🎭 Actor
Sotigui Kouyaté
🎂 Born 19 July 1936 (age 73)✝ 17 April 2010📍 Bamako, Mali
0
Popularity Score
34
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Full Filmography(34 films)
YearTitleRating
1990The Sheltering Sky★ 6.52002Dirty Pretty Things★ 6.92004Genesis★ 6.22002The Truth About Charlie★ 4.92009London River★ 6.71990The Mahabharata★ 7.11986Descent Into Hell★ 4.92005The Ring Finger★ 5.41982Paweogo★ 6.31995On the Edge★ 4.01993Lost in Transit★ 6.71986Black Mic Mac★ 5.71999Genesis★ 6.31988How Good the Whites Are★ 6.61992IP5: The Island of Pachyderms★ 6.31992Golem, the Spirit of Exile★ 5.01995Bad Kid★ 8.01996Keita! The Voice of the Griot★ 6.62007Faro: Goddess of the Waters★ 6.01995Le Dur Métier de policier—2001Little Senegal★ 6.31990The African Woman★ 10.02001Sia, the Myth of the Python★ 5.91994Names Live Nowhere★ 4.41986La Princesse Yennega—1996La Plante Humaine★ 8.51999A Civilized People★ 7.01972Women Cars Villas Money★ 5.91985Days of Torment★ 7.51996Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot—1982The Courage of Others★ 8.01973Toula, or the Genie of the Water★ 9.01990Mamy Wata★ 10.01993Wendemi★ 8.0