--- title: Omar Sy Is on the 2021 TIME100 List description: Find out why Omar Sy is one of the 100 most influential people of 2021. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-09-15T11:15:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:22:14.829Z og:title: Omar Sy: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 og:description: Find out why Omar Sy is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b984236f4083317/698a1cb516d884626fc39b2c/omar-sy-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Omar Sy: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Omar Sy: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Omar Sy is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b984236f4083317/698a1cb516d884626fc39b2c/omar-sy-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 15, 2021 # Omar Sy by Bradley Cooper  Manuel Obadia-Wills Omar Sy has an irresistible laugh—it’s contagious. It’s only one of the many special powers he possesses as an actor and human. The first time I met [Omar](https://time.com/6071968/lupin-omar-sy-interview/), I immediately felt his energy. He’s present and open, a joy to be around. He truly is a light. We had a lot of fun collaborating on _Burnt_, cooking together in a kitchen with a team and having the rare opportunity to work with some of the top chefs in London. After having seen his incredible performance in the film The Intouchables, I was chomping at the bit to act with him, and it was just magic watching him crush it in every scene. He completely transforms into every character he takes on, as he also demonstrated in this year’s[_Lupin_](https://time.com/6071968/lupin-omar-sy-interview/), the Netflix series in which he plays a master of disguise. Omar has all the ingredients and skill to be able to do anything—produce, direct, etc.—and to do it with an open and generous heart. If there is one takeaway, it’s his kindness that permeates the room and you when you’re with him. A strong, confident, easy kindness. And that’s what is in need right now. _Cooper is an Oscar-nominated actor, screenwriter and producer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/"},"headline":"Omar Sy","datePublished":"2021-09-15T11:15:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:14.829Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","T100 2021","T100 2021 Artists"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b984236f4083317/698a1cb516d884626fc39b2c/omar-sy-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b984236f4083317/698a1cb516d884626fc39b2c/omar-sy-time-100-2021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095931/omar-sy/","name":"Omar Sy"}}]}] ```