Abraham Attah

Abraham Nii Attah (born 2 July 2002) is a Ghanaian actor, living in the United States.^[1] He hails from the Ga–Dangme ethnic group in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. 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]

Abraham Attah
Attah at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival with his Marcello Mastroianni Award in 2015
Born	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 21) Ghana
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present
Awards	Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival

In 2017, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: Homecoming.^[3]

Filmography

Film

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

References

1. Guerrasio, Jason (April 27, 2015). "The director of Netflix's next movie plucked his lead actor from the streets of Ghana". Business Insider. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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.
4. Sage, Alyssa (December 21, 2015). "Black Film Critics Circle Name 'Creed' Top Film of the Year". Variety. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
5. Sarpon, Yaw (December 31, 2015). . GlammyNews.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
6. Khan, Alia (February 27, 2016). . filmindependent.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
7. Lawrence, Jordan (December 1, 2015). "National Board of Review Announces 2015 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
8. Montgomery, Daniel (January 26, 2016). "Gold Derby Film Awards nominations: 'Mad Max' leads with 12, 'Carol' gets 10, 'The Revenant' 9 - GoldDerby".
9. Davis, Clayton (January 19, 2016). . AwardsCircuit.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
10. "Abraham Attah loses to Micheal B. Jordan @ NAACP Image Awards". February 6, 2016.
11. Davis, Clayton (December 14, 2015). . 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. from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.

External links

• Abraham Attah at IMDb