David Dontoh

David Dontoh

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Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo	dɔɔ
Dɔgebo paaloŋ	Ghana
Yo-ennaa bee yoporaa	David
Dɔgebo bebiri	1964, 1965
Dɔgebo zie	Cape Coast
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu	Bɔrefɔ
Tonnoɔre	actor
Zanne la	University of Ghana, Apam Senior High School

David Kwame Dontoh (bɔgebo zie la 1964) ka ba maŋ̍ boɔle o ka Uncle David, "Ghanaman" ane "Kofi Abranteɛ" (Kofi Gentleman), e la veteran Ghanaian actor ane television personality na starred naŋ̍ be local ane international films, drama, theatre ane stage productions. O da maŋ taa leɛroo kyaare television ane drama, te gaŋ̍ a zaa golden yuomo na be theatre a Ghana kyaare a 80s ane90s.

Obra Drama Kpaaroŋ̍

Dontoh taa la bammo kyaare a o toma na e "Ghanaman", a lahɔrema kyaare a archetypal middle-aged Ghanaian na be a popular local comedy-drama series Ɔbra (Twi for "life"), na da sere saaŋ a 80s ane 90s. Ɔbra da piilee a da e Keteke, a small theatre production na da aired kyaare Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) ko a rival Osofo Dadzie.

Game Shows & Quizzes

• Agoro (1998 - 2008)
• Agoro Fie (2011)
• By The Fire Side

Films

Dontoh's sinii mine

• Beasts of No Nation (2015) as Linguist
• The Dead (2010) as The Chief
• The Cursed Ones (2015) as Bar Tender.

Notable Projects

Dontohda e la memba ko Ghana National Theatre management team yuomo mine kyԑ da gaa peɛnnoo organisation a 2000. Ona la da piili a Ghana Union of Theatre Societies neŋ̍ Mr. Effah Nkrabea Darteh. O meŋ̍ e la nem-piilaa ko a Ghana Actors Guild a da e Guild's first secretary. O meŋ̍ da e la president ko a Ghana Concert Parties Union. Dontoh meŋ̍ da e la chairman ko a planning committee na da be a Ghana Music Awards yuomo mine.

Yuomo mine

David Dontoh dɔgebo zie da la Gyegyeano, a koraa kaŋ̍a na be Cape Coast a Central Region of Ghana. O saa da e la teacher, writer ane a agricultural officer neŋ̍ specialism kyaare vegetable farming ane animal husbandry. O ma - Elizabeth Victoria Ackon Green (Efua Beduwa) - meŋ da e la fish monger.

David Dontoh piili la a o acting toma kyɛ da naŋ̍ kpeɛra neŋ̍ a o aunt na da be Dansoman. A daraata ko USAID, Olean Hess naŋ toŋ neŋ Dontoh's aunt a wagere na o naŋ da gaa a yiri a da nyɛ a o gɔɔloŋ̍ kyaare art. A Dontoh da sage ne la 70 illustrations kyaare Olean Hess' new book, Agriculture na be Tropics, na da naŋ̍ taa yɔɔbo mine.

Sakuuri

David Dontoh's primary education da be la saku-gyamaa na da be a Cape Coast, Winneba, ane Abakrampa a Central Region of Ghana. O da toŋɛɛ amateur productions a o secondary school daare. O da taa la a o secondary education a Apam Senior High School. O da zanɛɛ science, English ane poetry. Yuomo mine na da pare a o da taa bammo gyamaa yi a acting scene, a o co-actor a saŋa naŋ - Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono) of Obra fame - da kpaa o la ka o da nyɛ formal qualifications na be theatre ane drama yi o na da di baare a Best Actor Award a 1984. Dontoh paaŋ da zanne la Drama ane Theatre a School na kyaare Performing Arts University of Ghana yi 1985 ane 1988, ka o zankpoŋ̍ da e playwriting a da nyԑ diploma.

Nyɔvooroŋ

David Dontoh kulee Rebecca Dontoh. Ba da taa biiri bata, noba bayi da taa soobo ko Jojo ane Ewurama. Yele mine yi la kyaare a Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono) yuomo anaare mine poɔ ba naŋ̍ da laŋ̍ taa a naŋ̍ maale drama kpaaroŋ̍ na e Obra.

Yi a acting toma puoriŋ, Dontoh meŋ da e la poet, scriptwriter, dramatist, playwright (television ane screenplay), composer, singer, songwriter, painter, sculptor, graphic illustrator, etc. O da ŋ̍mɛ la yiel-gyamaa kyɛ da sɛge 300 poems na da be Fanti, Twi ane English. Ona la a board chairman ko a Ghana National Film Authority paala ba na da maale. Ona meŋ da la a gyaagyi ko a Ghana 48 hours film competition.

Filimogeraafi

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1983	Kukurantumi: Road to Accra	Bob
1989	Heritage Africa
1991	Sika Sunsum	Jimmy Cash	Direct-to-video
1993	Confessions	Paa Kwesi	Direct-to-video
1996	Deadly Voyage	Bob
1998	Victim of Love		Direct-to-video
2004	Welcome Home'	Taxi Driver
2006	No Time to Die	Asante
2010	The Dead	The Chief
2011	Ties That Bind	Koo
2012	Kweiba	Father
2013	The Dead 2: India	The Chief
2015	Pieces of Me	Board Member	Direct-to-video
	Beasts of No Nation	Linguist
	Chronicles of Odumkrom: The Headmaster	Mr. Brown
	The Cursed Ones	Bar Tender
2016	Like Cotton Twines	Father Baani
2019	Smoke Screen	Uncle Debrah
2020	Coming to Africa	Monte
	Lagos to Oslo	Professor Obiora
2021	Freedom and Justice	President	Drama
2023	Coming to Africa: Welcome to Ghana		Comedy / Drama / Romance
2024	The Groomsmen		Drama

Teevi

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Screen Two	Bob	Episode: "Deadly Voyage"
2017	Beat	Mr. Ntim

Gyerema mine ane Kyɔtaɛ

• Best Actor ECRAG Award 1984,1989 and 1992
• Best Supporting and World Centenary of Film, Ghana Film Award 1999
• PAM African Film Festival
• Ghana Peace Award (2017)

Ziiri mine sommo

• National Film Authority Official Website Archived 2022-06-14 at the Wayback Machine