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. 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.
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.
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. He later starred in Netflix 2015 movie, Beasts of No Nation as "Pastor". Amugi played the character Pastor Uchebo in the 2015 British award-winning movie "The Cursed Ones".
Filmography +Key Denotes projects that have not yet been released
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 Oscar DarkoTies That Bind2014Broken Mirror2015 Pieces of Me Board Member Direct-to-videoThe ImpossibleCompleted Beasts of No Nation Pastor Chronicles of Odumkrom: The Headmaster Kofi Bediako The Cursed Ones Pastor Uchebo2016 Beautiful Ruins Housekeepers2017 Sala Keteke Old Man The Hero Film Mr. Boateng 2018 Lucky Father 2019 Bigman Wahala Nana2020 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 Completed2023NineWitch Doctor2024EvorMr. AmableDrama
Television Year Film Role Notes 2005 Holby City Kwame Attakora Episode: "Tuesday's Child"2016ShampaignAnkrah
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 Golden Movie Awards Golden Supporting Actor in a Drama The Cursed Ones Golden Movie Awards Golden Supporting Actor in a Drama Beautiful Ruins
References
External links
Fred Nii Amugi at thetv.adms.co.ke