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name: "Peter Mensah"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 August 1959"
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# Peter Mensah

Actor. Born 27 August 1959 in Chiraa, Ghana.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 August 1959, Chiraa, Ghana
- **Also known as:** Peter Osei Mensah, پیتر منسا, پيتر منساه

## Biography

Peter Mensah is a Ghanaian-British actor. Born on 27 August 1959 in Chiraa, Ghana, he moved to Hertfordshire, England, as a child and later emigrated to Canada, where he is based.

He began practising martial arts at the age of six and worked as an engineer before turning to acting. Mensah is best known for playing Oenomaus (Doctore) in the Starz series *Spartacus* (2010–2013) and its prequel *Spartacus: Gods of the Arena* (2011). His film roles include the Persian Messenger in *300* (2007), the Horse Clan Leader in *Avatar* (2009), General Joe Greller in *The Incredible Hulk* (2008) and Jugurtha in *Gladiator II* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Jugurtha — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md)

## Also known for

- *Avatar* (2009), Horse Clan Leader
- *300* (2007), Messenger
- *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), General Joe Greller
- *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014), Persian Emissary
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), Qovas
- *Spartacus* (2010), Doctore, Oenomaus
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), Terwase
- *Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins* (2021), Blind Master

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