# Émil Abossolo-Mbo

Emil Abossolo M'Bo (born 29 August 1958) is a Cameroonian-French actor who has portrayed in French, African and American productions. He is known in particular for his roles in Workers for the Good Lord, Africa Paradis and in the French series Plus belle la vie.

## Early and personal life

Abossolo was born on 29 August 1958 in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. His father took him to the movie theatre when he was 6 years old. Since that day acting has been his passion. Abossolo has been living in France for over twenty years now. He has a son named Akeva.

## Career

Abossolo is a multi–lingual actor. He speaks five languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and his native language Beti). His career started on stage, where he played Hamlet, Titus Andronicus and La Tragédie du Roi Christophe. He starred in several French television shows such as La Brigade des Mineurs and Plus Belle la Vie. Internationally he is mostly known for his appearances in the television show Highlander: The Series, Queen of Swords, and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. More recently, Emil has been playing in African productions. He played in Ezra, the movie that received the 2007 Stallion of Yennenga at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1995 | Le Retour au désert | Bernard–Marie Koltès | Jacques Nichet | Opéra national de Montpellier |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Primate | Hugh Hudson | |
| 1987 | Cinéma 16 | A musician | Alain Dhouailly | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989 | Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed | Husband 2 | Coline Serreau | |
| 1990 | In the Eye of the Snake | Bruce | Max Reid | |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Passenger | Jim Jarmusch | |
| 1991 | Cauchemar Blanc | The black | Mathieu Kassovitz | Short |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Joseph | Simon Wincer & Carl Schultz | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | La joie de vivre | Arsène | Roger Guillot | |
| 1993 | Un Pygmée dans la baignoire | The Midgets | Léandre-Alain Baker | Short |
| 1994 | Highlander: The Series | Luther | Paolo Barzman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Comment épouser un héritage ? | The director | Patrice Ambard | TV movie |
| 1996 | Tout doit disparaître | Théo | Jean-Marc Moutout | Short |
| 1996 | Navarro | The Togolese | Patrick Jamain | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Ma 6-T va crack-er | The gym teacher | Jean-François Richet | |
| 1997 | La soupe | The man | Antoine Santana | Short |
| 1997 | Les arnaqueuses | Barnabé | Thierry Binisti | TV movie |
| 1997 | Highlander: The Series | Jocko | Dennis Berry | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | P.J. | Mamadou | Gérard Vergez | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1998 | Madeline | Circus Barker | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | |
| 1998 | Passion interdite | The theater teacher | Thierry Binisti (2) | TV movie |
| 1998 | Marie Fransson | René | Jean-Pierre Prévost | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Les Savates du bon Dieu | Maguette | Jean-Claude Brisseau | |
| 2000 | La mule | | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Short |
| 2000 | Oncle Paul | Omar | Gérard Vergez (2) | TV movie |
| 2001 | Paris: XY | Kalala Wa Kalala | Zeka Laplaine | |
| 2001 | Les morsures de l'aube | Baptiste | Antoine de Caunes | |
| 2001 | L'afrance | Guest artist | Alain Gomis | |
| 2001 | Le bal des pantins | | Herman Van Eyken | |
| 2001 | L'aîné des Ferchaux | African reception | Bernard Stora | TV movie |
| 2001 | Queen of Swords | Lamorena | Paolo Barzman (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Funeral | | Newton Aduaka | Short |
| 2002 | Brigade des mineurs | The prosecutor | Miguel Courtois | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Clandestin | The voice | Philippe Larue | Short |
| 2003 | Mister Bird | | Fabien Dufils | Short |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | The cop | Maurice Barthélemy | |
| 2004 | Bien agités ! | Marabou | Patrick Chesnais | TV movie |
| 2005 | Les Saignantes | Minister of State | Jean-Pierre Bekolo | |
| 2005 | Kirikou and the Wild Beasts | The uncle | Bénédicte Galup & Michel Ocelot | Voice |
| 2005 | L'évangile selon Aîmé | The uncle | André Chandelle | TV movie |
| 2005 | Père et maire | Parlaban | Gilles Béhat | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2005–08 | Plus belle la vie | Damien Mara | Christophe Andrei, Roger Wielgus, ... | TV series (59 episodes) |
| 2006 | Sounds of Sand | Lassong | Marion Hänsel | |
| 2006 | Africa Paradis | Yokossi | Sylvestre Amoussou | |
| 2007 | Hitman | General Ajunwa | Xavier Gens | |
| 2007 | Juju Factory | | Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda | |
| 2007 | Ezra | | Newton Aduaka (2) | |
| 2007 | Les Bleus | Professor Hassan | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Les prédateurs | Sassou N'Guesso | Lucas Belvaux | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2009 | À domicile | The father | Bojina Panayotova | Short |
| 2009 | The Director, the Officer, and the Immigrant | Emile | David Louis Zuckerman | Short |
| 2009 | Adresse inconnue | Ghislain Marie | Alain Wermus | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | A Screaming Man | The district chief | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Philadelphia Film Festival – Best Actor |
| 2010 | Kennedy's Brain [de] | Nuno Da Silva | Urs Egger | TV movie |
| 2010 | Kali | M. Jacobb | Richard Johnson | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Qui sème le vent | Aboubacar | Frédéric Garson | TV movie |
| 2012 | One Man's Show | Emil | Newton Aduaka (3) | |
| 2013 | Aya of Yop City | Kossi / Dieudonné / Gervais | Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie | Voices |
| 2013 | Aimé malgré lui | Kazadi Roger | Didier Ndenga | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | 1001 Grams | Observer | Bent Hamer | |
| 2014 | Intime conviction | Momo | Rémy Burkel | TV movie |
| 2015 | Une famille formidable | Ghislain Beaumont | Joël Santoni | TV series (1 episode) |