Issaka Sawadogo
Born: 1966-05-18 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Known For: Acting
Biography
Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film Diego Star, for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, and the Dutch film The Paradise Suite, for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor at the 2016 Netherlands Film Festival. In 2020, he appeared in a supporting role in Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois). In 2021 he played the lead role in Jorge Camarotti's short film Ousmane. Source: Article "Isaka Sawadogo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2026
2024
- Casting Call
- No Chains, No Masters as Yoro
- Maman as Nathan
2023
- Time Out as Hamousin
- Io Capitano as Martin
- Hood Witch as Ahmed
- In His Shadow as Ousmane
- Mercy as Boubakar
- Grill as Driss (Taxi driver)
2022
- Mali Twist as Lassana
2021
- Cool Abdoul as Azziz
- Ousmane as Ousmane
- Night of the Kings as Nivaquine
- The Song of the Rifles
- Three Scoundrels as Idriss
2019
- The Legend of Black Snake as Le Djinn
- The Lamb as Covjek / Man
- Walter as Walter
- Sakho & Mangane as Commandant Souleymane Sakho
- Quand sort la recluse as Mathias
- Re \ Entry as Man
- Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel as Self
2018
- Belleville Cop as Abdoulaye
- Yesterday as Gabriel
- Iskander as Louis
2015
- White People as Josef
- The Paradise Suite as Yaya
2013
- Diego Star as Traoré
- Into Thin Air as Agymah
- The New World as Luc
2011
- Swooni as Amadou, Joyeux's father
- The Invader as Amadou / Obama
2010
- Home for Christmas as Bintu's Father
2007
- Sounds of Sand as Rahne
2004
- Exoticore as Tambiga
2003
- The Black Lapp as Faren
2000
- Ballen i øyet as Mannlig sykepleier