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Omar Sy

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Omar Sy

Born Jan 20, 1978 · 48 years114 titles 88 movies · 26 TV
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Biography

Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.

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Omar

Born

Jan 20, 1978

Trappes, Yvelines, France

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

112

Acting credits

0

Directing

1

Writing

9

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1990 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

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2003 2 title(s)

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Undated 3 title(s)