Cast
Ăriq Ebouaney
Acting
Cast
Ăriq Ebouaney
Known for
Acting
Born
1967-10-03
From
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Also known as Eriq Ebouanet, Eriq Ebouanay, Eriq Ebouaney
Biography
Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. He made his film debut in 1996 in the CĂ©dric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis, Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox. In 2006, he starred in The Front Line and La piste. In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich, a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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7.1
MOVIE2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Firuz
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6.2
MOVIE2007
Hitman
as Bwana Ovie
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6.2
MOVIE2002
Femme Fatale
as Black Tie
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6.2
MOVIE2008
Transporter 3
as Ice
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6.3
MOVIE2016
Bastille Day
as Baba
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6.1
MOVIE2014
3 Days to Kill
as Jules
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6.0
MOVIE2026
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
as Garba
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6.1
MOVIE2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Policier
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5.0
MOVIE2018
Belleville Cop
as Ladji Touré
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7.1
MOVIE2009
Thirst
as Immanuel
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7.0
MOVIE2006
The Nativity Story
as Balthasar
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5.3
MOVIE2017
China Salesman
as Sheik Asaid
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6.5
MOVIE2011
Black Gold
as Hassan Dakhil
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6.2
MOVIE2025
L2: Empuraan
as Kabuga
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6.2
MOVIE2008
Disgrace
as Petrus
MOVIE2010
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
as Lieutenant Bado
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7.1
MOVIE1999
The Children of the Marshland
as 'Banania'
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4.6
MOVIE2019
Domino
as Ezra Tarzi
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7.2
MOVIE2013
Aya of Yop City
as Hyacinthe
MOVIE2011
The King's Necklace
as Octave Bumi
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6.0
MOVIE2011
Case départ
as Isidore
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6.1
MOVIE2020
Earth and Blood
as Adama
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5.9
MOVIE2020
Rogue City
as Stephan Jankovic
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5.7
MOVIE2008
Ca$h
as Letallec
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6.0
MOVIE2010
The Horde
as Adewale
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6.1
MOVIE2001
My Wife Is an Actress
as Le videur de la boite
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5.5
MOVIE2010
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Agent immobilier
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4.3
MOVIE2007
Magic Paris
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5.8
MOVIE2017
Past Imperfect
as Michel
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5.5
MOVIE2009
Omar
as Le pĂšre d'Omar
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5.2
MOVIE2016
Gang of the Caribbean
as Politik
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6.2
MOVIE1996
When the Cat's Away
as Ouvrier ébéniste
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4.6
MOVIE2013
Italian Movies
as Zahur
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4.6
MOVIE1997
XXL
as Omar
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7.0
MOVIE2010
Carlos
as Hassan al-Tourabi
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4.8
MOVIE2007
Africa Paradise
as M'Doula
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5.2
MOVIE2010
In Gold We Trust
as Melchior
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6.2
MOVIE2020
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
as Doctor
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7.3
MOVIE2010
Fais danser la poussiĂšre
as Suleyman
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4.4
MOVIE2015
Mother(s)
as Alioune
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7.5
MOVIE2015
All Three of Us
as Adama
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6.4
MOVIE2022
Ritual
as CĂ©zaire Nduka
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9.0
MOVIE2002
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
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5.3
MOVIE2014
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
as Lieutenant Yaya
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5.3
MOVIE2008
Black and White
as Bertrand
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6.8
MOVIE2009
35 Shots of Rum
as Blanchard
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5.5
MOVIE2008
Baby Love
as l'assistant social
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5.7
MOVIE2001
The Three Kings
as Babar le videur
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6.4
MOVIE2006
The Front Line
as Joe Yumba
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3.5
MOVIE2004
San Antonio
as Jérémie Blanc
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4.5
MOVIE2011
Implosion
as Wilhelm
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4.5
MOVIE2009
King Guillaume
as Le curé
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5.9
MOVIE2024
Here and There
as Professeur Ibrahima
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6.3
MOVIE1998
La Mort du Chinois
as Bekate, nurse
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4.6
MOVIE2014
SMS
as Le grand flic
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6.3
MOVIE2003
The Silence of the Forest
as Gonaba
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4.5
MOVIE2000
BĂ ttu
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7.0
MOVIE2022
De Charles de Gaulle Ă Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
as Narrator (voice)
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6.9
MOVIE2000
Lumumba
as Patrice Ămery Lumumba
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5.5
MOVIE2018
A Season in France
as Abbas Mahadjir
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5.0
MOVIE2010
The White Line
as François
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8.0
MOVIE2001
Villa mon rĂȘve
as Touré Dialo
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4.4
MOVIE2012
Henry
as Karanja
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7.0
MOVIE2006
The Trail
as Kadjiro
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4.2
MOVIE2010
Blackout
as Monsieur-la-BĂȘte
MOVIE2013
Stalingrad Lovers
as Jupiter
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6.2
MOVIE2017
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
as Dolomey
MOVIE2013
Dakar Trottoirs
as Maitre
MOVIE2025
Hyacinthe
as CĂ©saire
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4.0
MOVIE2018