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Omar Sy

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Omar Sy (French pronunciation: [ɔmaʁ si], Fula: 𞤌𞤥𞤢𞤪 𞤅𞤭, romanized: Omar Si; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor, best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot on the Service après-vente des émissions television show on Canal+ (2005–2012). He gained wider recognition for his role in the 2011 comedy-drama film The Intouchables, which earned him the César Award for Best Actor, making him the first Black recipient. He later appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Two Is a Family (2016), Chocolat (2016), Inferno (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Arctic Dogs (2019), the Netflix-produced series Lupin (2021–present), Jurassic World Dominion and The Takedown (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Sy is the 1,427th most popular actor (down from 828th in 2019), the 2,098th most popular biography from France (down from 1,437th in 2019) and the 100th most popular French Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Omar Sy ranks 1,427 out of 13,578. Before him are Margot Kidder, James Whitmore, Patty McCormack, Raymond Burr, Martin Short, and Yaphet Kotto. After him are Libertad Lamarque, Emmanuelle Seigner, Joshua Jackson, Masako Nozawa, Frances Conroy, and Julian Glover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Omar Sy ranks 19. Before him are Michelle Rodriguez, Ashton Kutcher, Malin Åkerman, Matt Bellamy, Frank Lampard, and Johnny Sins. After him are Joshua Jackson, Lúcio, Juan Román Riquelme, Lara Dutta, Ron DeSantis, and Jeremy Strong.

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In France

Among people born in France, Omar Sy ranks 2,098 out of 6,770. Before him are Amalric of Bena (1150), Victorine Meurent (1844), Pierre d'Aubusson (1423), Anne Jules de Noailles (1650), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), and Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640). After him are Maurice André (1933), La Goulue (1866), Philippe Petit (1949), Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), Ado of Vienne (800), and Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Omar Sy ranks 100. Before him are Jean Dujardin (1972), Eva Green (1980), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749), Christiane Martel (1936), Madeleine Lebeau (1923), and Jean Sorel (1934). After him are Emmanuelle Seigner (1966), François Périer (1919), Jehanne D'Alcy (1865), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Philippe Leroy (1930), and Jean-Pierre Aumont (1911).

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