1967-10-03 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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.
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Hyacinthe | Césaire | 2025-04-02 |
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L2: എമ്പുരാൻ | Kabuga | 2025-03-27 |
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Ici et là-bas | Professeur Ibrahima | 2024-04-17 |
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De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire | Narrator (voice) | 2022-03-09 |
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Ritueel | Cézaire Nduka | 2022-09-07 |
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Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part | Doctor | 2020-01-22 |
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Bronx | Stephan Jankovic | 2020-10-30 |
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La Terre et le Sang | Adama | 2020-04-17 |
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Domino | Ezra Tarzi | 2019-05-31 |
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Le Flic de Belleville | Ladji Touré | 2018-10-17 |
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Une saison en France | Abbas Mahadjir | 2018-01-25 |
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Kaniama Show | 2018-11-01 | |
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L'Orage africain: un continent sous influence | Dolomey | 2017-03-01 |
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Le passé devant nous | Michel | 2017-02-08 |
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China Salesman | Sheik Asaid | 2017-06-16 |
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Le Gang des Antillais | Politik | 2016-11-30 |
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Bastille Day | Baba | 2016-04-22 |
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Maman(s) | Alioune | 2015-09-11 |
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Nous trois ou rien | Adama | 2015-11-04 |
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3 Days to Kill | Jules | 2014-02-14 |
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Le Crocodile du Botswanga | Lieutenant Yaya | 2014-02-19 |
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SMS | Le grand flic | 2014-08-20 |
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Italian Movies | Zahur | 2013-07-03 |
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Dakar Trottoirs | Maitre | 2013-01-01 |
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Aya de Yopougon | Hyacinthe | 2013-07-17 |
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Stalingrad Lovers | Jupiter | 2013-12-11 |
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Henry | Karanja | 2012-03-02 |
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Implosion | Wilhelm | 2011-01-01 |
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Black Gold | Hassan Dakhil | 2011-12-21 |
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Case départ | Isidore | 2011-07-06 |
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La ligne blanche | François | 2010-08-31 |
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600 kilos d'or pur | Melchior | 2010-08-25 |
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La Horde | Adewale | 2010-02-10 |
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Lignes de Front | Monsieur-la-Bête | 2010-03-31 |
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Thelma, Louise et Chantal | Agent immobilier | 2010-03-03 |
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Carlos | Hassan al-Tourabi | 2010-07-07 |
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Fais danser la poussière | Suleyman | 2010-02-09 |
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Le temps de la kermesse est terminé | Lieutenant Bado | 2010-03-17 |
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박쥐 | Immanuel | 2009-04-30 |
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King Guillaume | Le curé | 2009-01-28 |
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35 Rhums | Blanchard | 2009-02-18 |
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Omar | Le père d'Omar | 2009-08-05 |
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Bianco e nero | Bertrand | 2008-01-11 |
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Disgrace | Petrus | 2008-09-06 |
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Transporter 3 | Ice | 2008-11-26 |
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Comme les autres | l'assistant social | 2008-12-18 |
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Ca$h | Letallec | 2008-04-23 |
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Magic Paris | 2007-03-17 | |
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Africa paradis | M'Doula | 2007-02-28 |
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Hitman | Bwana Ovie | 2007-11-21 |
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The Nativity Story | Balthasar | 2006-11-30 |
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La Piste | Kadjiro | 2006-02-08 |
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The Front Line | Joe Yumba | 2006-07-16 |
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Kingdom of Heaven | Firuz | 2005-05-03 |
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San Antonio | Jérémie Blanc | 2004-07-21 |
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Les Rivières pourpres 2 : Les Anges de l'apocalypse | Policier | 2004-02-18 |
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Le silence de la forêt | Gonaba | 2003-05-19 |
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Femme Fatale | Black Tie | 2002-04-30 |
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Zouk, Mariage et Ouélélé | 2002-10-17 | |
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Ma femme est une actrice | Le videur de la boite | 2001-11-14 |
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Villa mon rêve | Touré Dialo | 2001-11-07 |
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Les Rois mages | Babar le videur | 2001-12-12 |
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Lumumba | Patrice Émery Lumumba | 2000-05-13 |
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Bàttu | 2000-09-24 | |
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Les Enfants du marais | 'Banania' | 1999-03-03 |
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La Mort du Chinois | Bekate, nurse | 1998-06-24 |
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XXL | Omar | 1997-12-10 |
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Chacun cherche son chat | Ouvrier ébéniste | 1996-04-03 |