Peter Mensah
Peter Mensah | |
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 ComicCon Spartacus Press Release 2009 | |
| Born | August 27, 1959 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Peter Mensah (born on 27 August 1959 in Accra, Ghana), is an English/Ghanaian actor, best known for his roles in Tears of the Sun and 300, and more recently on the Starz original series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and Spartacus: Vengeance.
Bio
Early life
Mensah comes from an academic family. He was born in Ghana, to parents of the Ashanti People [1] but he moved to Hertfordshire, England with his father, an engineer, and his mother, a writer and two younger sisters at a young age. Mensah moved to Canada 11 years ago. He emigrated from Britain to see the world and it was a toss-up whether his destination would be Canada or Australia. The paperwork for Canada came through first.
Acting career
Mensah's film credits include Avatar, 300, Hidalgo, Tears of the Sun, Jason X, Harvard Man, Bless the Child and The Incredible Hulk. He also stars in the short film The Seed, produced and directed by Linkin Park's DJ Joe Hahn. He has made television appearances in Star Trek: Enterprise, Tracker, Witchblade, Blue Murder, Relic Hunter, Earth: Final Conflict, Highlander: The Raven and La Femme Nikita. He was a member of the repertory cast of the A&E Network series A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
Recently, he did the voice and likeness of Sgt. Zach Hammond in EA's video game Dead Space.
Mensah, who has practiced martial arts since he was 6, is now playing the character Oenomaus in Spartacus: Blood and Sand and was on the Spartacus Panel at Comic Con 2009.[2]
Filmography
- 1998: The Long Island Incident as Hugh
- 2000: Bruiser as Skinhead
- 2000: The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Mort Erwin
- 2000: Enslavement: The True Story Of Fanny Kemble as Quaka
- 2000: The Perfect Son as The Tall Gay Basher
- 2001: Harvard Man as Cyrill The Butler
- 2001: Jason X as Sgt.Brodski
- 2002: Triggerman as Boxer
- 2002: Conviction as T-Bone
- 2002: Cypher as Vault Security Guard
- 2003: Tears of the Sun as Terwase
- 2004: Hidalgo as Jaffa
- 2006: 300 as Persian Messenger
- 2006: The Seed
- 2008: The Incredible Hulk as General Joe Geller
- 2009: Avatar as Horse Clan Leader
- 2010: City Of Shoulders as Dr.Lucas Andreisherm
- 2010: Flynn as Special Forces Captain
Series
- 1995: Nancy Drew as Simon (1 episode, Welcome To Callisto)
- 1997: Exhibit: A Secrets Of Forensic Science as Charles Ssenyonga (1 episode, Bad Blood)
- 1997: Once A Thief as Petrosians Assistant (1 episode, Macdaddy)
- 1998: La Femme Nikita as Taylor (1 episode, First Mission)
- 1998: F/X: The Series as Vincent (1 episode, Chiller)
- 1999: Highlander: The Raven as Raphael (1 episode, A Matter Of Time)
- 1999: Earth: Final Conflict as Alan (1 episode, Emancipation)
- 2000: The City as Lang (1 episode, Gorky Parkette)
- 2000: Twich City as Prison Guard (1 episode, The Return Of The Cat Food Killer)
- 2000: Relic Hunter as Witch Doctor (1 episode, Cross OF Voodoo)
- 2001: Blue Murder as Marlon Anderson (2 episodes)
- 2001: A Nero Wolfe Mystery ("The Doorbell Rang," "Over My Dead Body")
- 2001-2002: Witchblade as Hecter 'moby' Mobius (2 episodes)
- 2002: Tracker as Marak (1 episode, Native Son)
- 2005: Star Trek: Enterprise as Daniel Greaves (2 episodes)
- 2008: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as General Perry (2 episodes)
- 2010: Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Oenomaus 'Doctore' (13 episodes)
- 2011: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena as Oenomaus 'Doctore' (6 episodes)
- 2012: Spartacus: Vengeance as Oenomaus 'Doctore'
- 2012: True Blood as Kibwe