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Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972)[2] is an American television and film actor.

Ato Essandoh
Essandoh in February 2018
Born	Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh[1][non-primary source needed] (1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 50) Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Education	Cornell University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Early life

Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He first joined theater when he was dared to do so by a girlfriend. He studied acting at the Acting Studio in New York City.[3][4] He is also a playwright, and authored Black Thang which is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2003. Essandoh is the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He launched a podcast, Unrelated, together with his childhood friend Chris Cecot.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Experience Box	Daniel
	The Accident	Cassius	Short
2002	Roger Dodger	Bouncer
2004	Garden State	Titembay
	Salome	King Herod	Short
	Saving Face	Jay, The Neighbor
2005	Hitch	Tanis
	Prime	Damien
	Dawn's Early Light	James	Short
2006	Falling for Grace	Jamal
	Brother's Shadow	Soy
	Blood Diamond	Commander 'Rambo'
2007	Millennium Crisis	Harkness
2008	Mia and the Migoo	Baklava (voice)
	Nights in Rodanthe	Jean's Lover
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Smiling African Drummer
	Camp Hell	Young Priest
2011	Tu & Eu	Dr. Champagne	Short
	Art & Sex	Daniel
2012	The Discoverers	Winston
	Django Unchained	D'Artagnan
2013	A Life for a Life	Boyle	Short
2014	Wish I Was Here	Audition Actor #3
2016	Jason Bourne	Craig Jeffers
	The Vampire Leland	The Monsignor	Short
2017	Frank Embree	Charles Embree (voice)	Short
2018	O.G.	-
2019	Dark Phoenix	Jones
TBA	Reptile	Dan Cleary	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Third Watch	Bike Messenger	Episode: "Duty"
2003	Chappelle's Show	Extra	Episode: "Mad Real World & Ask A Gay Dude"
	Law & Order	Jason Hendri	Episode: "Suicide Box"
	Line of Fire	Archibald 'Crazy Jazz' Lincoln	Episode: "Pilot"
2005	Commander in Chief	Manute Obama	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Conviction	Byron 'B-Fly' Williams	Episode: "Indebted"
2007	Law & Order	Andre Blair	Episode: "Bling"
2009	Royal Pains	Antoine	Episode: "If I Were a Sick Man"
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Hassan	Episode: "Loyalty: Part 1 & 2"
2011	White Collar	Frederik Bilal	Episode: "Burke's Seven"
	Damages	Bomb Tech	Recurring Cast: Season 4
2011-12	Treme	-	2 Episodes
2011-16	Blue Bloods	Reverend Darnell Potter	Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3-7
2012-13	Copper	Matthew Freeman	Main Cast
2012-18	Elementary	Alfredo Llamosa	Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 3, Guest: Season 2 & 4 & 6
2014	Believe	FBI Agent Gardner	Recurring Cast
	Madam Secretary	King Nungunde	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Girls	D. August	Recurring Cast: Season 4
	Person of Interest	Ray Pratt	Episode: "Skip"
2016	Vinyl	Lester Grimes	Main Cast
2016-21	Chicago Med	Dr. Isidore Latham	Recurring Cast: Season 2-5, Guest: Season 6
2018	Wolverine: The Long Night	Agent Tad Marshall	Main Cast: Season 1
2018-20	Altered Carbon	Vernon Elliot	Main Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
2019	The Code	Major Trey Ferry	Main Cast
2020	Tales from the Loop	Gaddis	Recurring Cast
	Away	Kwesi Weisberg Annan	Main Cast
2021	Evil	Nathan Katsaris	Episode: "D Is for Doll"
2021-22	Agent Stoker	EnGAGE	Recurring Cast

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Radio Voices (voice)

References

External links

• Ato Essandoh at IMDb
• Interview with Ato Essandoh at Moniqueblog.net

На других языках

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[de] Ato Essandoh

Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (* 29. Juli 1972 in Schenectady, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler ghanaischer Abstammung.

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- [en] Ato Essandoh

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[ru] Эссандо, Ато

А́то Эссандо (англ. Ato Essandoh, род. 2 июля 1972, Скенектади, Нью-Йорк) — американский актёр.

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