Omar Sy

Omar Sy ( born January 20, 1978 in Trappes, near Paris ) is a French actor and comedian.

Life

Omar Sy was born the son of a Senegalese and a Mauretanierin in Trappes. Originally he wanted to engineer for heating, ventilation and sanitary engineering are and go to Senegal. He worked between 1996 and 1997 at the French radio station Radio Nova, where he met his future partner Sketch Fred Testot. With him he had since 2005 on the television program Omar et Fred on Canal to see, which gave him notoriety in France. The international breakthrough came with the film Intouchables alongside François Cluzet. The film celebrated not only in France great success, where he was the most successful domestic production of the year with more than 19 million viewers. In 2012, he became the first black actor with the César for best actor.

2014 Sy as a Bishop in the sequel to X - Men: First Class, X-Men: The future is his to see past that.

Private

On 5 July 2007, he married the mother of his four children. In 2012, the family moved to the U.S. to Los Angeles.

Filmography

  • 2000: La tour Montparnasse infernale
  • 2001: The Race
  • 2001: Do not die too slow
  • 2002: Ball & Chain - Two riveting and six right
  • 2002: Samurai
  • 2006: Help, Holiday ( Nos jours heureux )
  • 2009: Tellement proches
  • 2009: Micmacs - Paris belongs to us! ( Micmacs à tire - larigot )
  • 2009: Safari
  • 2011: Intouchables ( Intouchables )
  • 2012: The full post - Never change a losing team (Les Seigneurs )
  • 2012: An assassination team ( De l' autre côté du Périph )
  • 2013: The foam of the day (L' écume des jours )
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