Name
Ériq Ebouaney
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1967-10-03 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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 Cédric 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.
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- 2007 Hitman as Bwana Ovie
- 2006 The Nativity Story as Balthasar
- 1997 XXL as Omar
- 2001 Villa mon rêve as Touré Dialo
- 2006 The Front Line as Joe Yumba
- 2009 Thirst as Immanuel
- 2014 SMS as Le grand flic
- 2008 Disgrace as Petrus
- 2008 Transporter 3 as Ice
- 2010 The White Line as François
- 2008 Ca$h as Letallec
- 2008 Baby Love as l'assistant social
- 2010 The Horde as Adewale
- 2011 Case départ as Isidore
- 2009 35 Shots of Rum as Blanchard
- 2010 In Gold We Trust as Melchior
- 2006 The Trail as Kadjiro
- 2004 San Antonio as Jérémie Blanc
- 2000 Lumumba as Patrice Émery Lumumba
- 2008 Black and White as Bertrand
- 2010 Thelma, Louise et Chantal as Agent immobilier
- 2012 Henry as Karanja
- 2011 Implosion as Wilhelm
- 2010 Le temps de la kermesse est terminé as Lieutenant Bado
- 2014 3 Days to Kill as Jules
- 2013 Aya of Yop City as Hyacinthe
- 2007 Africa Paradise as M'Doula
- 2013 Italian Movies as Zahur
- 2014 Le Crocodile du Botswanga as Lieutenant Yaya
- 1996 When the Cat's Away as Ouvrier ébéniste
- 2015 All Three of Us as Adama
- 2018 Kaniama Show
- 2002 French Wedding, Caribbean Style
- 2002 Femme Fatale as Black Tie
- 2017 African Storm: A Continent Under Influence as Dolomey
- 2013 Dakar Trottoirs as Maitre
- 1998 La Mort du Chinois as Bekate, nurse
- 2001 The Three Kings as Babar le videur
- 2016 Bastille Day as Baba
- 2020 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere as Doctor
- 2009 King Guillaume as Le curé
- 2015 Mother(s) as Alioune
- 2022 De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 Here and There as Professeur Ibrahima
- 2003 The Silence of the Forest as Gonaba
- 2011 Black Gold as Hassan Dakhil
- 2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Policier
- 2017 Past Imperfect as Michel
- 2016 Gang of the Caribbean as Politik
- 2017 China Salesman as Sheik Asaid
- 1999 The Children of the Marshland as 'Banania'
- 2019 Domino as Ezra Tarzi
- 2000 Bàttu
- 2018 A Season in France as Abbas Mahadjir
- 2013 Stalingrad Lovers as Jupiter
- 2010 Fais danser la poussière as Suleyman
- 2020 Earth and Blood as Adama
- 2010 Carlos as Hassan al-Tourabi
- 2007 Magic Paris
- 2018 Belleville Cop as Ladji Touré
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Firuz
- 2020 Rogue City as Stephan Jankovic
- 2022 Ritual as Cézaire Nduka
- 2009 Omar as Le père d'Omar
- 2010 Blackout as Monsieur-la-Bête
- 2025 Hyacinthe as Césaire
- 2025 L2: Empuraan as Kabuga
- 2001 My Wife Is an Actress as Le videur de la boite
- 2026 Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars as Garba
- 2011 The King's Necklace as Octave Bumi
- 2021 Exterminate All the Brutes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Clash ( 6 episodes ) as Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
- 2012 Metal Hurlant Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Kaskoff
- 2023 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon ( 9 episodes ) as Fallou Boukar
- 2013 Jo ( 8 episodes ) as Amadou
- 2013 Falco ( 1 episode ) as Père de Simon
- 2024 Lex Africana ( 6 episodes ) as Racine Malik Niang
- 2015 Capitaine Marleau ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Douala
- 2023 Liaison ( 6 episodes ) as Bob Foret
- 2011 Death in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Theo Frazier
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Un dîner presque parfait Afrique ( 1 episode ) as Ériq Ebouaney
