Abraham Attah

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Abraham Attah
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Born (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 21)
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
AwardsMarcello 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]

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Early life

He hails from the Ga–Dangme ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Beasts of No Nation AguWon—Black Film Critics Circle Rising Star Award [4]
Won—Ghana Movie Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role and Discovery of the Year [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 [8]
Nominated—Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role [9]
Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture [10]
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—St. Louis Film Critics Award for Best Actor [11]
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Youth performance [12]
Nominated—Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer [13]
2015Out of the VillageMebroShort film
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Abe Brown
2020 Tazmanian Devil Dayo Ayodele
2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home Abe Brown Extended cut of 2021 film; archive footage: post-credits scene [14]

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References

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  2. Collin, Robbie (September 12, 2015). "Venice: 'From Afar' winning Golden Lion is a welcome surprise". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  3. "Abraham Attah Joins the Spider-Man: Homecoming Cast". June 22, 2016.
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  10. "Abraham Attah loses to Micheal B. Jordan @ NAACP Image Awards". February 6, 2016.
  11. Davis, Clayton (December 14, 2015). "St. Louis Film Critics Nominations – Kristen Stewart and Abraham Attah Make the Cut". AwardsCircuit.com . Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  12. Gordon, Tim (December 7, 2015). "2015 WAFCA Award Winners - The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)".
  13. Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations
  14. Hood, Cooper (September 2, 2022). "Everything Added In Spider-Man: No Way Home's "More Fun Stuff" Version". Screen Rant . Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.