- A film and stage actor, he also served as Artistic Director of the Volta Ballet and the Volta Theatre Company. He founded in France the theater troupe La Voix du Griot . He was at one time captain of Mali's national football team.
- Has staged numerous plays in Europe and Africa, many of which he has adapted or written himself, and is the founder of the Mandeka Theatre in Bamako.
- Has been working with Peter Brook for the past twenty years.
- Father of Dani Kouyaté of Assane Kouyaté and Mabô Kouyaté.
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