Omar Sy French Actor From Hôpital privé de l'Ouest Parisien

Omar Sy, born 20 January 1978 in Hôpital privé de l'Ouest Parisien, is a French actor. His best-known titles on this site are Inferno (2016) and The Call of the Wild (2020).

Career

His screen career on record begins in 2001 with Ces jours heureux. The 2000s brought Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) and Micmacs (2009). His 2010s credits include The Intouchables (2011) and Jurassic World (2015). During the 2020s, he worked on Lupin (2021) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

Omar Sy’s credits add up to 43 films and 2 TV series from 2001 to 2025. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (11), followed by adventure (5) and action (4). His credits run up to Shadow Force in 2025. Of his four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Jurassic World (2015) has the highest, at $1.67 billion.

Fred Testot appears in eight of his listed titles, including 2 Alone in Paris (2008) and La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Marina Foïs (three titles) and Gad Elmaleh (three titles). Charles Nemes directed two of his titles on record, among them The Box (2004). Colin Trevorrow is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Omar Sy’s wins include the César Award for Best Actor, awarded in 2012 for The Intouchables. The list of wins also includes the Time 100 (2021) and the Globe de cristal. In total, he has won 3 awards and earned 2 nominations.

Personal life

He has 5 children on record.