Abraham Nii Attah Biography

Early Life and Education

Abraham Attah comes from a lower-class family in the Ga-Dangme ethnic group in the Accra region of Ghana. His father works at ports while his mother works as a trader in the market. He obtained his first school leaving certificate from a primary school in Accra, Ghana. He graduated from high school at 18 years old. At the moment, he is undergoing an undergraduate degree program at Tufts University in the United States of America.

Career

Abraham Attah’s acting career was discovered by casting director Harrison Delbit. He made his feature debut in the film Beasts of No Nation (2015) in the leading role of Agu, a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War, and acted alongside top British actor Idris Elba. The movie was Netflix’s first original movie, and it was adapted from the novel written by Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala. He won the Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2015. In 2017, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming.

He was made an Ambassador for the Free Education Policy in Ghana after he supported the policy with a picture endorsement. He was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. In the year 2020, He was featured in the movie Titled Tasmania Devil, he played the role of Dayo Ayodele and the movie was shot in Houston, Texas.

He has so far starred in several Hollywood movies, including:

• Tasmanian Devil
• Child Soldiers Agu
• Out of the Village
• Spider-Man Homecoming and many more.

Personal Life

Abraham Attah is currently single and there is no information about his past relationship or previous engagement.

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