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.
Kingdom of Heaven
as Firuz
Hitman
as Bwana Ovie
Bastille Day
as Baba
Transporter 3
as Ice
Thirst
as Immanuel
Femme Fatale
as Black Tie
3 Days to Kill
as Jules
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Policier
Black Gold
as Hassan Dakhil
China Salesman
as Sheik Asaid
Rogue City
as Stephan Jankovic
Domino
as Ezra Tarzi
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
as Garba
Belleville Cop
as Ladji Touré
Ca$h
as Letallec
The Nativity Story
as Balthasar
King Guillaume
as Le curé
Carlos
as Hassan al-Tourabi
Implosion
as Wilhelm
L2: Empuraan
as Kabuga
Earth and Blood
as Adama
Disgrace
as Petrus
Here and There
as Professeur Ibrahima
The Horde
as Adewale
XXL
as Omar
Black and White
as Bertrand
Ritual
as CĂ©zaire Nduka
35 Shots of Rum
as Blanchard
My Wife Is an Actress
as Le videur de la boite
Lumumba
as Patrice Ămery Lumumba
Africa Paradise
as M'Doula
The Children of the Marshland
as 'Banania'
The Three Kings
as Babar le videur
San Antonio
as Jérémie Blanc
Case départ
as Isidore
De Charles de Gaulle Ă Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
as Narrator (voice)
Baby Love
as l'assistant social
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
as Lieutenant Yaya
SMS
as Le grand flic
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
as Agent immobilier
All Three of Us
as Adama
In Gold We Trust
as Melchior
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
as Doctor
A Season in France
as Abbas Mahadjir
When the Cat's Away
as Ouvrier ébéniste
Aya of Yop City
as Hyacinthe
The Front Line
as Joe Yumba
La Mort du Chinois
as Bekate, nurse
BĂ ttu
Gang of the Caribbean
as Politik
Italian Movies
as Zahur
The White Line
as François
Past Imperfect
as Michel
Fais danser la poussiĂšre
as Suleyman
Magic Paris
The Trail
as Kadjiro
Omar
as Le pĂšre d'Omar
Blackout
as Monsieur-la-BĂȘte
The Silence of the Forest
as Gonaba
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
Henry
as Karanja
Villa mon rĂȘve
as Touré Dialo
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
as Lieutenant Bado
Mother(s)
as Alioune
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
as Dolomey
Hyacinthe
as CĂ©saire
Dakar Trottoirs
as Maitre
Stalingrad Lovers
as Jupiter
Kaniama Show
The King's Necklace
as Octave Bumi