Omar Sy

Omar Sy

1978-01-20 Trappes, Yvelines, France 90 Credits

Biography

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 h...

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Dumas: Black Devil

2027

Acting

Thomas Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas was born a Caribbean slave in 1762 and beat the odds by rising through the ranks to become a revolutiona...

The Strangers' Case

The Strangers' Case

2025

as Marwan

Acting

Over four centuries ago, William Shakespeare collaborated with others on a play about the historical figure Sir Thomas More. In it, he wrote a speech ...

Patience (Sabali)

Patience (Sabali)

2025

as Sekou

Acting
Shadow Force

Shadow Force

2025

as Isaac

6.2
Acting

Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in ord...

Out of Control

Out of Control

2025

as Julien

5.9
Acting

Julien and Marie have enjoyed 15 years of seemingly stable marriage until Anaëlle, Julien’s childhood flame, returns. Her sudden presence awakens old ...

Out of Control

Out of Control

2025

Producer

5.9
Producing

Julien and Marie have enjoyed 15 years of seemingly stable marriage until Anaëlle, Julien’s childhood flame, returns. Her sudden presence awakens old ...

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

Michel Denisot n'aime pas les anniversaires

2024

as Self

Acting

He may not like birthdays, but Michel Denisot celebrates LGJ's 20th, CANAL+'s 40th, and his own 80th!

The Killer

The Killer

2024

as Sey

6.4
Acting

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by...

The Book of Clarence

The Book of Clarence

2024

as Barabbas

6.0
Acting

Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by th...

Father & Soldier

Father & Soldier

2023

as Bakary Diallo

6.0
Acting

1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to join his 17-year-old son, Thierno, who has been forcibly recruited. Sent to the front, they will hav...

Father & Soldier

Father & Soldier

2023

Producer

6.0
Producing

1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to join his 17-year-old son, Thierno, who has been forcibly recruited. Sent to the front, they will hav...

Jurassic World Dominion

Jurassic World Dominion

2022

as Barry Sembène

6.7
Acting

Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the fut...

The Takedown

The Takedown

2022

as Ousmane Diakhité

6.0
Acting

Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a n...

Drôles de familles

Drôles de familles

2022

as Self

Acting

When comedians draw on the family to make people laugh, everyone is concerned. This documentary looks at everything that is horrifying or hilarious in...

Fake News

Fake News

2021

as Starsky, the Uber driver

4.0
Acting

After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper strai...

La télé d'Omar et Fred

La télé d'Omar et Fred

2020

7.5
Acting
GIMS: On the Record

GIMS: On the Record

2020

as Self

7.3
Acting

Go backstage with beloved rap superstar Gims in the year leading up to his major 2019 Stade de France performance in this up-close documentary.

Anelka: Misunderstood

Anelka: Misunderstood

2020

as Self

6.5
Acting

Bad boy or football genius? Famed French footballer Nicolas Anelka's controversial legacy is examined in an unflinching documentary.

Simply Black

Simply Black

2020

as Omar Sy

5.9
Acting

A failed 40 year old comedian wants to organize the first Black protests in France but meeting with other French celebrities of the Black community wi...

Night Shift

Night Shift

2020

as Aristide

5.2
Acting

Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his ...

Refugee

Refugee

2020

as Marwan

Acting

A Syrian doctor attempts to escape her war-ravaged homeland with her young daughter.

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

2020

as Perreault

7.5
Acting

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to...

The Lost Prince

The Lost Prince

2020

as Djibi, le père / le prince

5.7
Acting

Djibi lives alone with Sofia, his 8-year-old daughter. Every night, he invents a story to put him to sleep. When Sofia falls asleep, these extraordina...

Arctic Dogs

Arctic Dogs

2019

as Leopold (voice)

6.0
Acting

Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

The Wolf's Call

The Wolf's Call

2019

as D'Orsi

7.6
Acting

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depe...

Yao

Yao

2019

as Seydou Tall

6.6
Acting

From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to D...

Yao

Yao

2019

Producer

6.6
Producing

From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to D...

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting
Belleville Cop

Belleville Cop

2018

as Baaba Keita

5.0
Acting

When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local office...

The State Against Mandela and the Others

The State Against Mandela and the Others

2018

Associate Producer

6.6
Producing

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country ...

The Perfect Day

The Perfect Day

2018

as Self

7.4
Acting

French soccer fans, celebrities and athletes retrace the exhilarating events of July 12, 1998, as France earned a historic win in the World Cup final.

Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy

Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy

2017

as Self, Actor

Acting
Knock

Knock

2017

as Knock

6.4
Acting

Doctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular ...

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Hot Rod (voice)

6.1
Acting

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history ...

Sahara

Sahara

2017

as Ajar (voice)

5.9
Acting

A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.

Two Is a Family

Two Is a Family

2016

as Samuel

7.7
Acting

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight ye...

Inferno

Inferno

2016

as Christoph Bouchard

6.1
Acting

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

The Blues: Another Story of France

The Blues: Another Story of France

2016

as Self

6.7
Acting

This documentary charts 20 years of the French national soccer team, Les Bleus, whose ups and downs have mirrored those of French society.

Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner

Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner

2016

as Himself

9.0
Acting

Documentary following Teddy Riner's incredible career from 2004 to 2016 before Rio Olympic Games. We learn about his roots in Guadeloupe, his training...

Chocolat

Chocolat

2016

as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

6.8
Acting

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Fo...

Burnt

Burnt

2015

as Michel

6.5
Acting

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearh...

Jurassic World

Jurassic World

2015

as Barry

6.7
Acting

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

Mune: Guardian of the Moon

Mune: Guardian of the Moon

2015

as Sohone (voice)

7.3
Acting

When a faun named Mune becomes the Guardian of the Moon, little did he had unprepared experience with the Moon and an accident that could put both the...

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

2014

as Self

Acting

Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.

Samba

Samba

2014

as Samba Cissé

6.3
Acting

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recent...

Samba

Samba

2014

Co-Producer

6.3
Producing

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recent...

Good People

Good People

2014

as Khan

5.5
Acting

Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of thei...

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

as Bishop

7.5
Acting

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e...

L'entrée des Trappistes

L'entrée des Trappistes

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting
Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

2013

as Nicolas

6.1
Acting

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

On the Other Side of the Tracks

On the Other Side of the Tracks

2012

as Ousmane Diakhité

5.6
Acting

Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?

2012

as Mosby

5.7
Acting

French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic t...

The Dream Team

The Dream Team

2012

as Wéké N’Dogo

5.0
Acting

A former footballer living in Brittany enlists his old teammates to help the local fisherman to win some games in order to raise money and save jobs.

The Intouchables

The Intouchables

2011

as Driss

8.3
Acting

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the proje...

The Tuche Family

The Tuche Family

2011

as Le curé

6.0
Acting

Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they s...

Marrakech du rire

Marrakech du rire

2011

as Self

5.6
Acting

From June 8 to 12, 2011, Jamel Debbouze organized the first Marrakech Laughter Festival. For this major event, Jamel invited his friends from the worl...

The Storytelling Show

The Storytelling Show

2010

as Momo (voice)

5.5
Acting

Two children, Pierre and Jeanne, register their father into a televised contest of papas storytellers. Terrified, Laurent, the father, will have to re...

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker

2010

as Taxi driver

7.1
Acting

France's darling comedian came back in force on the boards in the fall of 2009 with this hour and a half show, inspired by her experience of motherhoo...

Conte de la frustration

Conte de la frustration

2010

as Mo

6.9
Acting
The Not-So-Little Thumbling

The Not-So-Little Thumbling

2010

as Grand Poucet

4.3
Acting

French parody of the Hop-o'-My-Thumb fairytale.

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

2009

as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega

5.4
Acting

After four years in jail, Elias is doing his rehabilitation in an hospital as stretcher bearer. In five hours, his parole will be completed. He will m...

Micmacs

Micmacs

2009

as Remington

6.6
Acting

While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a...

Round Da Way

Round Da Way

2009

as Narbé (voice)

6.7
Acting

It’s summer in the hood. As every year, there are those who stay, those who leave, and... those who should have left. Some, like Joe Hustleton, work «...

So Happy Together

So Happy Together

2009

as Bruno

6.5
Acting

Famille : Groupe de personnes réunies par des liens de parenté et un fort sentiment de solidarité morale et matérielle. Quand Alain a épousé Nathalie,...

Safari

Safari

2009

as Youssouf Hammal

4.6
Acting

Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took t...

King Guillaume

King Guillaume

2009

as Jean Peter

4.5
Acting

Magali plays in a brass band. Guillaume drives a small tourist train. Both spin a perfect love, they share modest dreams and their baby is about to co...

Special Correspondents

Special Correspondents

2009

as Jimmy

5.1
Acting

R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of list...

2 Alone in Paris

2 Alone in Paris

2008

as Sammy Bouglioni

5.1
Acting

A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.

VERSUS

VERSUS

2008

as Self

Acting

Portrait of the "battle phenomenon" in the Hip-Hop scene in France. In recent years, these artistic confrontations have been multiplying across France...

Garage Babes

Garage Babes

2007

as Hamidou

3.1
Acting

Three sexy young women break down in a desert similar to those of the American South. Thanks to a voiceover , they manage to temporarily repair their ...

Omar et Fred - Le spectacle

Omar et Fred - Le spectacle

2007

as Omar Sy

6.7
Acting

Le spectacle d'Omar & Fred enregistré au Casino de Paris...

Those Happy Days

Those Happy Days

2006

as Joseph

7.3
Acting

Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, v...

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

Once Upon a Time in the Oued

2005

as le génie de la lampe

5.5
Acting

In 1988, Johnny Leclerc, the son of a Norman mother and an Alsatian father, lives in a suburban housing estate with his friends. He behaves like a Mus...

The Box

The Box

2004

as Lorenzo

5.7
Acting

A guy has to move out in a day, completely unprepared, and drive his mum to the airport. Completely stressed out, he calls his friends for help. Short...

L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire

L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire

2004

as Impersonator (voices)

7.0
Acting

Coming-Out

2004

as Omar Sy

3.0
Acting

Max has a date with a woman, and is invited to her appartment. However, he has a secret to tell her...

The Dope

The Dope

2003

as Michel Dembélé

4.6
Acting

Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their ...

Samouraïs

Samouraïs

2002

as Tyson

3.4
Acting

An ageless Demon Warrior is magically impregnated into the womb of a Parisian Kung-Fu Master's girlfriend. But what is the Demon's relationship with a...

If I Was Him

If I Was Him

2002

as Gabriel

4.3
Acting

A down-on-his-luck architect and his handsome, successful colleague married to the woman they both love, drink a potion given to the former by a black...

Ces jours heureux

2002

as Brice

6.5
Acting
Dead Weight

Dead Weight

2002

as Malian guy

5.9
Acting

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

The Race

The Race

2002

as Sergent ONU

4.0
Acting

Sami, Tacchini, Yaya and Kader are four small-time crooks from the suburbs of Paris. After a failed robbery, their boss, Carlito, sends them to Canada...

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale

2001

as Le Taxi

6.3
Acting

Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Mari...

L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !

L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !

2000

as impersonation (voices)

8.0
Acting

- The Board of DSK - The complaints of the grandmother mustache - The Tiberi make us cry - Edward loose - Right Park - Lionel Jospin Love

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

2000

as Self

6.6
Acting
Jamel Show

Jamel Show

1999

as Self

6.0
Acting

Jamel is given carte blanche at CANAL+ for an hour, the comedian took this opportinity to gather friends and guests for a comedy special to celebrate ...

Le Chat du rabbin

N/A

as Le chat

Acting

French Lover

N/A

as Abel Camara

Acting

Abel Camara, the biggest star of the moment, crosses paths with girl-next-door Marion. Neither of them suspects this will be the beginning of a great ...

Patience

N/A

as Sekou

Acting
11817

11817

N/A

Producer

Producing

Inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life-or-death essentials begin to run out, the ...