Ériq Ebouaney - Actor Profile

Ériq Ebouaney

50Movies
9.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 L2: Empuraan Kabuga ★ 6.2 FLOP
2024 Here and There Professeur Ibrahima ★ 5.9 FLOP
2022 Ritual Cézaire Nduka ★ 6.5 HIT
2022 De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire Narrator (voice) ★ 7.0 HIT
2020 Rogue City Stephan Jankovic ★ 5.9 FLOP
2020 Earth and Blood Adama ★ 6.1 FLOP
2020 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Doctor ★ 6.2 FLOP
2018 Belleville Cop Ladji Touré ★ 5.0 FLOP
2018 A Season in France Abbas Mahadjir ★ 5.5 FLOP
2017 China Salesman Sheik Asaid ★ 5.4 FLOP
2017 African Storm: A Continent Under Influence Dolomey ★ 6.2 FLOP
2017 Past Imperfect Michel ★ 5.8 FLOP
2016 Gang of the Caribbean Politik ★ 5.2 FLOP
2016 Bastille Day Baba ★ 6.3 FLOP
2015 All Three of Us Adama ★ 7.5 HIT
2014 Le Crocodile du Botswanga Lieutenant Yaya ★ 5.2 FLOP
2014 3 Days to Kill Jules ★ 6.1 FLOP
2013 Aya of Yop City Hyacinthe ★ 7.2 HIT
2011 Black Gold Hassan Dakhil ★ 6.5 HIT
2011 Case départ Isidore ★ 6.0 FLOP
2010 The White Line François ★ 5.0 FLOP
2010 In Gold We Trust Melchior ★ 5.2 FLOP
2010 Carlos Hassan al-Tourabi ★ 7.0 HIT
2010 Thelma, Louise et Chantal Agent immobilier ★ 5.6 FLOP
2010 The Horde Adewale ★ 6.0 FLOP
2010 Fais danser la poussière Suleyman ★ 7.4 HIT
2009 Omar Le père d'Omar ★ 5.0 FLOP
2009 Thirst Immanuel ★ 7.1 HIT
2009 35 Shots of Rum Blanchard ★ 6.8 HIT
2008 Baby Love l'assistant social ★ 5.5 FLOP
2008 Transporter 3 Ice ★ 6.2 FLOP
2008 Disgrace Petrus ★ 6.2 FLOP
2008 Ca$h Letallec ★ 5.7 FLOP
2008 Black and White Bertrand ★ 5.4 FLOP
2007 Hitman Bwana Ovie ★ 6.2 FLOP
2007 Africa Paradise M'Doula ★ 4.7 FLOP
2006 The Nativity Story Balthasar ★ 6.9 HIT
2006 The Front Line Joe Yumba ★ 6.3 FLOP
2006 The Trail Kadjiro ★ 6.6 HIT
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Firuz ★ 7.0 HIT
2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse Policier ★ 6.1 FLOP
2003 The Silence of the Forest Gonaba ★ 6.0 FLOP
2002 French Wedding, Caribbean Style - ★ 9.0 HIT
2002 Femme Fatale Black Tie ★ 6.1 FLOP
2001 The Three Kings Babar le videur ★ 5.7 FLOP
2001 My Wife Is an Actress Le videur de la boite ★ 6.1 FLOP
2000 Lumumba Patrice Émery Lumumba ★ 6.7 HIT
1999 The Children of the Marshland 'Banania' ★ 7.1 HIT
1998 La Mort du Chinois Bekate, nurse ★ 6.0 FLOP
1996 When the Cat's Away Ouvrier ébéniste ★ 6.2 FLOP