Fred Amugi

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Fred Nii Amugi
Born (1948-11-05) 5 November 1948 (age 75)
Accra, Ghana
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1970–present
Known for Beasts of No Nation, The Cursed Ones, Holby City
AwardsAccra International Film Festival, best actor 1994. Order of the Volta 2008, Golden movie awards 2016

Fred Nii Amugi (born 5 November 1948) is a Ghanaian born veteran actor best known for his roles in Holby City, Beasts of No Nation and The Cursed Ones. [1] [2] [3] [4] He rose to prominence for his role in 1985 television series "Opinto".

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Early life

Fred Amugi was born at Teshie, Accra, Ghana on 5 November 1948. He attended Broaks basic and Junior high School. He then attended Takoradi Senior High School and Nungua Senior High school. He joined the civil service for thirty-three years and served as acting director of Supply in Ghana's Ministry of Finance. [5]

Career

Amugi began his acting career in 1970 in Drama and Documentaries until 1985 when he starred in his first movie "Opinto". The television series brought him into the limelight. [6]

Amugi has appeared in numerous movie roles, including local Ghanaian movies, Shoe Shine Boy (2013), Nyame Bekyere 1&2 (2015), Menua Paa Nie (2016), Housekeepers (2016) among others. His first international role came in 2005 when he played the character Kwame Attakora in the BBC drama Holby City. [7] [8] [9] He later starred in Netflix 2015 movie, Beasts of No Nation as "Pastor". [10] [11] [12] Amugi played the character Pastor Uchebo in the 2015 British award-winning movie "The Cursed Ones". [13] [14]

Filmography

Key
Denotes projects that have not yet been released

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Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1989 African Timber
1992The Other Side of the RichStephen Kodua
2001The Scent of Danger
2004 Welcome Home Black Doctor
2005Madam PinkPolice Chief
2007In the Eyes of My HusbandNana BoatengDirect-to-video
2009Punctured HopeTogbe
2011The Destiny of Lesser Animals [16] Oscar Darko
2015Pieces of MeBoard MemberDirect-to-video
The ImpossibleCompleted
Beasts of No Nation [17] Pastor
Chronicles of Odumkrom: The HeadmasterKofi Bediako
The Cursed Ones Pastor Uchebo
2016Beautiful Ruins [18]
Housekeepers [19]
2017Sala
Keteke Old Man
The Hero FilmMr. Boateng
2018LuckyFather
2019Bigman WahalaNana
2020 Gold Coast Lounge Adwene Mu Ti
Aloe Vera Mr. Aloemele
1st KingsNana NyansaShort film
AgadezImamShort film
2021 Borga Priest
2022TerminusMajor NuhuCompleted
2023NineWitch Doctor
2024EvorMr. AmableDrama

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2005 Holby City Kwame AttakoraEpisode: "Tuesday's Child"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1994Accra International Film FestivalBest ActorWon
2008 Order of the Volta Ghana National Award for ActingWon
2016 Ghana Movie Awards Best Actor In Supporting RoleBeautiful Ruins [20] Nominated
Golden Movie Awards Golden Supporting Actor in a Drama The Cursed Ones [21] Won
Golden Movie Awards Golden Supporting Actor in a DramaBeautiful Ruins [22] Nominated

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