Cheikh Ndiaye

Actor
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)

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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

6.7

Policier

2005

Javier Bardem in Biutiful (2010)

7.4

Ekweme

2010

Short

Writer

1996

Ghost Fair Trade

Short

Director

2022

Credits

Actor

Le Voyage de Marta
6.1
- Organizer 1
- 2019
Les chevaliers blancs
6.1
- Chef Souleiman
- 2015
I am Lobsang
Video
- Lobsang's Friend
- 2011
Alakrana
5.5
TV Mini Series
- Soldado 1 (as Cheik Ndiaye)
- 2010
Biutiful
7.4
- Ekweme
- 2010
Mbaye Bercy
TV Movie
- 2008
Sleeper Cell
8.0
TV Series
- Sudanese Guard #2
- 2006
L'appel des arènes
6.7
- Policier
- 2005
Nestor Burma
7.2
TV Series
- (as Cheikhna N'Diaye)
- 1998
Les frères Gravet
5.0
- Le serveur
- 1996

Writer

Director

Videos2

King Ubu

Biutiful -- International Trailer

Biutiful -- International Trailer

Biutiful -- International Trailer

Biutiful -- International Trailer

Personal details

Alternative names
- Cheikhna N'Diaye

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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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