08 July 2026
Biografie
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.
Sy was born in Trappes, France. His father is Senegalese and his mother is from Mauritania.
Filmografie Omar Sy
February 2025
January 2023
September 2021
September 2020
July 2020
Tout Simplement Noir
DramaRegie: John Wax & Jean-Pascal ZadiMet: Jonathan Cohen, Fabrice Eboué, Omar Sy,...
February 2020
The Lost Prince
Family, ComedyRegie: Michel HazanaviciusMet: Omar Sy, François Damiens, Bérénice BéjoEvery night as Sofia falls asleep, her father Djibi takes her into "Storyland", a fantasy film studio where their extraordinary fairy-tale adventures come to life starring Djibi in the lead role as the heroic Prince Charming.
March 2019
Yao
DramaRegie: Philippe GodeauMet: Omar SyFrom his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue... Verder lezen...
February 2019
Le Chant du Loup
DramaRegie: Abel LanzacMet: François Civil, Omar Sy, Reda KatebIn the near future, a French submarine finds itself in a crisis situation.
October 2018
Belleville Cop
Regie: Rachid BoucharebMet: Omar Sy, Luis Guzman, Franck Gastambide,...When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.
October 2017
Knock
ComedyRegie: Lorraine LévyMet: Omar Sy, Ana Girardot, Alex Lutz, Sabine AzémaDoctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular method. It will make the villagers ...
December 2016
Demain Tout Commence
ComedyRegie: Hugo GélinMet: Omar Sy, Clémence Poésy, Antoine BertrandFun and nonchalant, Samuel enjoys a carefree life on the French Riviera. That is until Kristin, a former fling, announces he is the father of a newborn, hands him a baby girl and takes off! When Samuel tries to track down Kristin in London, she is nowhere to be found. Samuel settles in London and... Verder lezen...
October 2016
Inferno
ThrillerRegie: Ron HowardMet: Tom Hanks, Omar Sy, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster,...Academy Award® winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown's (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist (again played by Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an... Verder lezen...
May 2016
Angry Birds
Animation (modern)Regie: Clay Kaytis & Fergal ReillyMet: Omar Sy & Audrey LamyThe movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds - or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny... Verder lezen...
February 2016
Chocolat
DramaRegie: Roschdy ZemMet: Omar Sy, James Thiérrée, Noémie LvovskyThe fascinating story of Chocolat, the first black circus artist in France, who was a great success in the late 19th century.
Norm of the North
Comedy, Animation (modern) Regie: Trevor WallMet: Omar Sy, Emmanuel Curtil, Sybille Tureau,...
December 2015
Adam Jones
DramaRegie: John WellsMet: Bradley Cooper, Emma Thompson, Sienna Miller,...Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all - and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his... Verder lezen...
June 2015
Jurassic World
Action, Science Fiction, AdventureRegie: Colin TrevorrowMet: Bryce Dallas, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio,...Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.
November 2014