International star Omar Sy learns the language of Hollywood

The tall, handsome French actor has popped up in a few small roles in major blockbusters over the past few years.

Days of Future Past and Chris Pratt's fellow velociraptor trainer in this summer's box office smash Jurassic World.

In 2012, Sy became the first African to win a best actor Cesar — France's equivalent of an Oscar — for "The Intouchables," a comedy-drama about a quadriplegic and his caretaker (Sy).

Despite his recent foray into international stardom, a career in the movies was never a given for Sy, who gained fame in France as one half of the sketch comedy duo Omar and Fred.

Access to movie theaters was difficult in his childhood, and most of his entertainment was relegated to what was on television.

While he never dreamed of acting in movies, he did drop out of high school to pursue comedy.

With credits in "X-Men" and "Jurassic World" and a role in the upcoming Dan Brown series "Inferno," opposite Tom Hanks, Sy recognizes that the films he does in the U.S. are quite a departure from those he gets to do in France.

Sy plays a Senegalese immigrant struggling to work and skirt deportation.