Bambadjan Bamba (born in Abidjan) is an Ivorian actor and filmmaker and has minor roles in Black Panther, Suicide Squad, and The Good Place. He is also an immigrant rights advocate.
Life and career Bamba was born in the Ivory Coast and illegally came to the United States at the age of 10 in the 1990s. He spent his adolescent years in the South Bronx and Richmond, Virginia. He studied at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in New York City and is the owner of Ivostar Pictures.
He has appeared on television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, The Sopranos, and Bosch, and he had a recurring role on The Good Place. His film credits include Black Panther, Suicide Squad, and Beginners.
Advocacy In November 2017, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Bamba disclosed that he was a DACA recipient. He has since used his platform to advocate for undocumented immigrants to the United States. He has worked with Define American, a nonprofit media and culture organization which provides a venue for undocumented people to tell their own story, and he contributed to the anthology American Like Me: Reflections on life between cultures, edited by America Ferrera.
Bamba received the Courageous Advocate Award from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Courageous Luminary award from NILC (National Immigration Law Center).
Filmography Year Title Role Notes2006Law and OrderHenry YoungEpisode: "Hindsight"2007 I Think I Love My Wife Rapper on Elevator 2007 The Sopranos Somali Cyclist Episode: "Kennedy and Heidi"2007 Spinning into Butter Male Student #2 2009 ER Psychotic And in the End...2010 Sympathy for Delicious Guy in First Row Uncredited2010 Beginners The Sads 2011 Contagion Dread Uncredited2011 Grey's Anatomy Sefu Episode: "White Wedding"2012 Bones Sam Sachs Episode: 7x06 "The Crack in the Code" 2014 The Following Sami 3 episodes2014 Reality Tony 2016 Everything But a Man Max's Housemate #2 2016 Suicide Squad T-shirt vendor 2016–2019 The Good Place Bambadjan 9 episodes2018 A Futile and Stupid Gesture Taxi Driver Uncredited2018 Black Panther Militant Leader 2020 Bosch Remi Toussaint 7 episodes
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External links
https://www.latinousa.org/2018/08/26/bambadjanbamba/ http://www.jamati.com/online/film/exclusive-interview-with-law-order-actor-bambadjan-bamba/