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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-07-29 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Schenectady - New York - USA

Also Known As

Ато Эссандо

Ato Essandoh

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ato Essandoh (born 29th of July 1972) is an Americantelevision and film actor. Essandoh, who was born in Schenectady, New York, graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He is also a playwright, and authored Black Thang which is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2003. He also studied acting at the Acting Studio in New York City. Essandoh is also the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group. His parents are from Ghana, West Africa. Essandoah joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

Known For

Acting

Garden State

2004

Garden State

as

Titembay

Blood Diamond

2006

Blood Diamond

as

Commander Rambo

Prime

2005

Prime

as

Damien

Hitch

2005

Hitch

as

Tanis

Get Him to the Greek

2010

Get Him to the Greek

as

Smiling African Drummer

Millennium Crisis

2007

Millennium Crisis

as

Harkness

Roger Dodger

2002

Roger Dodger

as

Bouncer

Nights in Rodanthe

2008

Nights in Rodanthe

as

Jean's Lover

Camp Hell

2010

Camp Hell

as

Priest

Django Unchained

2012

Django Unchained

as

D'Artagnan

Saving Face

2004

Saving Face

as

Jay

Reptile

2023

Reptile

as

Dan Cleary

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

2024

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two

as

Mister Terrific / Anti-Monitor (voice)

Jason Bourne

2016

Jason Bourne

as

Craig Jeffers

O.G.

2018

O.G.

as

Sean Black

Dark Phoenix

2019

Dark Phoenix

as

Jones

Outpost

2023

Outpost

as

Earl

Wish I Was Here

2014

Wish I Was Here

as

Audition Actor #3

Extrapolations

Extrapolations

as

Marco J.

Copper

Copper

as

Matthew Freeman

Elementary

Elementary

as

Alfredo Llamosa

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

as

Reverend Darnell Potter

White Collar

White Collar

as

Frederick Bilal

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as

Sayid Abdullah Hassan

Vinyl

Vinyl

as

Lester Grimes

Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon

as

Vernon Elliot

Evil

Evil

as

Nathan Katsaris

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

as

Dr. Elliott Chesterfield

Chicago Med

Chicago Med

as

Dr. Isidore Latham

The Diplomat

The Diplomat

as

Stuart Hayford

The Code

The Code

as

Trey Ferry

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Jason Hendri

Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

as

Manute Obama

Conviction

Conviction

as

Byron 'B-Fly' Williams

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Andre Blair

Away

Away

as

Kwesi

Third Watch

Third Watch

as

Bicyclist

Damages

Damages

as

Bomb Tech

Royal Pains

Royal Pains

as

Antoine

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary

as

King Nungunde of Swaziland

Production

Crew

Directing