The Most Famous

ACTORS from Côte d'Ivoire

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ivorian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 1 of which were born in Côte d'Ivoire. This makes Côte d'Ivoire the birth place of the 120th most number of Actors behind Sri Lanka, and Fiji.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ivorian Actors of all time. This list of famous Ivorian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Isaach de Bankolé (b. 1957)

With an HPI of 50.21, Isaach de Bankolé is the most famous Ivorian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Zachari Bankolé (born 12 August 1957), known professionally as Isaach de Bankolé, is an Ivoirian actor, active primarily in France and the United States. He won the 1987 César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the film Black Mic Mac, and rose to international prominence for his starring role in Claire Denis' 1988 film Chocolat. He is known to international film audiences for his roles in the films of director Jim Jarmusch, Mamadou in James Ivory's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), Timothy in Lars von Trier's Manderlay (2005), the villain Steven Obanno in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and the River Tribe Elder in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018) and its 2022 sequel. He also played President Ule Matobo on the Fox television series 24 (2008-09).

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Ivorian actors born between 1957 and 1957. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ivorian actors include Isaach de Bankolé.

Living Ivorian Actors

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