Eric Kabongo

Eric Kabongo Ilunga born 21 May 1984 is a Belgian actor and singer with a Congolese descent He is best known for the roles in the films Welcome to Germany Sawah and Third Wedding He was born on 21 May 1984 in Kinshasa Zaire currently Democratic Republic of the Congo At the age of 13 he came to Belgium due to the fact that his mother married a Belgian and settled in Flemish village in the suburbs in Belgium He currently lives in Waregem West Flanders He started his career as a rapper with the stage name KrazyE In 2013 he became an actor with an uncredited role as a train passenger in the film The Fifth Estate In 2014 Kabongo played in the short D5R and then received a role in the critically acclaimed Belgian film Black In 2016 he was invited to Germany to play the role as a refugee Diallo in the comedy film Welcome to Germany With the film he became a leading actor across Europe In 2019 he acted in the film Sawah where he won the Golden Palm Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Queen Palm International Film Festival In the same year he acted in the series Rivallen und Rebellen In 2014 a documentary What about Eric was released regarding his life The documentary later won the prizes for Best Belgian documentary as well Then the documentary Ensor won the award for the Best Flemish documentary which was later dedicated to Kabongo by directors Lennart Stuyck and Ruben Vermeersch Source Article Eric Kabongo from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30