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Abraham Attah

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Abraham Attah
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]

Early life

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Beasts of No Nation Agu Won—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]
2015 Out of the Village Mebro Short 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]

References

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  1. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (April 27, 2015). "The director of Netflix's next movie plucked his lead actor from the streets of Ghana". Business Insider. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Abraham Attah". Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Abraham Attah Biography and Family". Archived from the original on December 22, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Collin, Robbie (September 12, 2015). "Venice: 'From Afar' winning Golden Lion is a welcome surprise". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Abraham Attah Joins the Spider-Man: Homecoming Cast". June 22, 2016. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Sage, Alyssa (December 21, 2015). "Black Film Critics Circle Name 'Creed' Top Film of the Year". Variety. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. ^ Sarpon, Yaw (December 31, 2015). "Ghana Movie Awards 2015 Winners – See Full List". GlammyNews.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  8. ^ Khan, Alia (February 27, 2016). "2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Announced". filmindependent.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Lawrence, Jordan (December 1, 2015). "National Board of Review Announces 2015 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. ^ Montgomery, Daniel (January 26, 2016). "Gold Derby Film Awards nominations: 'Mad Max' leads with 12, 'Carol' gets 10, 'The Revenant' 9 - GoldDerby". Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  11. ^ Davis, Clayton (January 19, 2016). "2015 Awards Circuit Community Awards Nominations – 'Mad Max' Leads While Mara Is A Lead". AwardsCircuit.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  12. ^ "Abraham Attah loses to Micheal B. Jordan @ NAACP Image Awards". February 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Gordon, Tim (December 7, 2015). "2015 WAFCA Award Winners - The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)". Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  15. ^ "Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  16. ^ 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.
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