---
name: "Cheikh Ndiaye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cheikh-ndiaye"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:11:19.544291+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cheikh Ndiaye

Actor. Born 13 September 1962 in Dakar, Sénégal.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 September 1962, Dakar, Sénégal
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1081978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559826

## Biography

Cheikh Ndiaye is a Senegalese actor, director and writer. Born in Dakar, he studied filmmaking at the Conservatoire libre du cinéma français in Paris.

He is known for his role as Ekweme in *Biutiful* (2010). Other acting credits include *The White Knights* (2015) as Chief Souleiman and *Io Capitano* (2023) as a Senegalese Foyer Friend in Tripoli. He has also directed films including *L'Appel des arènes* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Io Capitano* (2023), Fi1m 78, as Senegalese Foyer Friend in Tripoli — [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, as Ekweme — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Io Capitano* (2023), as Senegalese Foyer Friend in Tripoli — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Ghost Fair Trade* (2022), Director
- *The White Knights* (2015), as Chief Souleiman
- *Biutiful* (2010), as Ekweme — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *L'appel des arènes* (2005), Writer, Director
- *The Missing Camel*, Director, Writer

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