Ivorian Actor and film Producer.
He is "Solo", a Senegalese cabdriver in GOODBYE SOLO (by Ramin Bahrani, USA, 2008).
Souléymane Sy Savané grew up in the Ivory Coast with a father who would tell stories and embody the characters so vividly that you would recognize them on the spot. And if you didn't recognize them, they were so believable that you knew they existed. Naturally, it was the way he started telling stories. His acting career began 10 years after he moved to the United States, with his portrayal of Solo in Ramin Bahrani's critically acclaimed "Goodbye Solo". For his first feature, Sy Savane plays a character so exuberant that Roger Ebert called him "a force of nature." The movie opened at the 2008 Venice Film Festival to a 10-minute standing ovation and won the FIPRESCI International Critics' award. A Gotham Best Breakthrough Performance nom came after, as well as an Independent Spirit for Best Male Lead, alongside Jeff Bridges and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Two years later he's back in Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher as an introverted and dignified Sudanese rebel that befriends Gerard Butler. In his last project, PAPA, Souléymane plays a father losing control over his son.
- IMDb Mini Biography


Filmography (Actor)
2017 Good Time. Role: Uber Driver
2017 Jonathan. Role: Sembene
2017 Master of None (TV Series). Role: Jameson
2017 Dara Ju. Role: Akin Ogunde
2017 The Detour (TV Series). Role: African Man
2016 Madam Secretary (TV Series). Role: Agent Antoine De Sevres
2016/II Barry. Role: Fred
2016/III The Healer (Short). Role: Jacob
2016/III Displaced (Short). Role: Professor Fadiga
2015 Forever (TV Series). Role: Obi
2012 Keep the Lights On. Role: Alassane (as Souléymane Sy Savané)
2012/II Papa (Short). Role: Papa
2011 Machine Gun Preacher. Role: Deng
2010 Damages (TV Series). Role: Ibrahim Nwosu
2010 Honeysuckle. Role: Benny
2008 Goodbye Solo. Role: Solo
2007 The Day of My Wedding (Short). Role: Tim

Source:
www.imdb.com/name/nm2766807/bio