Abraham Attah

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Abraham Attah
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Attah at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival with his Marcello Mastroianni Award in 2015
Born (2001-07-02) 2 July 2001 (age 23)
Ghana
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
AwardsMarcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival

Abraham Nii Attah (born 2 July 2001) is a Ghanaian actor, living in the United States. [1] [2]

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Early life

He hails from the Ga–Dangme ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Abraham Nii Attah was born on July 2, 2001, and lived in Ashiaman, Tema, Accra with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Attah, and his siblings up until he left for the United States. [3] He had a happy family life. Abraham's parents both have jobs; his father works at the port, and his mother works in a market. Abraham has five siblings in total.

Career

He made his feature film debut in Beasts of No Nation (2015). [2] 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. [4]

In 2017, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming . [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Beasts of No Nation AguWon—Black Film Critics Circle Rising Star Award [6]
Won—Ghana Movie Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role and Discovery of the Year [7]
Won—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead [8]
Won—National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (shared with Jacob Tremblay) [9]
Won—Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni Best Young Actor Award
Nominated—Gold Derby Film Award for Best Breakthrough Performer [10]
Nominated—Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role [11]
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture [12]
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—St. Louis Film Critics Award for Best Actor [13]
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Youth performance [14]
Nominated—Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer [15]
2015Out of the VillageMebroShort film
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Abe Brown
2020 Tazmanian Devil Dayo Ayodele
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Abe Brown Extended cut of 2021 film; archive footage: post-credits scene [16]

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