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