Ériq Ebouaney
Acting
Born: October 3, 1967 (age 58) · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Transporter 3
2008
Hitman
2007
3 Days to Kill
2014
Bastille Day
2016
Thirst
2009
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
Femme Fatale
2002
Rogue City
2020
Case départ
2011
The Horde
2010
Photos (2)
Movies (68)
Kingdom of Heaven
Firuz
Transporter 3
Ice
3 Days to Kill
Jules
Hitman
Bwana Ovie
Bastille Day
Baba
Femme Fatale
Black Tie
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Policier
Thirst
Immanuel
The Nativity Story
Balthasar
Rogue City
Stephan Jankovic
Belleville Cop
Ladji Touré
China Salesman
Sheik Asaid
Black Gold
Hassan Dakhil
Carlos
Hassan al-Tourabi
Black and White
Bertrand
Domino
Ezra Tarzi
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Firuz
My Wife Is an Actress
Le videur de la boite
Earth and Blood
Adama
All Three of Us
Adama
The Horde
Adewale
Ca$h
Letallec
In Gold We Trust
Melchior
The Children of the Marshland
'Banania'
Disgrace
Petrus
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Doctor
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Garba
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
Lieutenant Yaya
When the Cat's Away
Ouvrier ébéniste
L2: Empuraan
Kabuga
Baby Love
l'assistant social
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Agent immobilier
XXL
Omar
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Narrator (voice)
Case départ
Isidore
Aya of Yop City
Hyacinthe
35 Shots of Rum
Blanchard
Here and There
Professeur Ibrahima
The Three Kings
Babar le videur
King Guillaume
Le curé
Omar
Le père d'Omar
Past Imperfect
Michel
Gang of the Caribbean
Politik
La Mort du Chinois
Bekate, nurse
Africa Paradise
M'Doula
San Antonio
Jérémie Blanc
Ritual
Cézaire Nduka
Mother(s)
Alioune
A Season in France
Abbas Mahadjir
Implosion
Wilhelm
Fais danser la poussière
Suleyman
SMS
Le grand flic
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
2002
Italian Movies
Zahur
The Front Line
Joe Yumba
The King's Necklace
Octave Bumi
Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
Lieutenant Bado
The Trail
Kadjiro
The White Line
François
Henry
Karanja
Bàttu
2000
The Silence of the Forest
Gonaba
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
Dolomey
Blackout
Monsieur-la-Bête
Hyacinthe
Césaire
Stalingrad Lovers
Jupiter
Kaniama Show
2018
TV Shows (10)
Death in Paradise
Theo Frazier · 1 eps
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Fallou Boukar · 9 eps
Capitaine Marleau
Colonel Douala · 1 eps
Liaison
Bob Foret · 6 eps
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Kaskoff · 1 eps
Falco
Père de Simon · 1 eps
Jo
Amadou · 8 eps
Clash
Abel Diop, père d'Hugo · 6 eps
Lex Africana
Racine Malik Niang · 6 eps
Un dîner presque parfait Afrique
Ériq Ebouaney · 1 eps
