Sotigui Kouyaté
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Sheltering Sky
as Abdelkader 1990
The Truth About Charlie
as Dealer Prophéte 2002
London River
as Ousmane 2009
Descent Into Hell
1986
The Ring Finger
as Le cireur de chaussures 2005
Genesis
as Narrator 2004
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
as Emile 1992
Black Mic Mac
as Le Marabout 1986
The Mahabharata
as Bhishma 1990
Little Senegal
as Alloune 2001
Keita! The Voice of the Griot
as Djeliba Kouyaté 1996
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
as Boaz 1992
Lost in Transit
as Knak 1993
How Good the Whites Are
as Le chef de tribu 1988
Genesis
as Jacob 1999
Sia, the Myth of the Python
as Wakhané 2001