Ériq Ebouaney
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hitman
(Bwana Ovie)
The Nativity Story
(Balthasar)
XXL
(Omar)
Villa mon rêve
(Touré Dialo)
The Front Line
(Joe Yumba)
Thirst
(Immanuel)
SMS
(Le grand flic)
Disgrace
(Petrus)
Transporter 3
(Ice)
The White Line
(François)
Ca$h
(Letallec)
Baby Love
(l'assistant social)
The Horde
(Adewale)
Case départ
(Isidore)
35 Shots of Rum
(Blanchard)
In Gold We Trust
(Melchior)
The Trail
(Kadjiro)
San Antonio
(Jérémie Blanc)
Lumumba
(Patrice Émery Lumumba)
Black and White
(Bertrand)
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
(Agent immobilier)
Henry
(Karanja)
Implosion
(Wilhelm)
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
(Lieutenant Bado)
3 Days to Kill
(Jules)
Aya of Yop City
(Hyacinthe)
Africa Paradise
(M'Doula)
Italian Movies
(Zahur)
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
(Lieutenant Yaya)
When the Cat's Away
(Ouvrier ébéniste)
All Three of Us
(Adama)
Kaniama Show
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
Femme Fatale
(Black Tie)
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
(Dolomey)
Dakar Trottoirs
(Maitre)
La Mort du Chinois
(Bekate, nurse)
The Three Kings
(Babar le videur)
Bastille Day
(Baba)
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
(Doctor)
King Guillaume
(Le curé)
Mother(s)
(Alioune)
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
(Narrator (voice))
Here and There
(Professeur Ibrahima)
The Silence of the Forest
(Gonaba)
Black Gold
(Hassan Dakhil)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
(Policier)
Past Imperfect
(Michel)
Gang of the Caribbean
(Politik)
China Salesman
(Sheik Asaid)
The Children of the Marshland
('Banania')
Domino
(Ezra Tarzi)
Bàttu
A Season in France
(Abbas Mahadjir)
Stalingrad Lovers
(Jupiter)
Fais danser la poussière
(Suleyman)
Earth and Blood
(Adama)
Carlos
(Hassan al-Tourabi)
Magic Paris
Belleville Cop
(Ladji Touré)
Kingdom of Heaven
(Firuz)
Rogue City
(Stephan Jankovic)
Ritual
(Cézaire Nduka)
Omar
(Le père d'Omar)
Blackout
(Monsieur-la-Bête)
Hyacinthe
(Césaire)
L2: Empuraan
(Kabuga)
My Wife Is an Actress
(Le videur de la boite)
Soumsoum, la nuit des astres
Exterminate All the Brutes
(Self)
Clash
(Abel Diop, père d'Hugo)
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
(Kaskoff)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
(Fallou Boukar)
Jo
(Amadou)
Falco
(Père de Simon)
Lex Africana
(Racine Malik Niang)
Capitaine Marleau
(Colonel Douala)
Liaison
(Bob Foret)
Death in Paradise
(Theo Frazier)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
