Omar Sy
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
- Born
- 1978-01-20 · Trappes, Yvelines, France
Known for
- Jurassic World (2015) — Barry
- The Intouchables (2011) — Driss
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — Bishop
- Jurassic World Dominion (2022) — Barry Sembène
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) — Hot Rod (voice)
- Inferno (2016) — Christoph Bouchard
- The Call of the Wild (2020) — Perreault
- Burnt (2015) — Michel
- Two Is a Family (2016) — Samuel
- Lupin (2021) — Assane Diop
- The Wolf's Call (2019) — D'Orsi
- The Tuche Family (2011) — Le curé
- Those Happy Days (2006) — Joseph
- Samba (2014) — Samba Cissé
- Don't Die Too Hard! (2001) — Taxi Driver
- Chocolat (2016) — Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat