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Omar Sy

Actor / Comedian / Screenwriter | * 01/20/1978 (46) | Trappes (France)
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Omar Sy (French pronunciation: [ɔmaʁ si], Fula: ???????????????? ????????, romanized: Omar Si; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor, best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot on the Service après-vente des émissions television show on Canal+ (2005–2012). He gained wider recognition for his role in the 2011 comedy-drama film Intouchables, which earned him the César Award for Best Actor, making him the first Black recipient of the award. He later appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Two Is a Family (2016), Chocolat (2016), Inferno (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), the Netflix ()
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Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on ...

Transformers: The Last Knight

PG-13

2017 | 3.0/5 | 2h 34min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save o ...

X-Men: Days of Future Past

PG-13

2014 | 3.8/5 | 2h 12min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. ...

Jurassic World

PG-13

2015 | 3.3/5 | 2h 4min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects. ...

The Intouchables

R

2011 | 4.1/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Omar Sy

Globe De Cristal César Award for Best Actor Time 100 European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Omar Sy as Actor(66)

as Marwan2024 The Strangers' Case
2024 The Book of Clarence
as Bakary Diallo2023 Father & Soldier
2023 The Killer
2023 Shadow Force
as Le chat2023 Le chat du rabbin
as Ousmane Diakhité2022 The Takedown
as Barry Sembène2022 Jurassic World Dominion
as Starsky, the Uber driver2021 Patrick & Sebastien Vs The Fake News
as himself2020 Anelka: Misunderstood
as himself2020 Simply Black
as Perreault2020 The Call of the Wild
as Djibi, le père / le prince2020 The Lost Prince
as Marwan2020 Refugee
as Aristide2020 Night Shift
as Seydou Tall2019 Yao
as D'Orsi2019 The Wolf's Call
as Leopold (voice)2019 Arctic Dogs
as himself2018 The Perfect Day
as Baaba Keita2018 Belleville Cop
as Knock2017 Knock
as Ajar (voice)2017 Sahara
as Hot Rod (voice)2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
as Christoph Bouchard2016 Inferno
as Samuel2016 Two Is a Family
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat2016 Chocolat
as himself2016 The Blues: Another Story of France
as Michel2015 Burnt
as Barry Sembène2015 Jurassic World
as Sohone (voice)2015 Mune: Guardian of the Moon
as Samba Cissé2014 Samba
as Lucas Bishop / Bishop2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Khan2014 Good People
as Nicolas2013 Mood Indigo
as Mosby2012 Bullit & Ripper
as Ousmane Diakhité2012 On the Other Side of the Tracks
as Wéké N’Dogo2012 The Dream Team
as Le curé2011 The Tuche Family
as Driss2011 The Intouchables
as Momo2010 The Storytelling Show
as Mo2010 Conte de la frustration
as Grand Poucet2010 Le pas Petit Poucet
as Le chauffeur de taxi2010 Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker
as Bruno2009 So Happy Together
as Narbé (voice)2009 Round Da Way
as Jean Peter2009 King Guillaume
as Jimmy2009 Special Correspondents
as Joachim Ortega / Father Joachim Ortega2009 La loi de Murphy
as Remington2009 Micmacs
as Michelin Mike / Monsieur Propre / M&M's (Voice)2009 Logorama
as Youssouf Hammal2009 Safari
as Sammy Bouglioni2008 2 Alone in Paris
as Hamidou2007 Garage Babes
as Joseph2006 Those Happy Days
as le génie de la lampe2005 Once Upon a Time in the Oued
as Impersonator (voices)2004 L'Année des Guignols : Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire
as Lorenzo2004 The Box
as himself2004 Coming-Out
as Michel Dembélé2003 The Dope
as Malian guy2002 Dead Weight
as Gabriel2002 If I Was Him
as Sergent ONU2002 The Race
as Tyson2002 Samouraïs
as Le Taxi2001 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
as impersonation (voices)2000 L'Année des Guignols : Ras le bol les guignols !
as himself2000 Jamel Debbouze - Le très très bien de Jamel

TV Shows/Series with Omar Sy as Actor(9)

as Assane Diop2021 Lupin
as himself2011 bref.
as Fish (voix)2011 Fish 'n' Chips
as Isidore (voice)2007 Moot-Moot
as Tanguy (voice)2007 Moot-Moot
as Self (guest)2006 Salut les Terriens !
2005 SAV des émissions
as Ménestrel2000 La Cape et l'épée
as himself1990 Fort Boyard

Movies with Omar Sy as Crew(3)

Production/Producer2023 Father & Soldier
Production/Associate Producer2018 The State Against Mandela and the Others
Production/Co-Producer2014 Samba

TV Shows/Series with Omar Sy as Crew(3)

Writing/Creative Producer2021 Lupin
Production/Producer2021 Lupin
Creator/Creator2005 SAV des émissions

Additional Information

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Full Name: Omar Sy
Citizenship: France
Born: Friday, 01/20 1978 (January) in Trappes (France) (current age: 46 years + 91 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: French (FR, native language), Pulaar
Related to: Alassane Diong
Other names for Omar Sy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Omar"
"오마르 시"
"オマール・シー"
"Омар Си"
Omar Sy frequently works together with these people:
Fred Testot (22x, Actor)
Eric Judor (14x, Actor)
Ramzy Bedia (13x, Actor)
Olivier Nakache (10x, Crew)
Éric Toledano (10x, Crew)
Olivier Baroux (8x, Actor)
Colin Trevorrow (7x, Crew)
Lionel Abelanski (6x, Actor)
Roschdy Zem (5x, Actor)
Mathieu Vadepied (5x, Crew)
George Kay (5x, Crew)
Brandt Andersen (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1210, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/03/2024