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.
Known For
Jurassic World Dominion
(2022)
Barry Sembène
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Lucas Bishop / Bishop
Jurassic World
(2015)
Barry Sembène
Transformers: The Last Knight
(2017)
Hot Rod (voice)
The Intouchables
(2011)
Driss
The Call of the Wild
(2020)
Perreault
Inferno
(2016)
Christoph Bouchard
The Book of Clarence
(2024)
Barabbas
Burnt
(2015)
Michel
The Wolf's Call
(2019)
D'Orsi
The Takedown
(2022)
Ousmane Diakhité
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
(2015)
Sohone (voice)
Good People
(2014)
Khan
Two Is a Family
(2016)
Samuel
Sahara
(2017)
Ajar (voice)
Arctic Dogs
(2019)
Leopold (voice)
Full Filmography
Acting
Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel
(2000)
Self
L'année des guignols - Ras le bol les guignols !
(2000)
impersonation (voices)
La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
(2001)
Le Taxi
Samouraïs
(2002)
Tyson
The Race
(2002)
Sergent ONU
If I Was Him
(2002)
Gabriel
Dead Weight
(2002)
Malian guy
The Dope
(2003)
Michel Dembélé
The Box
(2004)
Lorenzo
Coming-Out
(2004)
Omar Sy
L'Année des Guignols - Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire
(2004)
Impersonator (voices)
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
(2005)
le génie de la lampe
Those Happy Days
(2006)
Joseph
Omar & Fred - SAV des Émissions - Saison 1
(2006)
Multiple rôles
Garage Babes
(2007)
Hamidou
Omar et Fred - Le spectacle
(2007)
Omar Sy
2 Alone in Paris
(2008)
Sammy Bouglioni
VERSUS
(2008)
Self
Omar et Fred : SAV des émissions, saison 2
(2008)
Omar
Special Correspondents
(2009)
Jimmy
Micmacs
(2009)
Remington
King Guillaume
(2009)
Jean Peter
Safari
(2009)
Youssouf Hammal
Round Da Way
(2009)
Narbé (voice)
So Happy Together
(2009)
Bruno
Murphy's Law
(2009)
Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega
Logorama
(2009)
Michelin Mike / Monsieur Propre / M&M's (Voice)
The Storytelling Show
(2010)
Momo (voice)
The Not-So-Little Thumbling
(2010)
Grand Poucet
Conte de la frustration
(2010)
Mo
Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
(2010)
Le chauffeur de taxi
The Intouchables
(2011)
Driss
The Tuche Family
(2011)
Le curé
On the Other Side of the Tracks
(2012)
Ousmane Diakhité
The Dream Team
(2012)
Wéké N’Dogo
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
(2012)
Mosby
L'entrée des Trappistes
(2013)
Self
Mood Indigo
(2013)
Nicolas
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Lucas Bishop / Bishop
Samba
(2014)
Samba Cissé
Good People
(2014)
Khan
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
(2014)
Self
Jurassic World
(2015)
Barry Sembène
Burnt
(2015)
Michel
Mune: Guardian of the Moon
(2015)
Sohone (voice)
Inferno
(2016)
Christoph Bouchard
Chocolat
(2016)
Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
Two Is a Family
(2016)
Samuel
The Blues: Another Story of France
(2016)
Self
Dans l'ombre de Teddy Riner
(2016)
Himself
Sahara
(2017)
Ajar (voice)
Knock
(2017)
Knock
Transformers: The Last Knight
(2017)
Hot Rod (voice)
Au tableau - Edouard Philippe / Anne Hidalgo / Omar Sy
(2017)
Self, Actor
Belleville Cop
(2018)
Baaba Keita
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
(2018)
Self
The Perfect Day
(2018)
Self
Arctic Dogs
(2019)
Leopold (voice)
The Wolf's Call
(2019)
D'Orsi
Yao
(2019)
Seydou Tall
The Lost Prince
(2020)
Djibi, le père / le prince
The Call of the Wild
(2020)
Perreault
Refugee
(2020)
Marwan
Night Shift
(2020)
Aristide
Simply Black
(2020)
Omar Sy
Anelka: Misunderstood
(2020)
Self
La télé d'Omar et Fred
(2020)
GIMS: On the Record
(2020)
Self
Patrick & Sebastien Vs The Fake News
(2021)
Starsky, the Uber driver
Jurassic World Dominion
(2022)
Barry Sembène
The Takedown
(2022)
Ousmane Diakhité
Drôles de familles
(2022)
Self
Father & Soldier
(2023)
Bakary Diallo
The Book of Clarence
(2024)
Barabbas
The Strangers' Case
(2024)
Marwan
Histoire d'un mariage
(2025)
Julien
Writing
Production