Fred Amugi Explained

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

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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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1994	Accra International Film Festival	Best Actor
2008	Order of the Volta	Ghana National Award for Acting
2016	Ghana Movie Awards	Best Actor In Supporting Role	Beautiful Ruins[20]
	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Supporting Actor in a Drama	The Cursed Ones[21]
	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Supporting Actor in a Drama	Beautiful Ruins[22]

External links

• • Fred Nii Amugi at thetv.adms.co.ke
• http://www.ghanafilmindustry.com/fred-amugi-cites-adjetey-anang-as-his-favorite-actor/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fred Nii Amugi. IMDb. 27 October 2018.
2. Web site: Holby City. Genome BBC. 27 October 2018.
3. Web site: See photos of aging veteran actor, Fred Amugi. Ameyaw Debrah. 27 October 2018. 27 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181027231945/https://ameyawdebrah.com/see-photos-of-aging-veteran-actor-fred-amugi/. dead.
4. Web site: Fred Amugi sheds tears after receiving donation from Gloria Sarfo. Ghanaweb.com. 6 April 2018 . 27 October 2018.
5. Web site: Fred Amugi's Biography. sodasandpopcorn.com. 27 October 2018.
6. Web site: Africa: Who is Fred Amugi?. allafrica.com. 27 October 2018.
7. Web site: Tuesday's Girl. TV.com. 31 May 2018.
8. Web site: Full Cast & Crew. IMDb. 27 October 2018.
9. Web site: Holby City: Tuesday's Child. digiguide.tv. 27 October 2018.
10. Web site: Beasts of No Nation. 27 October 2018. IMDb.
11. Web site: Beasts of No Nation. fandango.com. 27 October 2018.
12. Web site: Cast: Beast of No Nation (2015). wonderfulcinema.com. 30 April 2016 . 27 October 2018.
13. Web site: The Cursed Ones film. thecursedones.com.
14. Web site: The Cursed Ones – film – SensCritique. senscritique.com.
15. Web site: GAME PLAN. 14 May 2015 .
16. Web site: The Destiny of Lesser Animals Movie. destinyoflesseranimals.com.
17. Web site: Fred Amugi. Rotten Tomatoes.
18. Web site: BEAUTIFUL RUINS Starring John Dumelo and Christabel Ekeh Premieres on 18th March; Watch Trailer. 19 February 2016. 22 June 2019. 9 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231009193902/https://www.ghanafilmindustry.com/beautiful-ruins-ghana-movie-trailer-premiere/. dead.
19. Web site: Fred Amugi. 30 July 2018. 27 October 2018. 12 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412220754/https://nollywoodmoviereview.com/celebrity/fred-amugi/. dead.
20. Web site: Check Out The Full List Of Nominees For 2016 Ghana Movie Awards. Uju. 25 November 2016. Answers Africa. 27 October 2018. 12 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412221516/https://answersafrica.com/2016-ghana-movie-awards.html. dead.
21. Web site: Winners @ the 2016 Golden Movie Awards . Ytainment . 11 December 2021.
22. Web site: Video + Full List of Nominees for 2016 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA). Modern Ghana.