Omar Sy
Omar Sy | |
|---|---|
 Sy at the 2020 Berlinale | |
| Born | 20 January 1978 Trappes, France |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse |
Hélène (m. 2007) |
| Children | 5 |
Omar Sy (French pronunciation: [ɔmaʁ si]; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor and comedian. He is known for his sketches with Fred Testot and his roles in Lupin, The Intouchables, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Jurassic World, Demain tout commence and Transformers: The Last Knight.[2] In 2012, Sy received the César Award for his role in The Intouchables, becoming the first recipient of sub-Saharan African descent to win the award.
Early life
The fourth of eight children,[3] Sy was born in Trappes in the Yvelines department, France.[2] His parents are both immigrants from West Africa.[3] His Mauritanian mother worked as a house-cleaner, and his Senegalese father worked in a factory.[3] He has Fulani origins.[4] He was raised in low-income suburban housing projects.[3][4]
Career
He started his career after high school in 1996[4] with Radio Nova as a comedian where he met comedy partner Fred Testot.[2] Afterwards, he appeared in the TV show Le Cinéma de Jamel on Canal+, with Jamel Debbouze. He then created a TV show called Le Visiophon.[2] This was followed by various TV and stage shows such as Je ne fais pas mon âge, Service après-vente des émissions, Omar et Fred: le spectacle. In 2005, Service après-vente des émissions was adapted into short sketches of 2 or 3 minutes on Canal+. (In 2012, Canal+ announced that the programme had been dropped from its schedule.)
He appeared in the television game show Fort Boyard in 2006.
Omar then went to Los Angeles, where he lent his voice to Zip in the French version of the Tomb Raider Legend video game. He previously had also voiced a sheep in Disney's Brother Bear.[2]
In 2008, he appeared in "Bienvenue chez les Bylkas", a video clip by Sinik. In 2009, he voiced some of the characters of Logorama with his partner Fred Testot.
In 2011, he starred in The Intouchables, playing a streetwise young man who becomes the personal care assistant to a wealthy quadriplegic (played by François Cluzet). This film enjoyed tremendous popular success, with more than 19 million tickets sold. It topped the French box office in 2011 and became the best selling French film of all time at the French box office. As a result, Omar Sy was voted third favourite French personality behind Yannick Noah and Zinedine Zidane. The role earned him the 2012 Globe de Cristal for Best Actor. He also received a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.[5] He and co-star François Cluzet were jointly bestowed the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Additionally, he won the César Award for Best Actor in 2012 for the same film.
On 30 December 2012, Omar Sy was voted favourite personality in France, based on a poll run by Le Journal du Dimanche, ahead of fellow actor Gad Elmaleh.
In 2014, Sy appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past, in which he played the character Bishop. He also stars in Samba, directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. He co-starred in the fourth film of the Jurassic Park saga, Jurassic World,[2] which was released in June 2015.[6] In 2017, he voiced the character Hot Rod in the film Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment in the Transformers series. In 2021, he starred in Netflix's hit series Lupin, a modern day retelling of Arsène Lupin novels.[7][8]
Personal life
On 5 July 2007, he married Hélène, the mother of his five children,[4][9] in Tremblay-sur-Mauldre. They were together ten years before marrying.[9] The family resides in a house in the Montfort-l'Amaury commune of Île-de-France.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | La cape et l'épée | Le ménestrel | TV Series (1 episode) | |
| Granturismo | Voice | Denis Thybaud | Short | |
| 2001 | La Tour Montparnasse Infernale | Taxi | Charles Nemes | |
| La concierge est dans l'ascenseur | Olivier Coussemacq | Short | ||
| Omar et Fred | Various Characters | TV Series | ||
| 2002 | Le Boulet | Malian No. 3 | Alain Berberian & Frédéric Forestier | |
| Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Painter | Alain Chabat | ||
| Samourais | Tyson | Giordano Gederlini | ||
| The Race | UNO Sergeant | Djamel Bensalah | ||
| Ces jours heureux | Brice | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | Short | |
| Si j'étais lui | Gabriel | Philippe Triboit | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | La Beuze | Michel Dembélé | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| Pardon aux familles... Tout ça! | Voice | Patrick Menais | Video | |
| 2004 | Le Carton | Lorenzo | Charles Nemes | |
| Coming-out | Max | Olivier Ayache-Vidal | Short | |
| Un Jean-Pierre ça peut tout faire | Patrick Menais | Video | ||
| 2006 | Nos jours heureux | Joseph | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | NRJ Ciné Awards – Most Promising Actor Nominated – NRJ Ciné Award for The Best Kiss (with Marilou Berry) Nominated – Raimu de la Comédie for The Best Supporting Actor |
| Les multiples | Jimmy (voice) | TV Series | ||
| 2007 | Garage Babes | Hamidou | Julien Pelgrand | Video |
| Moot-Moot | Isidore | TV Series | ||
| 2008 | Seuls two | Sammy Bouglioni | Éric Judor & Ramzy Bedia | |
| La France d'après | Voice | Patrick Menais | Video | |
| 2009 | Micmacs | Remington | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | Snow (voice) | Luc Besson | French dub | |
| Lascars | Narbé (voice) | Emmanuel Klotz & Albert Pereira-Lazaro | ||
| Tellement proches | Bruno | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | ||
| King Guillaume | Jean-Peter | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | ||
| Safari | Youssouf Hammal | Olivier Baroux | ||
| Envoyés très spéciaux | Jimmy | Frédéric Auburtin | ||
| La Loi de Murphy | Father Joachim Ortega | Christophe Campos | ||
| 2010 | Allez raconte! | Momo (voice) | Jean-Christophe Roger | |
| Le pas Petit Poucet | Grand Poucet | Christophe Campos | TV Movie | |
| Histoires de vies | Mo' | TV Series (1 episode) | ||
| Florence Foresti: Mother Fucker | Chauffeur de taxi | Nicolas Benamou | Video | |
| 2010–2012 | SAV des émissions | Various | TV Series (4 episodes) | |
| 2011 | Les Tuche | Curé de Bouzolles | Olivier Baroux | |
| Intouchables | Bakary "Driss" Bassari | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | César Award for Best Actor Tokyo International Film Festival – Best Actor (Share with François Cluzet) Lumières Award for Best Actor Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Etoiles d'Or Award for Revelation of the Year Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Virtuoso Award Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture | |
| Fish'n Chips | Fish | TV Series (52 episodes) | ||
| 2012 | De l'autre côté du périph | Ousmane Diakhaté | David Charhon | |
| Les seigneurs | Wéké N'Dogo | Olivier Dahan | ||
| Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose? | Mosby | Olivier Baroux & Kad Merad | ||
| Crazy Pink Limo | The Philosopher | Joséphine de Meaux | Short | |
| Bref | Himself | TV Series (1 episode) | ||
| 2012 | Zak | Himself | ||
| 2013 | Mood Indigo | Nicolas | Michel Gondry | |
| Aux Armes: AIDES | Narrator (voice) | Short | ||
| 2014 | Good People | Khan | Henrik Ruben Genz | |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bishop | Bryan Singer | ||
| Samba | Samba Cissé | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | ||
| Mune: Guardian of the Moon | Sohone (voice) | Benoît Philippon & Alexandre Heboyan | ||
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Barry | Colin Trevorrow | |
| Lego Jurassic World | Barry (voice) | Video Game | ||
| Burnt | Michel | John Wells | ||
| 2016 | Chocolat | Clown Chocolat | Roschdy Zem | Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Actor |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Red (voice) | Fergal Reilly & Clay Kaytis | French dub | |
| Norm of the North | Norm (voice)[11] | Trevor Wall | French dub | |
| Inferno | Christoph Bouchard | Ron Howard | ||
| Demain tout commence | Samuel | Hugo Gélin | ||
| 2017 | Sahara | Ajar (voice) | Pierre Coré | |
| Knock | Knock | Lorraine Lévy | ||
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Hot Rod (voice) | Michael Bay | ||
| 2018 | Le flic de Belleville | Sebastian Bouchard | Rachid Bouchareb | |
| Yao | Seydou Tall | Philippe Godeau | ||
| 2019 | Le Chant du loup | D'Orsi | Antonin Baudry | |
| Arctic Dogs | Leopold (voice) | Aaron Woodley | ||
| ForesTiVi | TV Series short (1 episode) | |||
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | Perrault | Chris Sanders | |
| Le prince oublié | Le père / Le prince | Michel Hazanavicius | ||
| Police | Aristide | |||
| Refugee | Marwan | Brandt Andersen | Short | |
| Tout simplement noir | Omar | John Wax & Jean-Pascal Zadi | Post-production | |
| Soul | Joe Gardner | Pete Docter and Kemp Powers | French dub | |
| 2021 | Lupin | Assane Diop / Paul Sernine / Arsène Lupin | Netflix series[12] | |
| 2022 | Jurassic World: Dominion | Barry | Colin Trevorrow | Post-production |
| TBA | Le Chat du Rabbin | Le chat (voice) | Joann Sfar | Pre-production |
References
- ^ https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1382545/Omar-Sy-wife-Lupin-is-Omar-Sy-married-helene-sy-evg
- ^ a b c d e f Biography Archived 24 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine on Première.fr
- ^ a b c d e Beardsley, Eleanor (28 June 2012). "In France, A Star Rises From An Oft-Neglected Place". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Omar Sy, den orörbara!" [Omar Sy, the untouchable!]. AzurCultures.com (in Swedish). 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (3 December 2012). "Satellite Award noms run the gamut from 'Silver Linings Playbook' to 'Skyfall'". Hitfix.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Fritz, Ben (22 May 2014). "'X-Men: Days of Future Past': A Guide to the Mutants". Speakeasy blog. Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Ouellette, Jennifer (3 December 2020). "Lupin trailer offers a fresh retelling of classic French gentleman thief". Ars Technica. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/arts/television/lupin-netflix-omar-sy.html |title=In ‘Lupin,’ Omar Sy Puts a New Twist on a Classic French Tale |publisher=The New York Times |author=Elisabeth Vincentelli |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021
- ^ a b c "Omar Sy Et Sa Femme Helene : Un Couple Amoureux En 5 Infos" [Omar Sy and His Wife Helene: A Loving Couple — 5 Facts]. PureTrend.com (in French). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Sy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ AlloCine. "Teaser Norm : Omar Sy prête sa voix à un ours polaire qui veut sauver sa banquise". allocine.fr. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ Han, Karen (29 September 2020). "The trailer for Netflix's Lupin introduces a new gentleman thief - Omar Sy stars in the upcoming live-action series". Polygon. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
External links
- 1978 births
- Best Actor César Award winners
- Best Actor Lumières Award winners
- French comedians
- French male comedians
- French male film actors
- French male television actors
- French male voice actors
- French Muslims
- French people of Mauritanian descent
- French people of Senegalese descent
- Living people
- People from Trappes
- 21st-century French male actors
- 20th-century French male actors
- French people of Fulbe descent
- French expatriate male actors in the United States