Cheick Oumar Diaw

Personal context

Summary

Oumar Diaw, also credited as Cheick Oumar Diaw, is a French actor of Senegalese origin whose screen work includes Regarde-moi, Antigang and Io Capitano, alongside television and theatre roles. He has said he was glad to avoid being typecast as a black young man from the suburbs, connecting his race to the roles available to him. He also co-wrote Neuf mois de bonheur, a comedy about a mixed-race couple expecting a child. No public campaigning, party affiliations, or DEI roles are on record.