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List Of Ghanaian Actors
This is a list of notable Ghanaian actors listed in alphabetic order by surname. A * Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) * Ama K. Abebrese (born 1980) * Mavis Adjei, starred in over 25 films, currently based in the Netherlands * Kofi Adu (Agya Koo) (born 1968) * Freema Agyeman (born 1979), British actor of Ghanaian and Iranian descent * Jackie Appiah (born 1983) * Mac Jordan Amartey (1936–2018) * Fred Amugi (born 1948) * Martha Ankomah (born 1985) * John Apea * Gyearbuor Asante (1941–2000) * Juliet Asante * Abraham Attah (born 2001) * Chris Attoh (born 1979) * Akorfa Edjeani-Asiedu (born 1969) B *Robert Bathurst (born 1957), British actor born in Ghana *Michael Blackson (born 1972), comedian and actor *Kwesi Boakye (born 1999) * Adeline Ama Buabeng *Nadia Buari (born 1982) *Charles Kofi Bucknor (1953–2017) *Moesha Buduong (born 1990) *Akosua Busia (born 1966) C * Omar Sheriff Captan * Michaela Coel (born 1987) D * Kojo Dadson * Paul Danquah (1925–2015), British actor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine Abbey (Idikoko)
Augustine Abbey, also known as Idikoko, is a Ghanaian actor and movie maker known for comedy. His is also known for his main roles as a house boy or gate man. He has produced and starred in a BBC documentary and also directed and produced a film on HIV and AIDS in partnership with UNESCO and Esi Sutherland-Addy's MMOFRA Foundation. He runs Great Idikoko Ventures and is married to fellow actress Linda Quashiga. He attended Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School , country = Ghana , region = Greater-Accra , location = Legon , coordinates = , type = Public high school , religious_affiliation = Presbyterian Church .... Filmography Films Awards and nominations Augustine Abbey has won the following awards References Ghanaian male film actors People from Accra 20th-century Ghanaian male actors Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School alumni 21st-century Ghanaian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Blackson
Michael Blackson is a Ghanaian-Liberian actor, philanthropist, and comedian based in the United States. Early life Michael Blackson was born to a Ghanaian parents. He spent his young years in between Monrovia and Ghana before relocating to the United States in the mid-1980s. His father died in 2008. Michael lived in Newark, New Jersey when he was 13, and then settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was 15. He began pursuing comedy after his coworker at Domino's suggested he start open mic. Career In 2005, he released a comedy sketch CD entitled ''Modasucka: Welcome to America''. Also in 2005, he made an appearance on TV series 30 Rock, ''P. Diddy Presents: The Bad Boys of Comedy'' on HBO, and starred in a commercial for ''Chappelle's Show'' on Comedy Central. In 2011, Blackson appeared on Starz's ''Martin Lawrence Presents: 1st Amendment Stand-up'' and Showtime's ''Shaquille O'Neal Presents All Star Comedy Jam''. In 2019, Blackson appeared in the "Wakonda" official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dontoh
David Kwame Dontoh (born 1964) and affectionately called ''Uncle David'', ''"Ghanaman" and "Kofi Abranteɛ"'' (Kofi Gentleman), is a veteran Ghanaian actor and television personality who has starred in numerous local and international films, drama, theatre, and other stage productions. He has been very influential in the development of television and drama, especially during the golden age of theatre in Ghana in the 80s and 90s. He took up acting in 1980 after seeing a National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) newspaper advert inviting potential actors to come forward for training in stage and film acting. The title of his first NAFTI film was ''"The Way To Shame"'' a short seven minute stage production which was directed by Alex Bannerman as part of his formal assessment in drama production. Alex who was a student of NAFTI at the time had chanced upon David and persuaded him to play the lead role as the intended person had not showed up during shooting. The film's assessment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebenezer Donkor
Ebenezer Donkor, popularly known as Katawere (1938 – 12 November 2016), was a Ghanaian actor known primarily for his role in the Ghanaian television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... '' Efiewura''. Career Donkor had been in the acting career for over thirty years, starring in several dramatic television series throughout the 1990s. He appeared in Ghana Commercial Bank advert in the 1990s. He also starred in over twenty Kumawood films. Donkor died on 14 November 2016 at Opoku Ware Hospital in Cantonments, Accra, having battled an undisclosed illness for the previous two years. Selected filmography As actor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donkor, Ebenezer Ghanaian male film actors Ghanaian male television actors 1938 births 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oscar Dogbe
David Oscar Dogbe (born 16 April 1984) is a Ghanaian musician, actor and comedian. He is known for leading the movement ''GHComedy'', that fought to gain visibility and acceptance for an upcoming Ghanaian Stand-up comedians. David Oscar later put his comedian career on hold to become a reggae musician. He has collaborated with other popular Ghanaian stars, namely, Afriyie Wutah and internationally with the 2014 BEFFTA Awards (UK) Winner for spoken word, Lyric Da Nkechi. He was voted Ghana's Best Comedy Icon in a show, "Stars of the Future", organized by Charter House Ghana. Early life and career David was born at Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana to Mr Oscar Yaovi Adukpo and Mrs Faustina Mary Asamoah Adukpo. He has 3 siblings; two brothers, Isaac Oscar Ohene Adukpo and Bright Nana Osei Oscar Adukpo and a sister Felicia Mawuena Oscar. David attended Nursery, Primary and Junior High School education at Freeman Methodist School in Koforidua. He then continued to Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Danquah
Paul Danquah, born Joseph Paul Walcott (25 May 1925 – 13 August 2015), was a British film actor, known particularly for his role in the film ''A Taste of Honey'' (1961), adapted from the 1958 play of the same name written by Shelagh Delaney. He later became a barrister and a bank consultant. Isherwood, Christopher"Danquah, Paul" ''The Sixties — Diaries, Volume 2: 1960-1969'', Random House, 2010, pp. 624–25. His father was the Ghanaian statesman J. B. Danquah. Life and career He was born Joseph Paul Walcott in London, England, where he grew up. His mother, Bertha May Walcott, was English, and his father Joseph Boakye "J.B." Danquah was a Ghanaian politician and traditional aristocrat; Paul was the eldest of his many children from two marriages and various relationships.Danquah, Nana-Ama"Actor. Lawyer. Lover of the arts. Her uncle defied category" ''The Washington Post'', 2 June 2016. Danquah studied law and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, as well as in Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojo Dadson
Emmanuel Kojo Dadson (1953 – 9 February 2021) was a veteran Ghanaian actor, director, producer and musician. He is well known for featuring in and directing movies and series like Home Sweet Home, Sun City and Run Baby Run. He gained prominence for his humor and comedic style of acting. He suffered a stroke whilst acting in 2012. He died on the 9 February 2021, aged 68. Career Kojo Dadson was an actor who featured in a number of productions such as '' Love Brewed In An African Pot, Run Baby Run, Home Sweet Home', Sun City, Hotel St. James, Doctor Love, Location Africa,'' among others. In 2012, he suffered a stroke while acting on the set. The stroke affected his speech and confined him to a wheelchair. He also became a musician in the days when he couldn't move around much. Honours and recognition Dadson was honoured at the Ghana Actors and Entertainers Awards (GAEA) with a Legendary award along with other six veteran actors including Grace Omaboe and given plaques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Coel
Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born 1 October 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a British screenwriter and actress. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 sitcom ''Chewing Gum'' (2015–2017), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance; and the BBC One/ HBO comedy-drama series '' I May Destroy You'' (2020) for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2021. For her work on ''I May Destroy You'', Coel was the first Black woman to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series ''Black Mirror'' (2016–2017), starring as Kate Ashby in the series ''Black Earth Rising'' (2018) and as Simone in the film ''Been So Long'' (2018). Early life Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson was born in East London. Her parents are G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Sheriff Captan
Omar Sheriff Captan is a Ghanaian actor and film director. Although initially known for "bad boy" roles, he later became a pastor. Personal life Captan married his long-time girlfriend Cindy in 2013, but later divorced, after which he became a pastor. He was reported to have a Tanzanian girlfriend in 2021. He has a daughter, Grace Smith, who is also an actress. Filmography References External linksOmar Sheriff Captanon Flickr Flickr ( ; ) is an American image hosting and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was a popular way for amateur and professional ... * 21st-century Ghanaian male actors Ghanaian male film actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Busia
Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter who lives in the United Kingdom. She played Nettie Harris in the 1985 film ''The Color Purple'' alongside Whoopi Goldberg. Family and early life Busia is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (from 1969 to 1972) and a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti, making Akosua a princess too. Her sister, Abena Busia, is a poet and academic, who was a professor in English at Rutgers University, and since 2017 has been the Ghanaian ambassador to Brazil. Busia grew up in Ghana, and began her acting career at the age of 16, attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama on scholarship.Smith, Gail (4 December 1998)"Just don't say 'no'" ''Mail & Guardian'' (South Africa). Her first acting role was as Juliet in an otherwise white cast performing Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' at Oxford University, where her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moesha Buduong
Moesha Buduong is a Ghanaian TV presenter, actress and model who is also known for granting a controversial interview to CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour on issues of sex, love and gender. Controversy In April 2018, Buduong came under criticism from Ghanaians. over a controversial interview she gave to CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour. In the interview, Buduong mentioned that Ghanaian women use men as their primary source of income, since the economy is tough. They do this through engaging in sexual intercourse with the men. She is quoted as saying that "In Ghana, our economy is such a way that you need someone to take care of you. You can’t make enough money as a woman here. Because even when you want to get an apartment, in Ghana they take two years’ advance and I just started working where will I get money to pay?" Her comments received harsh criticism from both men and women who felt she was painting a negative picture of Ghanaian (and by extension African) women. Celebr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kofi Bucknor
Kofi Bucknor (1953–2017) was a Ghanaian actor who starred in the films like ''Heritage Africa'' (1989), ' (1989), and '' Run Baby Run'' (2006). He died on 23 May 2017 at the 37 Military Hospital, cause of his death was unknown. References 1953 births 2017 deaths Ghanaian male film actors 20th-century Ghanaian male actors 21st-century Ghanaian male actors {{Ghana-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
