Peter Mensah
Peter Mensah (born 27 August 1959) is a Ghanaian-British actor, best known for his roles in the films Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, 300, and television series such as Starz' Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and Spartacus: Vengeance.
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ComicCon Spartacus Press Release 2009 | |
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Nationality | Ghanaian, British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom Canada |
Occupation | Actor & martial arts expert |
Years active | 1995–present |
Parent(s) | Peter Osei Mensah |
Early life
Mensah was born at Chiraa, Ghana, and comes from an academic family. He was born to parents from the Brong Ahafo Region,[1] and moved to Hertfordshire, England, with his father, Peter Osei Mensah,[2] an engineer, his mother, a writer, and two younger sisters at a young age. Mensah began practicing martial arts at the age of six.[3][4][5]
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 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
He did the voice and likeness of Sgt. Zach Hammond in EA's video game Dead Space.
Mensah played the character Oenomaus in Spartacus and was on the Spartacus Panel at Comic Con 2009 and 2011.[6] He had a recurring role in the fifth season of True Blood.
He is the voice of Predaking, the dragon-like leader of the Predacons in Transformers: Prime.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
2005 | The Seed | Short film | |
2006 | 300 | Persian Messenger | |
2008 | The Incredible Hulk | General Joe Greller | |
2009 | Avatar | Horse Clan Leader | |
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 |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Nancy Drew | Simon | Episode: "Welcome To Callisto" |
1997 | Once A Thief | Petrosians Assistant | Episode: "Macdaddy" |
1997 | Exhibit: A Secrets Of Forensic Science | Charles Ssenyonga | Episode: "Bad Blood" |
1998 | La Femme Nikita | Taylor | Episode: "First Mission" |
1998 | The Long Island Incident | Hugh | Television film |
1998 | F/X: The Series | Vincent | Episode: "Chiller" |
1998 | Earth: Final Conflict | Paratrooper | Episode: "Wrath of Achilles" |
1999 | Highlander: The Raven | Raphael | Episode: "A Matter Of Time" |
1999 | Earth: Final Conflict | Alan | Episode: "Emancipation" |
2000 | The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Mort Erwin | Television film |
2000 | Twich City | Prison Guard | Episode: "The Return Of The Cat Food Killer" |
2000 | Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Quaka | Television film |
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 | Episode: "The Doorbell Rang" |
Arthur | Episode: "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 | Television film |
2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Daniel Greaves | 2 episodes |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | General Perry | |
2010 | Spartacus: Blood and Sand | Oenomaus / Doctore | 12 episodes |
2011 | Spartacus: Gods of the Arena | Oenomaus / Doctore | 6 episodes |
2012 | True Blood | Kibwe | |
2012 | Spartacus: Vengeance | Oenomaus / Doctore | 10 episodes |
2013 | Transformers: Prime | Predaking (voice) | 4 episodes |
2013 | Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising | Television film | |
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 | 6 episodes |
2019 | Departure | Levi Hall | 6 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Dead Space | Zach Hammond |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Donkoh, Ebenezer. "Hollywood Star Peter Mensah's Father Passes Away In Kumasi - NYDJ Live". www.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". www.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 on IMDb