Ériq Ebouaney

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.

Known For

Death in Paradise

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Kingdom of Heaven

Vivement dimanche

Capitaine Marleau

Hitman

Liaison

Transporter 3

All Movies (70)

• Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars2026 · as Garba
• Hyacinthe2025 · as Césaire
• L2: Empuraan2025 · as Kabuga
• Here and There2024 · as Professeur Ibrahima
• Ritual2022 · as Cézaire Nduka
• De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rogue City2020 · as Stephan Jankovic
• Earth and Blood2020 · as Adama
• I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere2020 · as Doctor
• Domino2019 · as Ezra Tarzi
• Kaniama Show2018
• Belleville Cop2018 · as Ladji Touré
• A Season in France2018 · as Abbas Mahadjir
• China Salesman2017 · as Sheik Asaid
• African Storm: A Continent Under Influence2017 · as Dolomey
• Past Imperfect2017 · as Michel
• Gang of the Caribbean2016 · as Politik
• Bastille Day2016 · as Baba
• All Three of Us2015 · as Adama
• Mother(s)2015 · as Alioune
• SMS2014 · as Le grand flic
• Le Crocodile du Botswanga2014 · as Lieutenant Yaya
• 3 Days to Kill2014 · as Jules
• Stalingrad Lovers2013 · as Jupiter
• Aya of Yop City2013 · as Hyacinthe
• Italian Movies2013 · as Zahur
• Dakar Trottoirs2013 · as Maitre
• Henry2012 · as Karanja
• Black Gold2011 · as Hassan Dakhil
• Case départ2011 · as Isidore
• The King's Necklace2011 · as Octave Bumi
• Implosion2011 · as Wilhelm
• The White Line2010 · as François
• In Gold We Trust2010 · as Melchior
• Carlos2010 · as Hassan al-Tourabi
• Blackout2010 · as Monsieur-la-Bête
• Le temps de la kermesse est terminé2010 · as Lieutenant Bado
• Thelma, Louise et Chantal2010 · as Agent immobilier
• The Horde2010 · as Adewale
• Fais danser la poussière2010 · as Suleyman
• Omar2009 · as Le père d'Omar
• Thirst2009 · as Immanuel
• 35 Shots of Rum2009 · as Blanchard
• King Guillaume2009 · as Le curé
• Baby Love2008 · as l'assistant social
• Transporter 32008 · as Ice
• Disgrace2008 · as Petrus
• Ca$h2008 · as Letallec
• Black and White2008 · as Bertrand
• Hitman2007 · as Bwana Ovie
• Magic Paris2007
• Africa Paradise2007 · as M'Doula
• The Nativity Story2006 · as Balthasar
• The Front Line2006 · as Joe Yumba
• The Trail2006 · as Kadjiro
• Kingdom of Heaven2005 · as Firuz
• San Antonio2004 · as Jérémie Blanc
• Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse2004 · as Policier
• The Silence of the Forest2003 · as Gonaba
• French Wedding, Caribbean Style2002
• Femme Fatale2002 · as Black Tie
• The Three Kings2001 · as Babar le videur
• My Wife Is an Actress2001 · as Le videur de la boite
• Villa mon rêve2001 · as Touré Dialo
• Lumumba2000 · as Patrice Émery Lumumba
• Bàttu2000
• The Children of the Marshland1999 · as 'Banania'
• La Mort du Chinois1998 · as Bekate, nurse
• XXL1997 · as Omar
• When the Cat's Away1996 · as Ouvrier ébéniste

All TV Shows (12)

• Un dîner presque parfait Afrique2025 · as Ériq Ebouaney
• Lex Africana2024 · as Racine Malik Niang
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon2023 · as Fallou Boukar
• Liaison2023 · as Bob Foret
• Exterminate All the Brutes2021 · as Self
• Capitaine Marleau2015 · as Colonel Douala
• Falco2013 · as Père de Simon
• Jo2013 · as Amadou
• Metal Hurlant Chronicles2012 · as Kaskoff
• Clash2012 · as Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Theo Frazier
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self