Issaka Sawadogo
Actor
Born May 18, 1966 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film Diego Star, for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, and the Dutch film The Paradise Suite, for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor at the 2016 Netherlands Film Festival. In 2020, he appeared in a supporting role in Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois). In 2021 he played the lead role in Jorge Camarotti's short film Ousmane.
Filmography
Les Trois Lascars 2
Une Femme à Kosyam
Salem Kaboré
The Site
Ousmane
No Chains, No Masters
Yoro
Maman
Nathan
Casting Call
Hood Witch
Ahmed
Grill
Driss (Taxi driver)
Io Capitano
Martin
Time Out
Hamousin
Mercy
Boubakar
In His Shadow
Ousmane
Mali Twist
Lassana
Three Scoundrels
Idriss
The Song of the Rifles
Cool Abdoul
Azziz
Ousmane
Ousmane
Night of the Kings
Nivaquine
Wara
Moutari Warra
Adú
Kabila
Re \ Entry
Man
Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel
Self
Quand sort la recluse
Mathias
Quand sort la recluse
Mathias
Sakho & Mangane
Commandant Souleymane Sakho
Walter
Walter
The Legend of Black Snake
Le Djinn
Belleville Cop
Abdoulaye
Yesterday
Gabriel
Iskander
Louis
Animal
Jawak
Guyane
Louis
White People
Josef
The Paradise Suite
Yaya
Samba
Jonas Karanoto
Soleils
The Fulani
Into Thin Air
Agymah
The New World
Luc
Diego Star
Traoré
The Invader
Amadou / Obama
Hotel Swooni
Amadou, Joyeux's father
Home for Christmas
Bintu's Father
Sounds of Sand
Rahne
The Black Lapp
Faren
Ballen i øyet
Mannlig sykepleier