French actor Adama Niane, known for his portrayal of the serial killer Guy Georges in The SK1 affair in 2015, he died at the age of 56. His disappearance, announced Sunday by director Olivier Abbou on Instagram, was confirmed to BFMTV.com by his agent. The causes are, for the moment, unknown.
The filmmaker directed Adama Niane for two projects: the series maroni and the movie Ragereleased in 2019:
“We never parted for 4 years, sharing intense human and artistic adventures at the end of the world, in Guyana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and even Lille (ie!). He was committed, enlightened, complete, talented, powerful. He was my hero, a friend, an accomplice”.
Seen in “Lupin”
Born in 1966 in Paris, Adama Niane studied drama and began his theater career in the 1980s. He then landed small roles in television series (mill commissioner, julie lescaut) and in the cinema (fuck meby Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, 35 rhums by Claire Denis), before a recurring role on the France 3 daily series life is more beautifulwhere he played Sébastien Sangha in 2009.
In 2015, he burst onto the screen lending his features to Guy Georges, the serial killer who ravaged eastern Paris twenty years earlier, in Frédéric Tellier’s film The SK1 Affair. This is the beginning of some success on the big screen, with The West Indies Gang (Jean-Claude Barny, 2016), Rage (Olivier Abbou, 2019), Congratulations (Bruno Merle, 2020). His last appearances were on television, in successful series: maroni, Lupinethe Netflix box that Omar Sy carries, or even Alex Hugo.
Source: BFM TV
