1957 - Today
Zachari Bankolé (born 12 August 1957), known professionally as Isaach de Bankolé, is an Ivorian 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaach de Bankolé has received more than 709,641 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Isaach de Bankolé is the 3,725th most popular actor (down from 3,443rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Ivorian Actor.
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Among actors, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 3,725 out of 9,996. Before him are Jessalyn Gilsig, Matt Smith, Michael Cudlitz, Reinhold Schünzel, Lupita Nyong'o, and Johanne Luise Heiberg. After him are Chloë Grace Moretz, Megumi Ogata, Michael Vartan, Tony Plana, Van Johnson, and Roy Thinnes.
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,719
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,720
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,721
1886 - 1954
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,722
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,723
1812 - 1890
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,724
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,725
1997 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,726
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,727
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 3,728
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 3,729
1916 - 2008
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,730
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,731
Among people born in 1957, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 188. Before him are Víctor Muñoz, Vladimir Tkachenko, Koji Suzuki, David Crane, Sima Samar, and Mohammed Fahim. After him are Ian Stuart Donaldson, Jackie Shroff, Theresa Russell, Zé Sérgio, Salim Idris, and Andreï Makine.
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 182
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 183
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 184
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 185
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 186
1957 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 187
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 188
1957 - 1993
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 189
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 190
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 191
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 192
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 193
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 194
Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 14 out of 119. Before him are Henri Konan Bédié (1934), Robert Guéï (1941), Ahmadou Kourouma (1927), Kolo Touré (1981), Salomon Kalou (1985), and Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943). After him are Basile Boli (1967), Jean-Pierre Kutwa (1945), Gervinho (1987), Bernard Agré (1926), Laurent Pokou (1947), and Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916).
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 8
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 9
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 13
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 15
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 16
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 17
1926 - 2014
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 18
1947 - 2016
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 19
1916 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 20
Among actors born in Côte d'Ivoire, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 1.