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 Palma's 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 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't 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 Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Ériq Ebouaney(1967년생, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 팜므 파탈, 숨숨, 더 나이트 오브 더 스타즈, 도미노가 있으며, 그 외에도 데스 인 파라다이스, 워킹 데드: 대릴 딕슨, 킹덤 오브 헤븐, Vivement dimanche, 트랜스포터: 라스트 미션, '리에종' - Liaison, 히트맨, 바스티유 데이, 쓰리데이즈 투 킬, Capitaine Marleau, 팔코, 크림슨 리버 2: 요한 계시록의 천사들 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 숨숨, 더 나이트 오브 더 스타즈에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 숨숨, 더 나이트 오브 더 스타즈에서 Garba 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Un dîner presque parfait Afrique에서 Ériq Ebouaney 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Hyacinthe에서 Césaire 역을 맡았다.