Ériq Ebouaney
Acting • Born 1967-10-03
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
80 credits
Hitman
Movie • 2007
Bwana Ovie
The Nativity Story
Movie • 2006
Balthasar
XXL
Movie • 1997
Omar
Villa mon rêve
Movie • 2001
Touré Dialo
The Front Line
Movie • 2006
Joe Yumba
Thirst
Movie • 2009
Immanuel
SMS
Movie • 2014
Le grand flic
Disgrace
Movie • 2008
Petrus
Transporter 3
Movie • 2008
Ice
The White Line
Movie • 2010
François
Ca$h
Movie • 2008
Letallec
Baby Love
Movie • 2008
l'assistant social
The Horde
Movie • 2010
Adewale
Case départ
Movie • 2011
Isidore
35 Shots of Rum
Movie • 2009
Blanchard
In Gold We Trust
Movie • 2010
Melchior
The Trail
Movie • 2006
Kadjiro
San Antonio
Movie • 2004
Jérémie Blanc
Lumumba
Movie • 2000
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Black and White
Movie • 2008
Bertrand
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Movie • 2010
Agent immobilier
Henry
Movie • 2012
Karanja
Implosion
Movie • 2011
Wilhelm
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
Movie • 2010
Lieutenant Bado
3 Days to Kill
Movie • 2014
Jules
Aya of Yop City
Movie • 2013
Hyacinthe
Africa Paradise
Movie • 2007
M'Doula
Italian Movies
Movie • 2013
Zahur
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
Movie • 2014
Lieutenant Yaya
When the Cat's Away
Movie • 1996
Ouvrier ébéniste
All Three of Us
Movie • 2015
Adama
Kaniama Show
Movie • 2018
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
Movie • 2002
Femme Fatale
Movie • 2002
Black Tie
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
Movie • 2017
Dolomey
Dakar Trottoirs
Movie • 2013
Maitre
La Mort du Chinois
Movie • 1998
Bekate, nurse
The Three Kings
Movie • 2001
Babar le videur
Bastille Day
Movie • 2016
Baba
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Movie • 2020
Doctor
King Guillaume
Movie • 2009
Le curé
Mother(s)
Movie • 2015
Alioune
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Here and There
Movie • 2024
Professeur Ibrahima
The Silence of the Forest
Movie • 2003
Gonaba
Black Gold
Movie • 2011
Hassan Dakhil
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Movie • 2004
Policier
Past Imperfect
Movie • 2017
Michel
Gang of the Caribbean
Movie • 2016
Politik
China Salesman
Movie • 2017
Sheik Asaid
The Children of the Marshland
Movie • 1999
'Banania'
Domino
Movie • 2019
Ezra Tarzi
Bàttu
Movie • 2000
A Season in France
Movie • 2018
Abbas Mahadjir
Stalingrad Lovers
Movie • 2013
Jupiter
Fais danser la poussière
Movie • 2010
Suleyman
Earth and Blood
Movie • 2020
Adama
Carlos
Movie • 2010
Hassan al-Tourabi
Magic Paris
Movie • 2007
Belleville Cop
Movie • 2018
Ladji Touré
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie • 2005
Firuz
Rogue City
Movie • 2020
Stephan Jankovic
Ritual
Movie • 2022
Cézaire Nduka
Omar
Movie • 2009
Le père d'Omar
Blackout
Movie • 2010
Monsieur-la-Bête
Hyacinthe
Movie • 2025
Césaire
L2: Empuraan
Movie • 2025
Kabuga
My Wife Is an Actress
Movie • 2001
Le videur de la boite
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Movie • 2026
Garba
Exterminate All the Brutes
TV • 2021
Self
Clash
TV • 2012
Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV • 2012
Kaskoff
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
TV • 2023
Fallou Boukar
Jo
TV • 2013
Amadou
Falco
TV • 2013
Père de Simon
Lex Africana
TV • 2024
Racine Malik Niang
Capitaine Marleau
TV • 2015
Colonel Douala
Liaison
TV • 2023
Bob Foret
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Theo Frazier
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self