Ériq Ebouaney
Actor
Born October 3, 1967 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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.
Filmography
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Garba
Un dîner presque parfait Afrique
Ériq Ebouaney
Hyacinthe
Césaire
L2: Empuraan
Kabuga
Lex Africana
Racine Malik Niang
Here and There
Professeur Ibrahima
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Fallou Boukar
Liaison
Bob Foret
Ritual
Cézaire Nduka
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
Narrator (voice)
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Exterminate All the Brutes
Self
Rogue City
Stephan Jankovic
Earth and Blood
Adama
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Doctor
Domino
Ezra Tarzi
Kaniama Show
Belleville Cop
Ladji Touré
A Season in France
Abbas Mahadjir
China Salesman
Sheik Asaid
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
Dolomey
Past Imperfect
Michel
Gang of the Caribbean
Politik
Bastille Day
Baba
All Three of Us
Adama
Capitaine Marleau
Colonel Douala
Mother(s)
Alioune
SMS
Le grand flic
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
Lieutenant Yaya
3 Days to Kill
Jules
Stalingrad Lovers
Jupiter
Aya of Yop City
Hyacinthe
Italian Movies
Zahur
Falco
Père de Simon
Jo
Amadou
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Kaskoff
Clash
Abel Diop, père d'Hugo
Henry
Karanja
Black Gold
Hassan Dakhil
Death in Paradise
Theo Frazier
Case départ
Isidore
The King's Necklace
Octave Bumi
Implosion
Wilhelm
The White Line
François
In Gold We Trust
Melchior
Carlos
Hassan al-Tourabi
Blackout
Monsieur-la-Bête
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
Lieutenant Bado
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
Agent immobilier
The Horde
Adewale
Fais danser la poussière
Suleyman
Omar
Le père d'Omar
Thirst
Immanuel
35 Shots of Rum
Blanchard
King Guillaume
Le curé
Baby Love
l'assistant social
Transporter 3
Ice
Disgrace
Petrus
Ca$h
Letallec
Black and White
Bertrand
Hitman
Bwana Ovie
Africa Paradise
M'Doula
The Nativity Story
Balthasar
The Front Line
Joe Yumba
The Trail
Kadjiro
Kingdom of Heaven
Firuz
San Antonio
Jérémie Blanc
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Policier
The Silence of the Forest
Gonaba
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
Femme Fatale
Black Tie
The Three Kings
Babar le videur
My Wife Is an Actress
Le videur de la boite
Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba
Bàttu
The Children of the Marshland
'Banania'
Vivement dimanche
Self
La Mort du Chinois
Bekate, nurse
XXL
Omar
When the Cat's Away
Ouvrier ébéniste