Biography
Omar Sy
Table of Contents
Omar Sy is a well known French actor as well as known as the comedian who is best known for his role in the movies like “Intouchables,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “Jurassic World” and more where he had become the first sub-Saharan African who was able to receive the Cesar Award. He has been actively working from the year 1996 to now.
| Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Omar Sy |
| Date of Birth | 20 January 1978 |
| Birth Palce | Trappes, Île-de-France, France |
| Parent(s) | Mauritanian and Senegalese |
| Height | 6' 3" |
| Weight | 83 kg |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian |
| Spouse(s) | Hélène (m. 2007) |
| Zodiac | Aquarius |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Nationality | French |
| Net worth | US $5 million |
Personal Life and Relationship
Omar Sy was born on 20 January 1978 in Trappes, IIe-de-France, France as a mother, Mauritanian, and a father, Senegalese. His mother used to work as a house cleaner, and his father used to work in a factory. He was the fourth child among the eight children.
Later, he got married to Helene on 5 July 2007 after living in ten years of relationship, and they have had five children.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Omar holds French nationality and belongs to Black ethnicity as his parents were immigrants from West Africa, where he had Fulani origins. He is currently 42 years old, with a height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.90 m) and 83 kg. He had got black hair with black eyes. As he was born on 20 January, his zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Education
Omar Sy spent his childhood and grown up in low-income suburban housing projects. He completed his high school level study in 1996 and focused on his career.
Career
Omar Sy started his career as a comedian in Radio Nova, a radio station broadcast from Paris, where he met with Fred Testot, who became his comedy partner. After that, he was cast in the TV show “Le Cinema de Jamel,” which was broadcasted on Canal+, and he was seen with Jamel Debbouze. Later, he also created TV shows where he named Le Visiophon, where it was later followed by various TV and stage shows like “Je ne fais pas mon age, Service après-vente des emission and Omer et Fred: le spectacle.
In the year 2005, Canal + adopted his show “Service après-vente des emission” into the short sketches of 2 or 3 minutes but later, in 2012, Canal+ dropped it.
In 2006, Omar Sy was seen in the television game show named “Fort Boyard” by Jacques Antoine. Later, he moved to Los Angeles, where he had got the chance to provide his voice-over Zip in “Tomb Raider: Legend,” which is an action-adventure video game by Crystal Dynamics. Before, he was also seen providing his voice in Disney’s Brother Bear as a sheep.
Further, he was also seen in a video clip by Sinik, “Bienvenue chez les Bylkas” in 2008. After that, he was seen providing his voice on some of the characters of “Lagorama,” a French animated short movie where he was voicing with his partner Fred Testot.
Omar Sy was also cast in a French buddy comedy-drama movie “The Intouchables,” where he was seen as a streetwise young man. This movie got massive success in the film industry after over the 19 million tickets had been sold and became the top movie at the French box office of the year 2011. The movie also became the best selling French movie of the year at the French box office.
Omar Sy had also got the massive success in his career from the movie. He was also voted as the third favorite French personality, and his outstanding performance made him get the 2012 Global de Christal for the Best Actor. Also, he was able to nominate for a Satellite Award for Best Actor, where he and his co-star Francois Clizet were jointly able to receive the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
In 2012, again, Omar Sy was also able to win the Cesar Award for Best Actor. After that, in the year 2012, on 30 December, he had been voted as a favorite personality in France after Le Journal du Dimanche created the poll.
He was seen as Bishop in an American superhero movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” which was released in 2014. In the same year, he was seen in another film, “Samba,” as Samba Cisse, known as the French comedy-drama movie by Olivier Nakache. Also, he had provided his voice over the character Sohone in “Mune: Guardian of the Moon,” a French 3D children’s computer-animated movie by Benoit.
In 2015, Omar Sy played Barry’s role in an American science fiction adventure movie, “Jurassic World.” In the same year, he had voiced over the character Barry in the video game “Lego Jurassic World.” After that, he also appeared in the movie “Burnt” as Michel. Later, in 2016, he had done lots of roles in films like “Inferno,” “Domain tout commence,” and voiced over the French dubbed movie “The Angry Birds” and “Norm of the North.”
Further, Omar Sy had worked in the movies like “Sahara,” “Knock,” “Transformers: The Last Knight,” “Le flic de Belleville,” “Yao,” “Le Chant du loup,” “Arctic Dogs,” “ForesTiVi,” “The Call of the Wild,” “Le prince oublie,” “Police” and “Refugee.” After that, he would also be seen in the movie “Tout simplement noir” as Omar in 2020, and he had also stated that he would be again seen in the role of Barry in a sequel “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which will be released in 2021.
After that, he will also see in the Netflix series “Lupin,” and will be seen providing his voice in the movie “Le Chat du Rabbin.”
Net Worth
Omar Sy, who is a well-known actor, has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Check out interesting facts about Celebrity’s Career, Relationships, Net Worth, Lifestyle, and more on Global Stardom.
