Chris Attoh (born Christopher Keith Nii Attoh; May 17, 1979) is a
Ghana
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 the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
ian actor,
film director, on-air personality,
television presenter and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in Nigerian soap opera ''
Tinsel
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''.
Education
He attended the
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, ...
,
Achimota School and
Accra Academy. At Accra Academy, his classmates included the media businessman and radio personality
Nathan Adisi. He then moved on to
KNUST where he studied for a
Bachelor of Art in Painting degree. He later went to London to study Banking and Securities.
Hosting of events
He co-hosted the 2016 edition of the
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to origi ...
with
Naa Ashorkor
Naa Ashorkor (born 24 November 1988) also known as Nisirine Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku, is a Ghanaian actress and a media personality who currently works at Asaase Radio a radio station in Accra. She is known for starring in "''The'' ''Perfect Pic ...
and DJ Black. He was also the MC of the 2014 edition of F.A.C.E List Awards in New York City along with Sandra Appiah.
Personal life
He was previously married to
Damilola Adegbite, but was reported to be divorced in September 2017. He remarried on Saturday 6 October 2018 to Bettie Jennifer, a US-based businesswoman at a private ceremony in Accra.
Filmography
Films
* ''
Sylvia'' (2020)
* ''The Perfect Picture''
* ''The Perfect Picture – Ten Years Later'' (2020)
* In Line (2018)
* ''
An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)'' (2018)
* ''
A Trip to Jamaica
''A Trip to Jamaica'' is a 2016 Nigerian comedy drama film directed by Robert Peters starring Ayo Makun, Funke Akindele, Nse Ikpe Etim and Dan Davies. The film tells a story about the adventures of a newly engaged couple in their relatives res ...
'' (2016)
* "Happiness is a Four Letter Word" (2016)
* ''
Flower Girl'' (2013)
* ''
Journey to Self'' (2012)
* ''
Single and Married'' (2012)
* Bad Luck Joe
* Scorned
* Life and Living It
* Esohe
* A Soldiers Story 2; Return from the Dead
* Love and Cancer
* Love and War
* Moving On
* Closure
* International Affairs
* Lotana
* The Rangers; Shadows Rising
* ''
Sinking Sands
''Sinking Sands'' is a 2010 Ghanaian drama film written, produced and directed by Leila Djansi, and starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ama Abebrese, Emmanuel Yeboah A. and Yemi Blaq. The film received nine (9) nominations and won 3 awards at the 2011 Afr ...
''
* One More Day
* The In-laws
*
Potato Potatho
* Kintampo
* All About Love
* Choices
* Somniphobia
* Lovers Discretion
* James Town
* ''
Six hours To Christmas''
* ''Love and War''
* Swings
Television
* A House Divided (U.M.C) 2019–2020
* Fifty – the series 2020
* BRAT TV 2020
* ''
Tinsel
Tinsel is a type of decorative material that mimics the effect of ice, consisting of thin strips of sparkling material attached to a thread. When in long narrow strips not attached to thread, it is called "lametta", and emulates icicles. It was o ...
'' (2008–2013)
* ''
Shuga'' (
season 3
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In tempera ...
) (2013–2015)
References
External links
*
* Ameyaw Debrah
"Chris Attoh’s Son Celebrates First Birthday" YEN.
* Laila's Blog
"Damilola Adegbite removes husband’s name, unfollows him, and deletes all his photos from IG" Laila's Blog.
Alumni of the Accra Academy
Ghanaian male film actors
Ghanaian male television actors
Ghanaian film producers
1979 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Ghanaian male actors
Ghanaian film directors
Ghanaian television personalities
Ghanaian film actors
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