Alphonse Menyo, is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Freetown'' and ''Gold Coast Lounge''.

Personal life

He was born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, Ghana. His father, Bernard Menyo, was from East Africa. He is a former student of National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI). Bernard won an award in the

Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It ...

(FESPACO) for the film ''Whose fault''. Menyo's mother, Eugenia, was from Ghana who worked for an NGO.

Career

Menyo attended Ghallywood Academy of Film Acting in Accra, Ghana to study cinema and drama. He started his drama career in 2009 with a stage drama. In 2015, he made his maiden cinema role in the American independent film ''Freetown'' directed by Garrett Batty. The film was screened in several international film festivals, and was nominated for several

Ghana Movie Awards ''Ghana Movie Awards'' is an annual film award to recognise excellence in the Ghanaian film industry. The first edition was held on 25 December 2010 at the Accra International Conference Center. It’s only in 2017 that the ceremony wasn’t held ...

. Menyo made his directorial debut with the film ''Utopia''. The film received four nominations at Ghana Movie Awards. In 2017, ''Utopia'' became the only Ghanaian movie to bw selected and screened at the Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF). In 2017, he acted in the romantic thriller short ''Black Rose'' directed by

Pascal Aka Pascal Aka (born in Ivory Coast, July 17, 1985) is an Ivorian film director, actor, music video director and producer, very well known for his work on "Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife (2007)", "Evol (2010)", Double-Cross which got several nomi ...

. In 2018, he joined with Pascal Aka's next venture, and starred in the short film ''Corruption''. Menyo won the Yaa Asantewaa award at the

Black Star International Film Festival Black Star International film festival (BSIFF) is a non-profit festival in Ghana founded by Juliet Asante in 2015. It is a festival celebrated annually to bridge the gap between African movie cinema and the global community of movie makers and fo ...

for his role and also won the Best Male Actor at the Fickin International Film Festival in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

, Congo. He was selected to represent Ghana at the 2019 World Youth Theater in Egypt. Later in the year, he played the role 'Daniel' in the film ''Gold Coast Lounge''. For his role, he won the award for the Best Lead Actor at the 2019 Ghana Movie Awards.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menyo, Alphonse Living people 21st-century Ghanaian male actors 1998 births Ghanaian film actors