Omar Sy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-01-20 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Trappes, Yvelines, France
Omar Sy
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
Acting
Patience
as Sekou
Le Chat du rabbin
as Le chat
(2027)
(2025)
Shadow Force
as Isaac
(2025)
French Lover
as Abel Camara
(2025)
I Was a Stranger
as Marwan
(2025)
Out of Control
as Julien
(2025)
Patience (Sabali)
as Sekou
(2024)
The Killer
as Sey
(2024)
The Book of Clarence
as Barabbas
(2024)
(2023)
Father & Soldier
as Bakary Diallo
(2022)
Jurassic World Dominion
as Barry Sembène
(2022)
The Takedown
as Ousmane Diakhité
(2022)
Drôles de familles
as Self
(2021)
Fake News
as Starsky, the Uber driver
(2020)
The Call of the Wild
as Perreault
(2020)
Refugee
as Marwan
(2020)
Night Shift
as Aristide
(2020)
Anelka: Misunderstood
as Self
(2020)
GIMS: On the Record
as Self
(2020)
The Lost Prince
as Djibi, le père / le prince
(2020)
Simply Black
as Omar Sy
(2020)
(2019)
The Wolf's Call
as D'Orsi
(2019)
Yao
as Seydou Tall
(2019)
Arctic Dogs
as Leopold (voice)
(2018)
Belleville Cop
as Baaba Keita
(2018)
The Perfect Day
as Self
(2018)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
(2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Hot Rod (voice)
(2017)
Knock
as Knock
(2017)
Sahara
as Ajar (voice)
(2017)
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy
as Self, Actor
(2016)
The Angry Birds Movie
as (voice) (uncredited)
(2016)
Inferno
as Christoph Bouchard
(2016)
Two Is a Family
as Samuel
(2016)
Chocolat
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
(2016)
Norm of the North
as (voice) (uncredited)
(2016)
(2016)
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner
as Himself
(2015)
Jurassic World
as Barry
(2015)
Burnt
as Michel
(2015)
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
as Sohone (voice)
(2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Bishop
(2014)
Samba
as Samba Cissé
(2014)
Good People
as Khan
(2014)
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
as Self
(2013)
Mood Indigo
as Nicolas
(2013)
L'entrée des Trappistes
as Self
(2012)
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
as Mosby
(2012)
On the Other Side of the Tracks
as Ousmane Diakhité
(2012)
The Dream Team
as Wéké N’Dogo
(2011)
The Intouchables
as Driss
(2011)
Marrakech du rire
as Self
(2011)
The Tuche Family
as Le curé
(2010)
The Storytelling Show
as Momo (voice)
(2010)
The Not-So-Little Thumbling
as Grand Poucet
(2010)
(2010)
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
as Taxi driver
(2009)
King Guillaume
as Jean Peter
(2009)
Murphy's Law
as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
(2009)
So Happy Together
as Bruno
(2009)
Safari
as Youssouf Hammal
(2009)
Micmacs
as Remington
(2009)
Special Correspondents
as Jimmy
(2009)
Round Da Way
as Narbé (voice)
(2008)
2 Alone in Paris
as Sammy Bouglioni
(2008)
VERSUS
as Self
(2007)
Surf's Up
as (voice) (uncredited)
(2007)
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle
as Omar Sy
(2007)
Garage Babes
as Hamidou
(2006)
Those Happy Days
as Joseph
(2005)
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as le génie de la lampe
(2004)
The Box
as Lorenzo
(2004)
Coming-Out
as Omar Sy
(2004)
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire
as Self - Impersonator (voices)
(2003)
The Dope
as Michel Dembélé
(2002)
Samouraïs
as Tyson
(2002)
Ces jours heureux
as Brice
(2002)
The Race
as Sergent ONU
(2002)
Dead Weight
as Malian guy
(2002)
If I Was Him
as Gabriel
(2001)
La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
as Le Taxi
(2000)
(2000)
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !
as Self - Impersonator (voices)
(1999)
Jamel Show
as Self
Crew
11817
Producer
(2025)
Out of Control
Producer
(2023)
Father & Soldier
Producer
(2019)
Yao
Producer
(2018)
The State Against Mandela and the Others
Associate Producer
(2014)
Samba
Co-Producer