Ériq Ebouaney
Acting
Born 1967-10-03
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Death in Paradise
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Vivement dimanche
Kingdom of Heaven
Transporter 3
Liaison
Hitman
Capitaine Marleau
Bastille Day
Femme Fatale
3 Days to Kill
Falco
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Thirst
Jo
Black Gold
Exterminate All the Brutes
Belleville Cop
China Salesman
The Nativity Story
Rogue City
Clash
Domino
XXL
The Horde
My Wife Is an Actress
Disgrace
Earth and Blood
Carlos
The Children of the Marshland
Case départ
Ca$h
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Lex Africana
Aya of Yop City
Mother(s)
L2: Empuraan
In Gold We Trust
Past Imperfect
When the Cat's Away
35 Shots of Rum
The King's Necklace
Thelma, Louise et Chantal
All Three of Us
The Three Kings
San Antonio
Omar
Here and There
Ritual
Africa Paradise
Italian Movies
Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
Black and White
Lumumba
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Gang of the Caribbean
Le Crocodile du Botswanga
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