéké N’Dogo
The Intouchables poster
The Intouchables
2011 • Driss
The Tuche Family poster
The Tuche Family
2011 • Le curé
Marrakech du rire poster
Marrakech du rire
2011 • Self
The Storytelling Show poster
The Storytelling Show
2010 • Momo (voice)
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker poster
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
2010 • Taxi driver
Conte de la frustration poster
Conte de la frustration
2010 • Mo
The Not-So-Little Thumbling poster
The Not-So-Little Thumbling
2010 • Grand Poucet
Murphy's Law poster
Murphy's Law
2009 • Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
Micmacs poster
Micmacs
2009 • Remington
Round Da Way poster
Round Da Way
2009 • Narbé (voice)
So Happy Together poster
So Happy Together
2009 • Bruno
Safari poster
Safari
2009 • Youssouf Hammal
King Guillaume poster
King Guillaume
2009 • Jean Peter
Special Correspondents poster
Special Correspondents
2009 • Jimmy
2 Alone in Paris poster
2 Alone in Paris
2008 • Sammy Bouglioni
VERSUS poster
VERSUS
2008 • Self
Garage Babes poster
Garage Babes
2007 • Hamidou
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle poster
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle
2007 • Omar Sy
Those Happy Days poster
Those Happy Days
2006 • Joseph
Once Upon a Time in the Oued poster
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
2005 • le génie de la lampe
The Box poster
The Box
2004 • Lorenzo
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire poster
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire
2004 • Self - Impersonator (voices)
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Coming-Out
2004 • Omar Sy
The Dope poster
The Dope
2003 • Michel Dembélé
Samouraïs poster
Samouraïs
2002 • Tyson
If I Was Him poster
If I Was Him
2002 • Gabriel
Ces jours heureux poster
Ces jours heureux
2002 • Brice
Dead Weight poster
Dead Weight
2002 • Malian guy
The Race poster
The Race
2002 • Sergent ONU
Don't Die Too Hard! poster
Don't Die Too Hard!
2001 • Taxi Driver
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! poster
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !
2000 • Self - Impersonator (voices)
Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel poster
Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel
2000 • Self
Jamel Show poster
Jamel Show
1999 • Self
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Le Chat du rabbin
— • Le chat
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Patience
— • Sekou