Sotigui Kouyaté
Acting
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.
As actor 40
Vivement dimanche
1998
Highlander: The Series
1992
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
The Truth About Charlie
2002
Descent Into Hell
1986
The Sheltering Sky
1990
On the Edge
1995
Black Mic Mac
1986
The Mahabharata
1990
How Good the Whites Are
1988
Genesis
2004
Genesis
1999
London River
2009
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
1992
The Ring Finger
2005
Mamy Wata
1990
The Mahabharata
1990
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992
Brook by Brook
2002
Lost in Transit
1993
Le Dur Métier de policier
1995
Keita! The Voice of the Griot
1996
Toula, or the Genie of the Water
1973
The African Woman
1990
Paweogo
1982
Bad Kid
1995
Names Live Nowhere
1994
Women Cars Villas Money
1972
Wendemi
1993
Sia, the Myth of the Python
2001
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
1996
Little Senegal
2001
La Plante Humaine
1996
A Civilized People
1999
Faro: Goddess of the Waters
2007
Boulevards d'Afrique
1989
The Courage of Others
1982
La Princesse Yennega
1986
Days of Torment
1985