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. Sy was born in Trappes, France. His father is Senegalese and his mother is from Mauritania. Filmography Granturismo (2000) La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001) La concierge est dans l'ascenseur (2001) Omar et Fred (2001) TV SERIES also Writer The Race (2002) Ces jours heureux (2002) Le boulet (2002) Samouraïs (2002) Si j'étais lui (2002) Telefilm La beuze (2003) Coming-out (2004) Le carton (2004) Les multiples (2006) TV miniseries, voice Nos jours heureux (2006) SAV des émissions (2006-....) TV SERIES also Writer Moot-Moot (2007) TV SERIES, voice Garage Babes (2007) Seuls Two (2008) King Guillaume (2009) Envoyés très spéciaux (2009) Tellement proches (2009) Lascars (2009) voice Safari (2009) Micmacs (2009) La loi de Murphy (2009) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) voice, French version La vraie vie d'Omar & Fred (2009) TV also Writer Le pas Petit Poucet (2010) Telefilm Allez raconte! (2010) voice Histoires de vies (2010) TV SERIES, 1 episode Les Tuche (2011) The Intouchables (2011) Les seigneurs (2012) Mood Indigo (2013)
