Lupine star Adama Niane has died aged 56

Adama Niane has died on the age of 56.

The French actor is finest recognized for his starring position within the Netflix Hit Lupin, which grew to become a global hit when it was launched in 2021.

His reason behind demise has not been confirmed.

Unhappy information: Adama Niane has handed away on the age of 56. The French actor was finest recognized for starring within the Netflix hit Lupin, which grew to become a global hit when it launched in 2021

Adama’s Lupine co-star Omar Sy paid tribute to the star on Twitter, describing the actor as a “man of uncommon goodwill.”

He wrote: “I ship my deepest condolences to the household of Adama Niane, a beautiful actor with whom I had the chance and pleasure to behave.

“A person of uncommon goodness… Could his soul relaxation in peace.”

Movie director Olivier Abbou additionally paid tribute to the star, describing him as a “hero”.

In an Instagram submit, he wrote: “It’s with nice disappointment that I study of the passing of Adam Niane, with whom I had the pleasure of engaged on each seasons of Maroni and Fury.

Legendary position: Adama is finest recognized for his position as murderer and ex-convict Leonard Kone in Lupin, based mostly on the novels by French author Maurice LeBlanc

“We’ve not parted for 4 years, sharing intense human and creative adventures on the finish of the world, in Guyana, St. Pierre and Miquelon and even in Lille.

“He was engaged, enlightened, entire, proficient, highly effective. He was my hero, buddy and confederate. Go in peace.’

Adama’s final challenge was within the 2022 TV sequence L’lle aux 30 Cercueils (The Island of 30 Coffins), during which he took on the position of Yannick Lantry.

He’s finest recognized for his position as murderer and ex-convict Leonard Kone in Lupin, based mostly on the novels by Frenchman Maurice LeBlanc, who created the character in 1905.

Notable: Adama is finest recognized for his position as murderer and ex-con Leonard Kone in Lupin, based mostly on the novels by French author Maurice LeBlanc

Lupine was the primary French sequence to make Netflix’s prime 10 checklist, rating #1 in nations like Brazil, Vietnam, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland, to call a couple of.

The drama stars Omar Sy as Assane Diop – somebody who lives his life impressed by the thief Arsène Lupine from the LeBlanc novels.

The idea has been developed for varied different movie and tv codecs over time, together with an animated sequence.

Assane was the one son of an immigrant from Senegal who was accused of stealing a diamond necklace from his employer Hubert Pellegrini (Herve Pierre) and despatched to jail, the place he dedicated suicide out of disgrace, leaving Lupine an orphan.

Tribute: Adama’s Lupine co-star Omar Sy (pictured on the present) paid tribute to the star on Twitter, describing the actor as a “man of uncommon kindness”.