Actor profile

Issaka Sawadogo

18th May 1966 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Acting

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.

39 Movies 6 TV Shows 49 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Three Scoundrels 2 poster

The Three Scoundrels 2 15th May 2026

The Site poster

The Site 21st January 2026 as Ousmane

No Chains, No Masters poster

No Chains, No Masters 18th September 2024 as Yoro

Maman poster

Maman 24th May 2024 as Nathan

Casting Call poster

Casting Call 23rd January 2024

Hood Witch poster

Hood Witch 10th October 2023 as Ahmed

Grill poster

Grill 17th September 2023 as Driss (Taxi driver)

Io Capitano poster

Io Capitano 7th September 2023 as Martin

Time Out poster

Time Out 3rd May 2023 as Hamousin

Mercy poster

Mercy 26th April 2023 as Boubakar

In His Shadow poster

In His Shadow 17th March 2023 as Ousmane

Mali Twist poster

Mali Twist 5th January 2022 as Lassana

Three Scoundrels poster

Three Scoundrels 5th November 2021 as Idriss

The Song of the Rifles poster

The Song of the Rifles 18th October 2021

Cool Abdoul poster

Cool Abdoul 11th September 2021 as Azziz

Ousmane poster

Ousmane 11th September 2021 as Ousmane

Night of the Kings poster

Night of the Kings 26th February 2021 as Nivaquine

Adú poster

Adú 31st January 2020 as Kabila

$Re \ Entry poster$

Re \ Entry 1st October 2019 as Man

Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel poster

Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel 28th September 2019 as Self

Quand sort la recluse poster

Quand sort la recluse 10th April 2019 as Mathias

Walter poster

Walter 20th March 2019 as Walter

The Legend of Black Snake poster

The Legend of Black Snake 20th February 2019 as Le Djinn

Belleville Cop poster

Belleville Cop 17th October 2018 as Abdoulaye

Yesterday poster

Yesterday 6th September 2018 as Gabriel

Animal poster

Animal 4th February 2017 as Jawak

White People poster

White People 30th October 2015 as Josef

The Paradise Suite poster

The Paradise Suite 29th October 2015 as Yaya

Samba poster

Samba 15th October 2014 as Jonas Karanoto

Soleils poster

Soleils 25th August 2014 as The Fulani

Into Thin Air poster

Into Thin Air 28th September 2013 as Agymah

The New World poster

The New World 29th January 2013 as Luc

Diego Star poster

Diego Star 25th January 2013 as Traoré

The Invader poster

The Invader 23rd November 2011 as Amadou / Obama

Hotel Swooni poster

Hotel Swooni 24th August 2011 as Amadou, Joyeux's father

Home for Christmas poster

Home for Christmas 12th November 2010 as Bintu's Father

Sounds of Sand poster

Sounds of Sand 2nd May 2007 as Rahne

The Black Lapp poster

The Black Lapp 11th April 2003 as Faren

Ballen i øyet poster

Ballen i øyet 2nd October 2000 as Mannlig sykepleier

Une Femme à Kosyam poster

Une Femme à Kosyam 10th March 2026 as Salem Kaboré

Wara poster

Wara 10th November 2020 as Moutari Warra

Quand sort la recluse poster

Quand sort la recluse 10th April 2019 as Mathias

Sakho & Mangane poster

Sakho & Mangane 25th March 2019 as Commandant Souleymane Sakho

Iskander poster

Iskander 25th January 2018 as Louis

Guyane poster

Guyane 23rd January 2017 as Louis