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Omar Sy was born on January 20, 1978, in Trappes, west of Paris, the fourth of eight children of parents from Senegal and Mauritania, according to Wikipedia. He grew up speaking Pulaar at home, and the family visited Senegal every other summer.
After high school he joined Radio Nova in 1996, where he met comedy partner Fred Testot. He appeared on Le Cinéma de Jamel with Jamel Debbouze, and from 2005 to 2012 he and Testot made France laugh with their sketches on Canal+'s Service après-vente des émissions.
The 2011 comedy-drama The Intouchables brought him international fame and the César Award for Best Actor; he was the first Black actor to win it.
He went on to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Chocolat and Inferno (2016), voiced Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and returned for Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Since 2021 he has starred in Netflix's hit French series Lupin. He married his wife, Hélène, in 2007.
Lupin Part 4 arrives on Netflix on October 23, 2026, Netflix Tudum announced. Read OTT releases this week in India.
Sources: Wikipedia
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Best Actor for The Intouchables (2011), the first Black actor to win it (Wikipedia).
October 23, 2026, on Netflix, per Netflix Tudum (our OTT guide).
Trappes, in France's Yvelines department (Wikipedia).
