---
name: "Ato Essandoh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ato-essandoh"
fi1m_id: "ato-essandoh"
imdb_id: "nm1017951"
tmdb_id: 5377
wikidata_id: "Q4817144"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T03:46:15.391304+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ato Essandoh

## Identity

Ato Essandoh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ato-essandoh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ato-essandoh
- **IMDb ID:** nm1017951
- **TMDB ID:** 5377
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4817144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ato_Essandoh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5377

Actor. Born 29 July 1972 in Schenectady - New York - USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1972, Schenectady - New York - USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Ато Эссандо
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 70 (2), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $868m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ato_Essandoh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017951/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5377

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Diplomat*](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) (76)

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## Biography

Ato Essandoh is an American actor. He was born on 29 July 1972 in Schenectady, New York, to parents from Ghana. He graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990 and received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He later studied acting at The Acting Studio in New York City.

Essandoh began his screen career in the early 2000s. His film roles include appearances in *Garden State* (2004), *Hitch* (2005), *Blood Diamond* (2006), *Django Unchained* (2012) and *Jason Bourne* (2016). On television he has appeared in *Elementary* (2012–2018) as Alfredo Llamosa, *Altered Carbon* (2018) as Vernon Elliot and other series.

He plays Stuart Hayford in the Netflix series *The Diplomat* (2023–present).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Stuart Hayford — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), Fi1m 61, as Craig Jeffers — [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *Django Unchained* (2012), Fi1m 78, as D'Artagnan — [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Titembay — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Moodswing Whiskey* (2026), as Amiri Ebrahimi
- *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three* (2024), as Mister Terrific (voice)
- *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two* (2024), as Mister Terrific / Anti-Monitor (voice)
- *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One* (2024), as Mr. Terrific (voice)
- *Reptile* (2023), as Dan Cleary
- *Outpost* (2023), as Earl
- *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Stuart Hayford — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md)
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, as Marco J.
- *Let the Right One In* (2022), series, as Frank
- *Away* (2020), series, as Kwesi
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, as Gaddis
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Nathan Katsaris
- *Dark Phoenix* (2019), as Jones
- *The Code* (2019), series, as Trey Ferry
- *O.G.* (2018), as Sean Black
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), series, as Vernon Elliot
- *Frank Embree* (2017), Actor
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), as Craig Jeffers — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *Vinyl* (2016), series, as Lester Grimes
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Dr. Isidore Latham
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as King Nungunde
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), as Audition Actor #3
- *Django Unchained* (2012), as D'Artagnan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Copper* (2012), series, as Matthew Freeman
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Alfredo Llamosa
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Ray Pratt — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Reverend Darnell Potter
- *Camp Hell* (2010), as Priest
- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), as Smiling African Drummer
- *White Collar* (2009), series, as Frederick Bilal
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Dr. Elliott Chesterfield — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Antoine
- *Nights in Rodanthe* (2008), as Jean's Lover
- *Millennium Crisis* (2007), as Harkness
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Bomb Tech — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Blood Diamond* (2006), as Commander Rambo
- *Brother's Shadow* (2006), as Soy
- *Falling for Grace* (2006), as Jamal
- *Conviction* (2006), series, as Byron 'B-Fly' Williams
- *Commander in Chief* (2005), series, as Manute Obama
- *Prime* (2005), as Damien
- *Hitch* (2005), as Tanis
- *Saving Face* (2004), as Jay
- *Garden State* (2004), as Titembay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Roger Dodger* (2002), as Bouncer
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Sayid Abdullah Hassan
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Bicyclist
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Jason Hendri, Andre Blair — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Actor Ato Essandoh. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/24510/gallery-5b680232dfa5.jpg) Actor Ato Essandoh. (2025) — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ato_Essandoh.jpg/1280px-Ato_Essandoh.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Altered Carbon. NYC Feb '18. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/24510/gallery-5072b135074b.jpg) Star of Altered Carbon. NYC Feb '18. (2018) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ato_Essandoh_%2840194937141%29.jpg/1280px-Ato_Essandoh_%2840194937141%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ato Essandoh](https://film.one/media/person/24510/gallery-7f0420598936.jpg) Ato Essandoh — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ato_Essandoh_%2840194937141%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ato_Essandoh_%2840194937141%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A portrait of actor Ato Essandoh (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/24510/gallery-5976977ab811.jpg) A portrait of actor Ato Essandoh (2026) — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ato_Essandoh_Portrait.jpg/1280px-Ato_Essandoh_Portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ato Essandoh](https://film.one/media/person/24510/gallery-0bc855b0e999.jpg) Ato Essandoh — Image via TMDB

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