Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Date of Birth:

Jan 20, 1978

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Knock Knock

2017

Sahara Sahara

2017

Chocolat Chocolat

2016

VERSUS VERSUS

2008

Coming-Out Coming-Out

2004

Jamel Show Jamel Show

1999

Yao Yao

2019

Fake News Fake News

2021

Logorama Logorama

2009

Refugee Refugee

2020

Burnt Burnt

2015

Micmacs Micmacs

2009

The Box The Box

2004

Samouraïs Samouraïs

2002

The Race The Race

2002

Safari Safari

2009

Samba Samba

2014

The Killer The Killer

2024

Inferno Inferno

2016

The Dope The Dope

2003

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