Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Sotigui Kouyaté
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 4Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 125970
IMDb ID: nm0468130
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1936
Died: April 17, 2010
Age: 73
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1958 - 2009
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.03
Wikidata: Q934662
Also known as
Sotigui Kouyate • Sotiguy Kouyate • Sottigui Kouyaté • Kouyaté Sotigui
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (2)
Biography
An African griot and actor of film and stage who made a name for himself in European productions, Sotigui Kouyaté (19 July 1936 – 17 April 2010) was one of the first Malian, Burkinabé actors. He was a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and father of film director Dani Kouyaté, of storyteller Hassane Kassi Kouyaté and of actor Mabô Kouyaté.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sotigui Kouyaté.
6.7
London River
as Ousmane
2009 Movie
6.0
Faro: Goddess of the Waters
as Village Chief
2007 Movie
5.3
The Ring Finger
as Le cireur de chaussures
2005 Movie
6.2
Genesis
as Narrator
2004 Movie
4.8
The Truth About Charlie
as Dealer Prophéte
2002 Movie
6.9
Dirty Pretty Things
as Shinti
2002 Movie
5.8
Sia, the Myth of the Python
as Wakhané
2001 Movie
6.1
Little Senegal
as Alloune
2001 Movie
5.6
Genesis
as Jacob
1999 Movie
6.0
A Civilized People
as Ousmane
1999 Movie
6.1
Keita! The Voice of the Griot
as Djeliba Kouyaté
1996 Movie
7.0
La Plante Humaine
as Self
1996 Movie
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
as Sotegui Kouyaté
1996 Movie
Bad Kid
as Tewfik
1995 Movie
2.7
On the Edge
as Gas station attendant
1995 Movie
Le Dur Métier de policier
as Alan
1995 Movie
2.8
Names Live Nowhere
1994 Movie
9.0
Wendemi
1993 Movie
6.3
Lost in Transit
as Knak
1993 Movie
4.7
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
as Boaz
1992 Movie
6.2
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
as Emile
1992 Movie
6.5
The Sheltering Sky
as Abdelkader
1990 Movie
The African Woman
as Schwarzer im Bistro
1990 Movie
6.9
The Mahabharata
as Bhishma
1990 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sotigui Kouyaté.
