ACTOR

Isaach de Bankolé

1957 - Today

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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 699,093 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Isaach de Bankolé is the 3,516th most popular actor (up from 3,719th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Ivorian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Isaach de Bankolé by language

Over the past year Isaach de Bankolé has had the most page views in the with 76,988 views, followed by French (37,467), and German (12,786). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (141.00%), Armenian (112.37%), and Igbo (77.08%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 3,516 out of 13,578. Before him are Jun Ji-hyun, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Tim Pigott-Smith, Waheeda Rehman, Richard Berry, and Jean Hagen. After him are Lilia Skala, Ronan Keating, Eva Bartok, Martina Gedeck, Elmo Lincoln, and Taraji P. Henson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 190. Before him are Željko Ivanek, Mirjana Karanović, Adri van Tiggelen, Tad Williams, Carlos Renato Frederico, and Fulvio Collovati. After him are Gamal Al-Ghandour, Alaa Al Aswany, Timothy Treadwell, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Bojan Križaj, and David Crane.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 18 out of 140. Before him are Charles Konan Banny (1942), Kolo Touré (1981), Basile Boli (1967), Laurent Pokou (1947), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), and Gervinho (1987). After him are Salomon Kalou (1985), Bernard Agré (1926), Franck Kessié (1996), Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916), Seydou Doumbia (1987), and Emmanuel Eboué (1983).

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Among ACTORS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among actors born in Côte d'Ivoire, Isaach de Bankolé ranks 1. 

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Television and Movie Roles

Black Panther
River Tribe Elder
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Feb 13o 20187.387 / 10
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
River Tribe Elder
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Nov 9o 20227.154 / 10
Casino Royale
Steven Obanno
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Nov 14o 20067.55 / 10