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Essandoh in February 2018
Born	Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 52) Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Education	Cornell University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.

Early life
Career
Filmography

Early life

El Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He first joined theater when he was dared to do so by a girlfriend. He studied acting under James Price at The Acting Studio - New York in New York City. He is also a playwright, and authored Black Thang which is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2003. Essandoh is the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group.

Career

He launched a podcast, Unrelated, together with childhood friend Chris Cecot.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Experience Box	Daniel
2001	The Accident	Cassius	Short
2002	Roger Dodger	Bouncer
2004	Garden State	Titembay
	Salome	King Herod	Short
	Saving Face	Jay, The Neighbor
2005	Hitch	Tanis
	Prime	Damien
	Dawn's Early Light	James	Short
2006	Falling for Grace	Jamal
	Brother's Shadow	Soy
	Blood Diamond	Commander 'Rambo'
2007	Millennium Crisis	Harkness
2008	Mia and the Migoo	Baklava (voice)
2008	Nights in Rodanthe	Jean's Lover
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Smiling African Drummer
2010	Camp Hell	Young Priest
2011	Tu & Eu	Dr. Champagne	Short
2012	The Discoverers	Winston
2012	Django Unchained	D'Artagnan
2013	A Life for a Life	Boyle	Short
2014	Wish I Was Here	Audition Actor #3
2016	Jason Bourne	Craig Jeffers
2016	The Vampire Leland	The Monsignor	Short
2017	Frank Embree	Charles Embree (voice)	Short
2018	O.G.	-
2019	Dark Phoenix	Jones
2023	Reptile	Dan Cleary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Third Watch	Bike Messenger	Episode: "Duty"
2003	Chappelle's Show	Extra	Episode: "Mad Real World & Ask A Gay Dude"
	Law & Order	Jason Hendri	1 episode
	Line of Fire	Archibald 'Crazy Jazz' Lincoln	Episode: "Pilot"
2005	Commander in Chief	Manute Obama	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Conviction	Byron 'B-Fly' Williams	Episode: "Indebted"
2007	Law & Order	Andre Blair	Episode: "Bling"
2009	Royal Pains	Antoine	Episode: "If I Were a Sick Man"
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Hassan	Episode: "Loyalty: Part 1 & 2"
2011	White Collar	Frederik Bilal	Episode: "Burke's Seven"
2011	Damages	Bomb Tech	Recurring; season 4
2011–2012	Treme	-	2 episodes
2011-2016	Blue Bloods	Reverend Darnell Potter	Recurring; seasons 2-7
2012–2013	Copper	Matthew Freeman	Main
2012–2018	Elementary	Alfredo Llamosa	Recurring; seasons 1 & 3, guest; seasons 2, 4 & 6
2014	Believe	FBI Agent Gardner	Recurring
2014	Madam Secretary	King Nungunde	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Girls	D. August	Recurring; season 4
2015	Person of Interest	Ray Pratt	Episode: "Skip"
2016	Vinyl	Lester Grimes	Main
2016–2021	Chicago Med	Dr. Isidore Latham	Recurring; seasons (2-5), Guest; season 6
2018	Wolverine: The Long Night	Agent Tad Marshall	Main; season 1
2018–20	Altered Carbon	Vernon Elliot	Main; season 1, guest; season 2
2019	The Code	Major Trey Ferry	Main
2020	Tales from the Loop	Gaddis	Recurring
2020	Away	Kwesi Weisberg Annan	Main
2021	Evil	Nathan Katsaris	Episode: "D Is for Doll"
2021–2022	Agent Stoker	EnGAGE	Recurring
2022	Let the Right One In	Frank	3 episodes
2023	Extrapolations	Marco	1 episode
2023	The Diplomat	Stuart Heyford	Main

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Radio Voices (voice)

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