Youssou N'Dour
Birthday
1959/10/01 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dakar, Senegal
Also know as
Youssou Ndour
Biography
Youssou N'Dour (also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism. N'Dour helped develop a s...Read more
Acting
(2004) Cirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun
as Himself
(2005) Live 8
as Self
(2006) Amazing Grace
as Olaudah Equiano
(1988) Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
as Self
(1991) Against Oblivion
as Self
(1987) The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
(2008) Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
as Self
(1988) Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary
as Self - Musician
(1992) Picc Mi
as ---
(2018) Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
(1976) Mosaïque
as Self
(1991) Peter Gabriel - POV
as Self
(2013) Peter Gabriel - Live In Athens 1987
as Self
(2008) 8
as Himself
(2007) Return to Gorée
as Self
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Self
(1975) Xala
as Star Band de Dakar
(1998) The Paris Concert for Amnesty International
as Self
(2019) Africa Rising
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
(1988) Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
(2024) Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
as Self
(1985) Victoires de la musique
as Self
(2016) Wanderlust
as Himself
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(2001) Star Academy
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1993) Taratata
as Performer