Fred Amugi

Fred Nii Amugi
Born	(1948-11-05) 5 November 1948 (age 76) Accra, Ghana
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1970–present
Known for	Beasts of No Nation, The Cursed Ones, Holby City
Awards	Accra 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".

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

[15]

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	African Timber
1992	The Other Side of the Rich	Stephen Kodua
2001	The Scent of Danger
2004	Welcome Home	Black Doctor
2005	Madam Pink	Police Chief
2007	In the Eyes of My Husband	Nana Boateng	Direct-to-video
2009	Punctured Hope	Togbe
2011	The Destiny of Lesser Animals[16]	Oscar Darko
2015	Pieces of Me	Board Member	Direct-to-video
	The Impossible		Completed
	Beasts of No Nation[17]	Pastor
	Chronicles of Odumkrom: The Headmaster	Kofi Bediako
	The Cursed Ones	Pastor Uchebo
2016	Beautiful Ruins[18]
	Housekeepers[19]
2017	Sala
	Keteke	Old Man
	The Hero Film	Mr. Boateng
2018	Lucky	Father
2019	Bigman Wahala	Nana
2020	Gold Coast Lounge	Adwene Mu Ti
	Aloe Vera	Mr. Aloemele
	1st Kings	Nana Nyansa	Short film
	Agadez	Imam	Short film
2021	Borga	Priest
2022	Terminus†	Major Nuhu	Completed
2023	Nine	Witch Doctor
2024	Evor	Mr. Amable	Drama

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Holby City	Kwame Attakora	Episode: "Tuesday's Child"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1994	Accra International Film Festival	Best Actor		Won
2008	Order of the Volta	Ghana National Award for Acting		Won
2016	Ghana Movie Awards	Best Actor In Supporting Role	Beautiful 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 Drama	Beautiful Ruins[22]	Nominated

References

1. "Fred Nii Amugi". IMDb. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. "Holby City". Genome BBC. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. "See photos of aging veteran actor, Fred Amugi". Ameyaw Debrah. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
4. "Fred Amugi sheds tears after receiving donation from Gloria Sarfo". Ghanaweb.com. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
5. "Fred Amugi's Biography". sodasandpopcorn.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
6. "Africa: Who is Fred Amugi?". allafrica.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
7. "Tuesday's Girl". TV.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
8. "Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
9. "Holby City: Tuesday's Child". digiguide.tv. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
10. "Beasts of No Nation". IMDb. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
11. "Beasts of No Nation". fandango.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
12. "Cast: Beast of No Nation (2015)". wonderfulcinema.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
13. "The Cursed Ones film". thecursedones.com.
14. "The Cursed Ones – film – SensCritique". senscritique.com.
15. "GAME PLAN". 14 May 2015.
16. "The Destiny of Lesser Animals Movie". destinyoflesseranimals.com.
17. "Fred Amugi". Rotten Tomatoes.
18. "BEAUTIFUL RUINS Starring John Dumelo and Christabel Ekeh Premieres on 18th March; Watch Trailer". 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
19. "Fred Amugi". 30 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
20. Uju (25 November 2016). "Check Out The Full List Of Nominees For 2016 Ghana Movie Awards". Answers Africa. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
21. "Winners @ the 2016 Golden Movie Awards". Ytainment. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
22. "Video + Full List of Nominees for 2016 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA)". Modern Ghana.

External links

• Fred Amugi at IMDb
• Fred Nii Amugi^[permanent dead link‍] at thetv.adms.co.ke
• [1] Archived 9 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine