Isaach de Bankolé

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Isaach was in Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth, Claire Denis's Chocolat and No Fear, No Die, Jacques Benoit's How to Make Love..., Joe Brewster's The Keeper, Gerard Oury's Vanille-Fraise, Gerard Zingg's Ada Dans la Jungle, and Josiane Balasko's Les Keufs.

In 1987 he won the Cesar (French Oscar) for Best New Actor, in Thomas Gilou's Black Mic-Mac.

On television he appeared in Nicholas Roeg's version of Heart of Darkness.

He has done much work in the theatre, directed Quai Ouest: A Play with Kenyan Actors, and has written a feature film, Babylon su Seine, and a short, Dibi Dibi (Tricks).

Isaach has a degree in acting from Cours Simon and a degree in mathematics from the Universite de Paris.

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