Ériq Ebouaney

Eriq Ebouaney born 3 October 1967 is a French actor He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba as Blacktie in Brian De Palmas Femme Fatale and as Ice in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham Recently Eriq appeared in the 2025 IndianMalayalam film L2 Empuraan playing the role of Kabuga Ebouaney was born in Angers France the son of Cameroonian immigrants As a child he didnt show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman However at the age of 30 he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba The film was shot in Beira Mozambique In 2002 he starred in Brian De Palmas Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas In 2004 he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamfords debut feature Cape of Good Hope In 2005 he starred in the awardwinning Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen Liam Neeson Orlando Bloom David Thewlis Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox In 2006 he starred in The Front Line and La piste In 2008 he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as Ice in Transporter 3 featuring British actor Jason Statham Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia