---
name: "Malick Bowens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malick-bowens"
fi1m_id: "malick-bowens"
imdb_id: "nm0100942"
tmdb_id: 10649
wikidata_id: "Q6743474"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 February 1941"
died: "3 November 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T20:04:58.897315+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."
---

# Malick Bowens

## Identity

Malick Bowens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malick-bowens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malick-bowens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100942
- **TMDB ID:** 10649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6743474
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6743474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10649

Actor. Born 25 February 1941 in Bamako. Died 3 November 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 February 1941, Bamako
- **Died:** 3 November 2017
- **Active:** 1985–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 54 (1), 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, History 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $505m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6743474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10649

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*When We Were Kings*](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Outbreak*](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md) (66)
- **Netflix:** [*Out of Africa*](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Malick Bowens (1941–2017) was a Malian-born actor who worked in theatre and film, holding French and American nationality. After studying engineering in Marseille, he began his acting career and in 1971 joined Peter Brook’s International Centre for Theatre Research, with whom he maintained a long collaboration performing internationally.

He appeared in numerous stage productions and transitioned to screen work, gaining recognition for his role as Farah Aden in Sydney Pollack’s *Out of Africa* (1985). Subsequent film credits include *The Believers* (1987), *Outbreak* (1995), *When We Were Kings* (1996), *Ali* (2001) and *Tears of the Sun* (2003).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Joseph Mobutu — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Fi1m 66, as Dr. Raswani — [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, as Farah Aden — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *When We Were Kings* (1996), Fi1m 83, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Stalingrad Lovers* (2013), as L'émissaire
- *Half Empty* (2006), as Jean Claude
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), as Colonel Idris Sadick
- *Ali* (2001), as Joseph Mobutu — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Code Unknown* (2000), as Witch Doctor
- *Last Harem* (1999), as Mithat
- *Double Team* (1997), as Delta Four
- *Outbreak* (1995), as Dr. Raswani — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Bopha!* (1993), as Pule Rampa
- *Sous le signe du poisson* (1991), as Captain
- *Tarzán* (1991), series, as Simon Govier
- *The March* (1990), as Isa El-Mahdi
- *The Believers* (1987), as Palo
- *Out of Africa* (1985), as Farah Aden — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Mint Tea* (1984), as Bakaba

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