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Cheikh Ndiaye

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  • Writer
  • Director
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This is the story of Uxbal (Javier Bardem). Devoted father. Tormented lover. Mystified son. Underground businessman. Friend of the disposed. Ghost seeker. Spiritual sensitive. A survivor at the invisible margins in today's Barcelona ... Uxbal's story is simple: just one of the complex realities that we all live in today.
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Biutiful (2010)
Cheikh Ndiaye is known for L'appel des arènes (2005), Biutiful (2010) and Mousso (1996).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    L'appel des arènes
    6.5
    • Policier
    • 2005
    Javier Bardem in Biutiful (2010)
    Biutiful
    7.4
    • Ekweme
    • 2010
    Mousso
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1996
    Ghost Fair Trade
    Short
    • Director
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Staff Only (2019)
      Staff Only
      6.1
      • Organizer 1
      • 2019
    • The White Knights (2015)
      The White Knights
      6.1
      • Chef Souleiman
      • 2015
    • Wiri Wiri
      TV Series
      • Jojo
      • 2015–2017
    • I am Lobsang
      Video
      • Lobsang's Friend
      • 2011
    • Alakrana (2010)
      Alakrana
      5.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Soldado 1 (as Cheik Ndiaye)
      • 2010
    • Javier Bardem in Biutiful (2010)
      Biutiful
      7.4
      • Ekweme
      • 2010
    • Mbaye Bercy
      TV Movie
      • 2008
    • Oded Fehr and Michael Ealy in Sleeper Cell (2005)
      Sleeper Cell
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Sudanese Guard #2
      • 2006
    • L'appel des arènes
      6.5
      • Policier
      • 2005
    • Guy Marchand in Nestor Burma (1991)
      Nestor Burma
      7.3
      TV Series
      • (as Cheikhna N'Diaye)
      • 1998
    • Les frères Gravet (1996)
      Les frères Gravet
      5.2
      • Le serveur
      • 1996
    • Wendeelu
      TV Movie
      • Makhou
      • 1992

    Writer

    • Before the Flight
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Mbaye Bercy
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2008
    • L'appel des arènes
      6.5
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • Mousso
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1996

    Director

    • Ghost Fair Trade
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • L'appel des arènes
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Mousso
      Short
      • Director
      • 1996

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    King Ubu
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    King Ubu
    Biutiful -- International Trailer
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    Biutiful -- International Trailer
    Biutiful -- International Trailer
    Trailer 2:17
    Biutiful -- International Trailer

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Cheikhna N'Diaye

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Like the character he played in Biutiful (2010), Cheikh is from Senegal and was a real-life street vendor in Barcelona. Director González Iñárritu, Alejandro took Bardem, Javier to visit Cheikh in the apartment where he was living as a squatter.

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