Omar Sy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 January 1978 · Trappes, Yvelines, France
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 94
- 2027Dumas: Black Devil
- 2027Untitled Ocean's Prequel
- 2026Le Chat du rabbin as Le chat
- 2026Patience as Sekou
- 2025I Was a Stranger as Marwan
- 2025French Lover as Abel Camara
- 2025Patience (Sabali) as Sekou
- 2025Shadow Force as Isaac
- 2025Out of Control as Julien
- 2024Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires as Self
- 2024The Killer as Sey
- 2024The Book of Clarence as Barabbas
- 2023Father & Soldier as Bakary Diallo
- 2022Jurassic World Dominion as Barry Sembène
- 2022The Takedown as Ousmane Diakhité
- 2022Drôles de familles as Self
- 2021Fake News as Starsky, the Uber driver
- 2020La télé d'Omar et Fred
- 2020GIMS: On the Record as Self
- 2020Anelka: Misunderstood as Self
- 2020Simply Black as Omar Sy
- 2020Night Shift as Aristide
- 2020Refugee as Marwan
- 2020The Call of the Wild as Perreault
- 2020The Lost Prince as Djibi, le père / le prince
- 2019Arctic Dogs as Leopold (voice)
- 2019The Wolf's Call as D'Orsi
- 2019Yao as Seydou Tall
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 1 episode
- 2018Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
- 2018Belleville Cop as Baaba Keita
- 2018The Perfect Day as Self
- 2017Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy as Self, Actor
- 2017Knock as Knock
- 2017Transformers: The Last Knight as Hot Rod (voice)
- 2017Sahara as Ajar (voice)
- 2016Two Is a Family as Samuel
- 2016Inferno as Christoph Bouchard
- 2016The Blues: Another Story of France as Self
- 2016Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner as Himself
- 2016The Angry Birds Movie as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2016Chocolat as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
- 2016Norm of the North as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015Burnt as Michel
- 2015Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' as Self
- 2015X-Men: Unguarded as Self
- 2015Jurassic World as Barry
- 2015Mune: Guardian of the Moon as Sohone (voice)
- 2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
- 2014Samba as Samba Cissé
- 2014X-Men: Reunited as Self
- 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past - Classification: M as Self
- 2014Good People as Khan
- 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past as Bishop
- 2013L'entrée des Trappistes as Self
- 2013Mood Indigo as Nicolas
- 2012On the Other Side of the Tracks as Ousmane Diakhité
- 2012Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ? as Mosby
- 2012The Dream Team as Wéké N’Dogo
- 2011The Intouchables as Driss
- 2011The Tuche Family as Le curé
- 2011Marrakech du rire as Self
- 2010The Storytelling Show as Momo (voice)
- 2010Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker as Taxi driver
- 2010Conte de la frustration as Mo
- 2010The Not-So-Little Thumbling as Grand Poucet
- 2009Murphy's Law as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
- 2009Micmacs as Remington
- 2009So Happy Together as Bruno
- 2009Round Da Way as Narbé (voice)
- 2009Safari as Youssouf Hammal
- 2009King Guillaume as Jean Peter
- 2009Special Correspondents as Jimmy
- 20082 Alone in Paris as Sammy Bouglioni
- 2008VERSUS as Self
- 2007Garage Babes as Hamidou
- 2007Omar et Fred - Le spectacle as Omar Sy
- 2007Surf's Up as (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006Those Happy Days as Joseph
- 2005Once Upon a Time in the Oued as le génie de la lampe
- 2004The Box as Lorenzo
- 2004L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire as Self - Impersonator (voices)
- 2004Coming-Out as Omar Sy
- 2003The Dope as Michel Dembélé
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2002Samouraïs as Tyson
- 2002If I Was Him as Gabriel
- 2002Ces jours heureux as Brice
- 2002Dead Weight as Malian guy
- 2002The Race as Sergent ONU
- 2001Don't Die Too Hard! as Taxi Driver
- 2000L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols ! as Self - Impersonator (voices)
- 2000Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel as Self
- 1999Jamel Show as Self
Production 7
- 2026The Last House · producer
- 2025Out of Control · producer
- 2023Father & Soldier · producer
- 2019Yao · producer
- 2018The State Against Mandela and the Others · associate producer
- 2014Samba · co-producer
- 2010The Not-So-Little Thumbling · producer