Isaach de Bankole

Isaach de Bankole – is an international film star, having received both a César and the Legion D’Honneure in France. Isaach has a principal role in the iconic Marvel film THE BLACK PANTHER premiered October 2022.

He has a supporting role in the Amazon Feature ‘The People We Hate At The Wedding’ opposite Alisson Janney and Kristen Bell (Dir Claire Scanlon).

Isaach is known as a Jim Jarmusch and Clair Denis favorite, having appeared as the lead actor in Jarmusch’s LIMITS OF CONTROL as well as NIGHT ON EARTH, COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, and GHOST DOG as well as Denis’CHOCOLAT and WHITE MATERIAL.Isaach had a principal role in the Breck Eisner/Vin Diesel Film THE LAST WITCH HUNTER, and recently shot NORMAN with Richard Gere. He starred last summer opposite Angelique Kidjo at the Avignon Theatre Festival in FEMME NOIR.

Isaach appears alongside Brendan Gleeson and Kelly Reilly in John McDonough’s CALVARY, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Isaach’s film, MOTHER OF GEORGE, premiered at the end of 2013 to stellar reviews.He starred opposite Bryce Dallas Howard in Lars von Trier’s MANDERLAY, appeared in the Julian Schnabel’s Oscar winner DIVING BELL AND The BUTTERFLY, and was credited as ‘the first villain to bloody Bond’ in CASINO ROYALE.  His film RUN premiered last year at The Cannes Film Fest. Isaach had a big guest arc on the final season of’24’, and also was the main guest lead in the CBS pilot THE ORDAINED.