---
name: "Joseph Momo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-momo"
fi1m_id: "joseph-momo"
imdb_id: "nm0597384"
tmdb_id: 5423
wikidata_id: "Q95860550"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1952"
died: "7 October 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:06:02.079340+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."
---

# Joseph Momo

## Identity

Joseph Momo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-momo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-momo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0597384
- **TMDB ID:** 5423
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95860550
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95860550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5423

Actor. Born 14 June 1952 in Baleveng, Cameroon. Died 7 October 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1952, Baleveng, Cameroon
- **Died:** 7 October 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95860550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597384/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5423

## Biography

Joseph Momo was a Cameroonian-French actor and singer. Born in Baleveng, Cameroon, he moved to Paris in 1971 and began appearing in French films from the late 1970s.

His screen credits include *Le Crabe-Tambour* (1977), *L'État sauvage* (1978), *L'Africain* (1983), *Dog Day* (1984), *Diên Biên Phu* (1992), *La Haine* (1995) as the Ordinary Man, and *Clando* (1996). He also released several albums of Afro-disco and boogie music with the group Podem in the 1970s and 1980s.

Momo died in Paris on 7 October 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinedweller.com, newsafrica24.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *La Haine* (1995), Fi1m 90, as Ordinary Man — [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Djib* (2000), as Star International
- *The Gods Must Be Daring* (1997), as Joël
- *Clando* (1996), as Chamba Rigobert
- *La Haine* (1995), as Ordinary Man — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)
- *Dien Bien Phu* (1992), as Mamadou Koulibali
- *Does This Mean We're Married?* (1992), as Malik
- *African Fever* (1985), Actor
- *Le Tueur triste* (1984), as Le pompiste
- *The Syringe* (1984), Actor
- *Dog Day* (1984), as Doudou Cadillac
- *The African* (1983), as Bako
- *Operation Leopard* (1980), as Niokolo
- *Dance My Love* (1979), Actor
- *Drummer-Crab* (1977), as Bongo-Ba

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