Actor Adama Niane died on Sunday January 29 at the age of 56. He had played in the series Plus belle la vie and Lupin. The causes of his death have not yet been revealed.
He will have delighted a large audience by playing in many series. Actor Adama Niane has died at the age of 56 ans, we learned on the director’s Instagram account Olivier Abbou who had had the opportunity to work alongside him.
A sudden disappearance
Director Olivier Abbou, who made the film Fury on Netflix, in which Adama Niane played the leading role, announced his death on his Instagram account.
We have not left each other for 4 years, sharing intense human and artistic adventures at the end of the world, in Guyana, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and even in Lille (that is to say!). He was committed, on, whole, talented, powerful. He was my hero, a friend, an accomplice. leave in peace
Sober but moved, the director praised the performances of the actor and his committed, whole and “ignited” personality. He regrets the loss of the one who, more than a collaborator on the sets, was his friend.
Tributes
The actor Omar Sy. who had the chance to work with him on the set of the Netflix series Lupin, also sent him his tributes, deploring the disappearance of a “huge actor” and a “man of rare benevolence”.
I extend my deep condolences to the loved ones of Adama Niane, an immense actor alongside whom I had the chance and the pleasure of playing.
A man of rare benevolence… May his soul rest in peace.
I extend my deep condolences to the loved ones of Adama Niane, an immense actor alongside whom I had the chance and the pleasure of playing.
A man of rare benevolence… May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/aGdhYMf4gG— Omar Sy (@OmarSy) January 29, 2023
25 years of career
Adama Niane will have lent his features to many characters, both in theater only in seriessometimes playing a lawyer in Plus belle la vie, sometimes a killer in a film about the Guy George affair, which terrified eastern Paris in the 90s.