Abraham Attah

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Abraham Attah
Born (2001-06-15) June 15, 2001 (age 22)
Ghana
Occupation Actor
Years active 2015–present

Abraham Nii Attah (born June 15, 2001) is a Ghanaian teen actor.[1] He made his feature film debut in Beasts of No Nation (2015). For his leading role of child soldier Agu, Attah was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni's Best Young Actor Award at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[2]

In November 2015, he joined the ensemble cast of Shane Carruth's third film, The Modern Ocean.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Beasts of No Nation Agu Won—Black Film Critics Circle Rising Star Award[4]
Won—Ghana Movie Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role[5]
Won—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead[6]
Won—National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (shared with Jacob Tremblay)[7]
Won—Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Best Young Actor Award
Nominated—Gold Derby Film Award for Best Breakthrough Performer
Nominated—Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role[8]
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—St. Louis Film Critics Award for Best Actor[9]
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Youth performance
Pending—Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer[10]
2015 Out of the Village Mebro Short film, Drama
2017 The Modern Ocean[11] N/A Adventure drama

References

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  10. Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations
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