---
name: "Isaka Sawadogo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/issaka-sawadogo"
fi1m_id: "issaka-sawadogo"
imdb_id: "nm1371957"
tmdb_id: 23301
wikidata_id: "Q14435846"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 May 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:02:58.561091+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."
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# Isaka Sawadogo

## Identity

Isaka Sawadogo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/issaka-sawadogo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** issaka-sawadogo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1371957
- **TMDB ID:** 23301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14435846
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaka_Sawadogo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14435846, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23301

Actor. Born 18 May 1966 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 May 1966, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- **Also known as:** Issaka Sawadogo, Ісака Савадого
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaka_Sawadogo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14435846, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371957/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23301

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Io Capitano*](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Issaka Sawadogo, also credited as Isaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. Born on 18 May 1966 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, he has built a career working between his native country and Norway, where he has served as a cultural consultant at the National Theatre in Oslo and performed with Det Norske Teatret and Torshov Theatre. He is a founder member of the Carrefour International de Théâtre de Ouagadougou.

Sawadogo is noted for his leading performances in the Canadian film *Diego Star* (2013), for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor, and the Dutch film *The Paradise Suite* (2015), for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor. He has appeared in supporting and leading roles in *Night of the Kings* (2020), *Io Capitano* (2023) as Martin, *In His Shadow* (2023) and *No Chains, No Masters* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr, seriebox.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Io Capitano* (2023), Fi1m 78, as Martin — [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *The Three Scoundrels 2* (2026), Actor
- *Une Femme à Kosyam* (2026), series, as Salem Kaboré
- *The Site* (2026), as Ousmane
- *No Chains, No Masters* (2024), as Yoro
- *Maman* (2024), as Nathan
- *Casting Call* (2024), Actor
- *Hood Witch* (2023), as Ahmed
- *Grill* (2023), as Driss (Taxi driver)
- *Io Capitano* (2023), as Martin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Time Out* (2023), as Hamousin
- *Mercy* (2023), as Boubakar
- *In His Shadow* (2023), as Ousmane
- *Mali Twist* (2022), as Lassana
- *Three Scoundrels* (2021), as Idriss
- *The Song of the Rifles* (2021), Actor
- *Cool Abdoul* (2021), as Azziz
- *Ousmane* (2021), as Ousmane
- *Night of the Kings* (2021), as Nivaquine
- *Wara* (2020), series, as Moutari Warra
- *Adú* (2020), as Kabila
- *Re \ Entry* (2019), as Man
- *The Lamb* (2019), as Covjek / Man
- *Quand sort la recluse* (2019), as Mathias
- *Quand sort la recluse* (2019), series, as Mathias
- *Sakho & Mangane* (2019), series, as Commandant Souleymane Sakho
- *Walter* (2019), as Walter
- *The Legend of Black Snake* (2019), as Le Djinn
- *Belleville Cop* (2018), as Abdoulaye
- *Yesterday* (2018), as Gabriel
- *Iskander* (2018), series, as Louis
- *Animal* (2017), as Jawak
- *Guyane* (2017), series, as Louis
- *White People* (2015), as Josef
- *The Paradise Suite* (2015), as Yaya
- *Samba* (2014), as Jonas Karanoto
- *Soleils* (2014), as The Fulani
- *Into Thin Air* (2013), as Agymah
- *The New World* (2013), as Luc
- *Diego Star* (2013), as Traoré
- *Cabo* (2012), as Salif
- *Arash* (2012), as Matthew
- *The Invader* (2011), as Amadou / Obama
- *Hotel Swooni* (2011), as Amadou, Joyeux's father
- *Home for Christmas* (2010), as Bintu's Father
- *Sounds of Sand* (2007), as Rahne
- *Exoticore* (2004), as Tambiga
- *The Black Lapp* (2003), as Faren
- *Ballen i øyet* (2000), as Mannlig sykepleier

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Golden Calf for Best Actor 2016: Golden Calf for Best Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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