| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|
| 1995 | Mon très cher frère | Ousmane | Raphaël Girardot | Short film |
| 1996 | When the Cat's Away | The cabinetmaker | Cédric Klapisch | |
| 1997 | XXL | Omar | Ariel Zeitoun | |
| Seventh Heaven | | Benoît Jacquot | |
| Direct | | Myriam Donasis | Short film |
| 1998 | Louise (Take 2) | | Siegfried | |
| La mort du chinois | Bekate | Jean-Louis Benoît | |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | | Jean Becker | |
| 2000 | Lumumba | Patrice Lumumba | Raoul Peck | Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film Actor |
| Bàttu | | Cheick Oumar Sissoko | |
| 2001 | My Wife Is an Actress | Club bouncer | Yvan Attal | |
| Les Rois mages | Babar | Didier Bourdon & Bernard Campan | |
| Lettre à Abou | | Émilie Deleuze | Short film |
| Villa mon rêve | Touré Dialo | Didier Grousset | Television film |
| L'instit | Blaise | Antoine Lorenzi | Television; 1 episode |
| 2002 | Femme Fatale | Black Tie | Brian De Palma | |
| A Map of the Heart | Strassenhändler | Dominik Graf | |
| 2003 | Le silence de la forêt | Gonaba | Bassek Ba Kobhio & Didier Ouenangare | |
| Los Reyes Magos | Balthazar | Antonio Navarro | Voiceover |
| Ciel d'asile | Patrice | Philippe Bérenger | Television film |
| Les Cordier, juge et flic | Sissoko | Jean-Pierre Vergne | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2004 | Cape of Good Hope | Jean Claude | Mark Bamford | |
| Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | The cop | Olivier Dahan | |
| Cause toujours ! | The disinfection employee | Jeanne Labrune | |
| San-Antonio | Jérémie Blanc | Frédéric Auburtin | |
| Central nuit | St Jean | Franck Vestiel | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Firuz | Ridley Scott | |
| Paris-Dakar | The man | Caroline Jules | Short film |
| Inspecteur Sori | Sori | Mamady Sidibé | Television film |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Balthazar | Catherine Hardwicke | |
| La piste | Kadjiro | Éric Valli | |
| The Front Line | Joe Yumba | David Gleeson | |
| Cabaret Paradis | The commissioner | Shirley and Dino | |
| Africa Paradis | M'Doula | Sylvestre Amoussou | |
| 2007 | Hitman | Bwana Ovie | Xavier Gens | |
| Magic Paris | The man | Alice Winocour | Short film |
| Reporters | Diallo | Suzanne Fenn & Ivan Strasburg | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2008 | 35 Shots of Rum | Blanchard | Claire Denis | |
| Disgrace | Petrus | Steve Jacobs | |
| Transporter 3 | Ice | Olivier Megaton | |
| Black and White | Bertrand | Cristina Comencini | |
| Ca$h | Letallec | Éric Besnard | |
| Comme les autres | The social worker | Vincent Garenq | |
| La dernière main | Marcellus | Thomas Le Hir & Djamal Mohamed | Short film |
| Blood Money | Jonas Bergue | Martin Ngongo | Short film |
| R.I.S, police scientifique | The Campus President | Christophe Barbier | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2009 | Thirst | Emmanuel Research Director | Park Chan-wook | |
| La Horde | Adewale Markudi | Yannick Dahan & Benjamin Rocher | |
| King Guillaume | The priest | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| Lignes de front | Mister the Beast | Jean-Christophe Klotz | |
| Sous le fard | The vigil | Maud Ferrari | Short film |
| Omar | Omar's father | Sébastien Gabriel | Short film |
| Duty Calls | Client | Sébastien Cirade | Short film |
| Julie Lescaut | Rémi Mertens | Alain Choquart & Thierry Petit | Television series; 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Thelma, Louise et Chantal | The real estate | Benoît Pétré [ fr ] | |
| La ligne blanche | François | Olivier Torres | |
| Le temps de la kermesse est terminé | Lieutenant Bado | Frédéric Chignac | |
| Henry | Karanja | Alessandro Piva | |
| 600 kilos d'or pur | Melchior | Éric Besnard (2) | |
| Fais danser la poussière | Souleyman | Christian Faure | Television film |
| Carlos | Hassan Al-Turabi | Olivier Assayas | Television series |
| 2011 | Black Gold | Hassan Dakhil | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| Case départ | Isidore | Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué, ... | |
| Implosion | Wilhelm | Sören Voigt | Television film |
| 2012 | Stalingrad Lovers | Jupiter | Fleur Albert | |
| Italian Movies | Zahur | Matteo Pellegrini | |
| Métal Hurlant Chronicles | Kaskoff | Guillaume Lubrano | Television series; 1 episode |
| Clash | Abel Diop | Pascal Lahmani | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2013 | Dakar Trottoirs | Master | Hubert Laba Ndao | |
| Le collier du Makoko | | Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi | |
| Faim de vie | | Jessica-Salomé Grunwald | Short film |
| Aya of Yop City | Hyacinthe | Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie | Voiceover |
| Jo | Amadou | Sheree Folkson, Charlotte Sieling, ... | Television series; 5 episodes |
| 2014 | 3 Days to Kill | Jules | McG | |
| Le Crocodile du Botswanga | Lieutenant Yaya | Lionel Steketee & Fabrice Eboué (2) | |
| SMS | The big cop | Gabriel Julien-Laferrière | |
| Paranoia Park | The guardian | Bruno Mercier | |
| Ligne de protection | The judge | Virginie Kahn | Short film |
| Death in Paradise | Theo Frazier | Robert Quinn | Television series; 1 episode |
| Falco | Simon's father | Alexandre Laurent | Television series; 1 episode |
| 2015 | Boomerang | The psy | François Favrat | |
| All Three of Us | Adama | Kheiron | |
| Catherine ou les atomes d'une âme paumée | Doctor Daniel Koundé | Alix Véronèze | |
| Maman(s) | Alioune | Maïmouna Doucouré | Short film |
| Secteur IX B | The voice | Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc | Short film |
| En Immersion | Kalach | Philippe Haïm | Television series |
| 2016 | Bastille Day | Baba | James Watkins | |
| Le gang des Antillais | Politik | Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny | |
| Zhong guo tui xiao yuan | Asaid | Tan Bing | |
| 419 | Jay Jay | Eric Bartonio | |
| Le Passé devant Nous | Michel | Nathalie Teirlinck | |
| Ca va marcher | Eric | Guillaume Karoubi | Television series |
| 2017 | China Salesman | Sheik Asaid | Tan Bing | |
| 2018 | Belleville Cop | Ladji Toure | Rachid Bouchareb | |
| 2019 | Domino | Ezra Tarzi | Brian De Palma | |
| 2020 | Earth and Blood | Adama | Julien Leclercq | |
| Rogue City | Stephan Jankovic | Olivier Marchal | |
| 2023–2024 | The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon | Fallou Boukar | | Television series; 9 episodes |
| 2025 | L2: Empuraan | Kabuga | Prithviraj Sukumaran | |
