Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 3, 1967
Place of Birth:
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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Ériq Ebouaney
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Soumsoum, la nuit des astres | |
| 2025 | Hyacinthe | Césaire |
| 2025 | L2: Empuraan | Kabuga |
| 2024 | Here and There | Professeur Ibrahima |
| 2022 | De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Ritual | Cézaire Nduka |
| 2020 | I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere | Doctor |
| 2020 | Earth and Blood | Adama |
| 2020 | Rogue City | Stephan Jankovic |
| 2019 | Domino | Ezra Tarzi |
| 2018 | Kaniama Show | |
| 2018 | A Season in France | Abbas Mahadjir |
| 2018 | Belleville Cop | Ladji Touré |
| 2017 | African Storm: A Continent Under Influence | Dolomey |
| 2017 | Past Imperfect | Michel |
| 2017 | China Salesman | Sheik Asaid |
| 2016 | Bastille Day | Baba |
| 2016 | Gang of the Caribbean | Politik |
| 2015 | All Three of Us | Adama |
| 2015 | Mother(s) | Alioune |
| 2014 | SMS | Le grand flic |
| 2014 | 3 Days to Kill | Jules |
| 2014 | Le Crocodile du Botswanga | Lieutenant Yaya |
| 2013 | Aya of Yop City | Hyacinthe |
| 2013 | Italian Movies | Zahur |
| 2013 | Dakar Trottoirs | Maitre |
| 2013 | Stalingrad Lovers | Jupiter |
| 2012 | Henry | Karanja |
| 2011 | Case départ | Isidore |
| 2011 | Implosion | Wilhelm |
| 2011 | Black Gold | Hassan Dakhil |
| 2010 | The White Line | François |
| 2010 | The Horde | Adewale |
| 2010 | In Gold We Trust | Melchior |
| 2010 | Thelma, Louise et Chantal | Agent immobilier |
| 2010 | Le temps de la kermesse est terminé | Lieutenant Bado |
| 2010 | Fais danser la poussière | Suleyman |
| 2010 | Carlos | Hassan al-Tourabi |
| 2010 | Blackout | Monsieur-la-Bête |
| 2009 | Thirst | Immanuel |
| 2009 | 35 Shots of Rum | Blanchard |
| 2009 | King Guillaume | Le curé |
| 2009 | Omar | Le père d'Omar |
| 2008 | Disgrace | Petrus |
| 2008 | Transporter 3 | Ice |
| 2008 | Ca$h | Letallec |
| 2008 | Baby Love | l'assistant social |
| 2008 | Black and White | Bertrand |
| 2007 | Hitman | Bwana Ovie |
| 2007 | Africa Paradise | M'Doula |
| 2007 | Magic Paris | |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Balthasar |
| 2006 | The Front Line | Joe Yumba |
| 2006 | The Trail | Kadjiro |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Firuz |
| 2004 | San Antonio | Jérémie Blanc |
| 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Policier |
| 2003 | The Silence of the Forest | Gonaba |
| 2002 | French Wedding, Caribbean Style | |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Black Tie |
| 2001 | Villa mon rêve | Touré Dialo |
| 2001 | The Three Kings | Babar le videur |
| 2001 | My Wife Is an Actress | Le videur de la boite |
| 2000 | Lumumba | Patrice Émery Lumumba |
| 2000 | Bàttu | |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | 'Banania' |
| 1998 | La Mort du Chinois | Bekate, nurse |
| 1997 | XXL | Omar |
| 1996 | When the Cat's Away | Ouvrier ébéniste |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lex Africana | Racine Malik Niang |
| 2023 | The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon | Fallou Boukar |
| 2023 | Liaison | Bob Foret |
| 2021 | Exterminate All the Brutes | Self |
| 2015 | Capitaine Marleau | Colonel Douala |
| 2013 | Jo | Amadou |
| 2013 | Falco | Père de Simon |
| 2012 | Clash | Abel Diop, père d'Hugo |
| 2012 | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Kaskoff |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Theo Frazier |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |