Peter Mensah
Appearance
Peter Mensah | |
---|---|
Chiraa, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana | |
Nationality | British, Ghanaian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1995–present |
Peter Mensah (born 27 August 1959) is a
Starz television series Spartacus (2010–2013). He has also appeared in such films as Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, The Incredible Hulk, 300, and Avatar
.
Early life
Mensah was born in
Brong Ahafo Region,[2] and moved to Hertfordshire, England, with his father, Peter Osei Mensah,[3] an architect engineer, his mother, a writer, and two younger sisters at a young age. Mensah began practising martial arts at the age of six.[4][5][6]
Though he had done drama in school, Mensah originally studied engineering, and arrived in Canada as an engineer for British Gas, developing gas fields at Morecambe Bay
Career
Mensah's film credits include A Nero Wolfe Mystery and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
He voiced and provided his likeness for Sgt. Zach Hammond in
Dead Space
.
Mensah played the character
fifth season of True Blood
.
He is the voice of Predaking, the
Predacons in Transformers: Prime
.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Striking Poses | Hunky Receptionist | |
2000 | Bruiser | Skinhead | |
2000 | Bless the Child | Good Samaritan Janitor | |
2000 | The Perfect Son | Tall Gay Basher | |
2001 | Harvard Man | Cyrill The Butler | |
2001 | Jason X | Sgt. Brodski | |
2002 | Triggerman | Boxer | |
2002 | Cypher | Vault Security Guard | |
2003 | Tears of the Sun | Terwase | |
2004 | Hidalgo | Jaffa | |
2006 | The Seed | Short film | |
2006 | 300 | Persian Messenger | |
2008 | The Incredible Hulk | General Joe Greller | |
2009 | Avatar | Akwey | |
2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | Persian Messenger | |
2016 | The Second Sound Barrier | Thelonious Courage as The Powerhouse | Short film |
2016 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | African Dictator | |
2018 | The Scorpion King: Book of Souls | Nebserek | Direct-to-video |
2019 | Rise | Governor Gaddo | |
2021 | Snake Eyes | Blind Master
|
|
2022 | The Devil Conspiracy | Archangel Michael
|
|
2024 | Gladiator II | filming, announced for 2024 |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Quaka | TV movie |
2000 | Relic Hunter | Witch Doctor | Episode: "Cross OF Voodoo" |
2000 | Deep in The City | Lang | Episode: "Gorky Parkette" |
2001 | Blue Murder | Marlon Anderson | 2 episodes |
2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery
|
Receptionist, Arthur | Episodes: "The Doorbell Rang", "Over My Dead Body" Pt.1/Pt.2 |
2001–02 | Witchblade
|
Hecter "Moby" Mobius | 3 episodes |
2002 | Tracker | Marak | Episode: "Native Son" |
2002 | Conviction | T-Bone | TV movie |
2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Daniel Greaves | 2 episodes |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | General Perry | 2 episodes |
2010 | Spartacus: Blood and Sand | Oenomaus / Doctore | Main cast |
2011 | Spartacus: Gods of the Arena | Oenomaus / Doctore | Main cast |
2012 | True Blood | Kibwe | |
2012 | Spartacus: Vengeance | Oenomaus / Doctore | Main cast |
2013 | Transformers: Prime | Predaking (voice) | Recurring role (season 3) |
2013 | Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising | Predaking (voice) | TV movie |
2013 | Burn Notice | Marco Cabral | Episode: "Nature of the Beast" |
2015–16 | Sleepy Hollow | Hidden One | |
2017–2018 | Midnight, Texas | Lemuel Bridger | |
2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Qovas
|
Recurring role (season 5) |
2019 | Departure | Levi Hall | Main cast (season 1) |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | Dead Space
|
Zach Hammond |
References
- ^ "PETER MENSAH | Jack & Jill".
- ^ "Starz - Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Peter Mensah". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ Donkoh, Ebenezer (9 November 2017). "Hollywood Star Peter Mensah's Father Passes Away in Kumasi - NYDJ Live". nydjlive.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Slice of SciFi Interview With "The Hulk's" Peter Mensah | Slice of SciFi". 12 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Ghanaian-British actor Peter Mensah in Ghana". MyJoyOnline.com. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Peter Mensah: Movies, TV, and Bio | Prime Video". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "The Doctore is in: Spartacus' Peter Mensah exclusive interview", 18 November 2011. Archived 24 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Peter Mensah at IMDb