Isaach De Bankolé

Isaach De Bankolé se narodil 12. srpna 1957 v Abidjanu na Pobřeží slonoviny jako herec. Prarodiče Isaacha De Bankolé pocházeli z Nigérie, rodiče z Beninu, on sám je pak rodákem z Pobřeží Slonoviny. Narodil se v roce 1957 jako desáté z šestnácti dětí a ve svých sedmnácti letech odešel studovat do Francie. Začátky kariéry a první úspěchy V Paříži se zrovna snažil získat licenci pro pilota aerolinek, když mu otevřel dveře svět kinematografie a Isaach k velké nelibosti rodiny (ale k velké libosti filmových fanoušků) neodolal a vstoupil. He has a degree in acting from Cours Simon and a Masters in Mathematics from the Universite de Paris. The acting bug bit him there and, at the age of 19, he landed his first starring role in the cross-cultural Thomas Gilou comedy "Black Mic Mac" (1986). He won the 1987 César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the film Black Mic Mac, and rose to international prominence for his starring role in Claire Denis's 1988 film Chocolat. Spolupráce s Claire Denis Two years later, he was working with internationally acclaimed director Claire Denis on her celebrated "Chocolat," an interracial romantic drama set amidst the prejudices of colonial French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) play the parents of protagonist France (Cécile Ducasse), who befriends Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant. Film Chocolat se stal průlomovým dílem v kariéře Isaacha De Bankolé a etabloval ho jako významného herce mezinárodní scény. Dlouhodobá spolupráce s Jimem Jarmuschem In '91 he began a career-long collaboration with the godfather of modern indies, director Jim Jarmusch. First playing a put-upon cabbie in the "Paris" segment of the slice-of-life anthology "Night on Earth," he later accumulated similar roles in the urban fable "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" and the "No Problem" segment of 2003's "Coffee and Cigarettes," a filmic collection of conversational vignettes. De Bankolé has appeared in over fifty films, including Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Coffee and Cigarettes and The Limits of Control. No one has allowed De Bankolé to shine on the silver screen to the extent of American writer-director Jim Jarmusch. Later in this very decade, the two collaborated again on The Limits of Control (2009), with De Bankolé playing the lead. Významné filmové role He is known to international film audiences for his roles in the films of director Jim Jarmusch, Mamadou in James Ivory's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), Timothy in Lars von Trier's Manderlay (2005), the villain Steven Obanno in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and the River Tribe Elder in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018) and its 2022 sequel. He portrayed Steven Obanno, a terrorist, in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and "The Lone Man", an assassin in Jim Jarmusch's film, The Limits of Control (2009). Další významné projekty In 2013, he starred as Ayodele Balogun in Andrew Dosunmu's Mother of George, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was the closing night selection for Maryland Film Festival 2013. He has also had roles in Calvary, The Last Witch Hunter, and Black Panther. He also played President Ule Matobo on the Fox television series 24 (2008–2009). He had a significant supporting role as a loyal friend of the main character in The Brutalist (2024). Jazykové schopnosti a osobní život De Bankolé is fluent in Yoruba, Bambara, English, French, and German, and speaks some Italian. He was married to musician Cassandra Wilson from 2000 to 2003. He has been based in the United States since 1997. Isaach De Bankolé se etabloval jako jeden z nejvýraznějších herců nezávislé kinematografie, známý především svou spoluprací s režiséry jako Jim Jarmusch a Claire Denis, ale také rolemi v mainstreamových produkcích včetně bondovky Casino Royale a marvelovského Black Panther.