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