Issa Doumbia

Issa Doumbia is a French-Malian actor, humorist and television presenter, born on 10 June 1982 in Versailles in the Yvelines. He trained in theatrical improvisation within the compagnie Declic Theatre de Trappes, where he was an actor for many years. It was Jamel Debbouze who gave him the desire to do theatre. He was also a presenter on the local radio of Trappes, Marmite FM. He is notably known for his role as Mamadou Seydou Koulibaly in Beur sur la ville, that of Barkette in Lascars, and his role in the TF1 series Nos chers voisins.

From June 2012 to June 2017 he appeared in the humorous television series Nos chers voisins on TF1, where he played Issa Leguenec, a 23-year-old sociology student. From the beginning of 2014 he took part in the program Vendredi tout est permis hosted by Arthur on TF1, of which he later became a recurring guest. He prepared his first show Premiere Consultation, which he began to make available to the public during 2014. In November 2020 he took part in the second season of Mask Singer under the dragon costume on TF1 and finished third in the final. In 2026 he took part in the 6th season of Les Traitres on M6, becoming the first cursed Traitor in the history of the show and winning that season.

The youngest of a Malian Muslim family, Issa Doumbia is the only member of his family to have been born in France. He is dyslexic, a learning disorder he has spoken about publicly several times in the media. In May 2023, as a guest on Un dimanche a la campagne on France 2, he recounted that this written-language disorder made his schooling difficult. He has stated that this disorder, first perceived as a handicap, became a driving force in his path: "Aujourd'hui, je crois que ce qui etait un probleme a l'epoque est devenu une force parce que j'ai travaille deux fois plus que les autres".