FrameThrower · Actors · Omar Sy
Omar Sy
6 films · 446 frames · top-billed in 3 · 2009–2024
Born 20 January 1978 · Trappes, Yvelines, France
Omar Sy is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 446 frames · top-billed in 3 · 2009–2024
- César Award for Best Actor2012
- Time 1002021
- Globe de cristal
How their films are shot
Measured across 446 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Omar takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 46% low key — the look of the work Omar takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 446 frames from Omar Sy's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.