Abraham Attah | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015–present |
Awards | Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival |
Abraham Nii Attah (born 2 July 2002) is a Ghanaian actor, living in the United States. [1]
He hails from the Ga–Dangme ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
He made his feature film debut in Beasts of No Nation (2015). For his leading role of child soldier Agu, he was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. [2]
In 2017, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming . [3]
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