Emmanuel Ohene Boafo

Emmanuel Ohene Boafo
Born	(1993-07-04) July 4, 1993 (age 31) Meppel, the Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Education	Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010 - present
Known for	Sea Wall, Dutch voice of Black Panther
Awards	2013: Golden Calf for Best Television Drama 2017: Guido de Moor Prize 2020: Henriëtte Hunstinx Award 2021: Louis d'Or 2022: Nomination Golden Calf for Best Supporting Role
Website	IMDB profile

Emmanuel Ohene Boafo (born 4 July 1993) is a Dutch-Ghanaian actor. He plays the Dutch voice of Black Panther in the What if...? animation series and in 2021 he became the first black actor to win the prestigious Louis d'Or, for his version of the monologue Sea Wall.^[1] He was born in a Ghanaian family in the town of Meppel in the Netherlands.

Early life

As a child he played the drums, but after seeing the play Backfire by youth theatre group Jong Rast, he wanted to become an actor. His parents were immigrants from Ghana.^[2][3]

Acting career

His acting career started when he joined Jong Rast, led by artistic director Elike Roovers. To avoid a conflict with his father, he had promised to quit acting after a performance in the play I don't care, but was eventually cast for a role in the film Exit. The 2013 production awarded him a Golden Calf, and marked a change in his father's attitude. The following year, he was accepted to the Dutch theater school Toneelacademie Maastricht, which he attended from 2014 to 2018.^[4] During his studies, he did an internship at Het Nationale Theater (HNT), where he had a conflict with the director about his role in Meanwhile in Casblanca. He viewed his role as too "role-affirming."^[5] Despite the conflict, he was able to join the theater group after graduation. He appeared on stage in The reunification of the two Koreas by Eric de Vroedt, Cinema by Jeroen de Man, The world according to John, Sexual Healing and Trojan Wars, the latter performed by HNTjong. He won the Guido de Moor Prize in 2017.^[6][7]

From 2021 he played the role of war veteran Richard Mehciz in BNNVARA's drama series Thuisfront. He also played guest roles in the series Toon, De Maatschap, A'dam - E.V.A., Papadag and the movie The Paradise Suite. He played the Dutch voice for T'Challa in the animation series What If...?. The same year, he won the Louis d'Or, for his version of the monologue Seawall, which he performed in English.^[8] In the same year he decided to quit the HNT to focus on film and television roles. In 2022 he voiced Knuckles in the adventure film Sonic the Hedgehog 2.^[9]

Awards

Boafo won the following awards:

Year	Prize	Production
2013	Golden Calf for Best Television Drama[10]	Exit (television drama)
2017	Guido de Moorprijs[11]	Ondertussen in Casablanca (theatre play)
2020	Henriëtte Hustinxprijs[12]	-
2021	Louis d'Or[1]	Sea Wall (monologue)
2022	Nomination Golden Calf for Best Supporting Role[13]	White Berry (film)

External links

• Boafo's IMDB profile

References

1. Ally Smid (12 September 2021). "Emmanuel Ohene Boafo first black actor to win most important theater prize Louis d'Or". Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
2. Ally Smid (17 December 2021). "Actor Emmanuel Ohene Boafo begged his father, let me play". De Trouw. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. Ms. Aba. "Emmanuel Ohene Boafo – Taking acting to higher heights #TheBigScreen". aftown.
4. "Just graduated the Toneelschool Maastricht and already won the major prize: 'I live in a dream'". www.limburger.nl (in Dutch). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
5. Robert Vuijsje (10 December 2021). "I want to be able to play a hero as well". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
6. "Emmanual Ohene Boafo Biography- Het Nationale Theater" (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
7. Joke Beeckmans (2 July 2017). "Emmanuel Ohene Boafo wins the Guido Moor Prize 2017" (in Dutch).
8. "Louis d'or". Nederlands Theater Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
9. "Film: Sonic The Hedgehog 2". Couturekrant. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
10. "Het overzicht van alle Gouden Kalveren 2013". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
11. "Emmanuel Ohene Boafo wint Guido de Moorprijs 2017". Theaterkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
12. "Henriëtte Hustinxprijs voor acteur Emmanuel Ohene Boafo 'diamant op zijn opleiding'". issuu. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
13. Bor Beekman (24 September 2022). "Nominations Golden Calfs released". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-22.