Actor

Peter Mensah

1959 - today

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His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Peter Mensah is the 2,058th most popular actor (up from 3,150th in 2024), the 13th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Actor.

Peter Mensah is most famously known as a Ghanaian-British actor (based in Canada) best recognized for his commanding role as Oenomaus (the honorable gladiator trainer "Doctore") in the Starz series Spartacus (2010–2013, across Blood and Sand, Gods of the Arena, and Vengeance), where his intense, principled performance became a fan favorite and highlighted his martial arts background. He gained wider Hollywood recognition for memorable supporting roles in blockbusters like the ill-fated Persian messenger in 300 (2006, famously kicked into the pit with "This is Sparta!"), Horse Clan Leader in Avatar (2009), and parts in Tears of the Sun (2003), Hidalgo (2004), The Incredible Hulk (2008), plus TV appearances in Star Trek: Enterprise, True Blood, Sleepy Hollow, and voice work in Transformers: Prime. Surprisingly, despite a career shift from engineering (working for British Gas developing gas fields) to acting in his 30s/40s after training in martial arts since age 6 and moving to Canada, he has maintained a steady presence in action, sci-fi, and fantasy genres into his late 60s (born 1959), with recent credits including Trust (2025) and mentions of upcoming projects like Gladiator II, while proudly representing his Ghanaian roots.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Peter Mensah ranks 2,058 out of 13,578. Before him are Charlie Ruggles, Mary-Louise Parker, Song Hye-kyo, Kemal Sunal, Harris Yulin, and Lauren Graham. After him are Frank Welker, Daliah Lavi, Shintaro Katsu, Fiona Shaw, George Segal, and Mikhail Ulyanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Peter Mensah ranks 133. Before him are Tobias Moretti, Scott Brown, Viveca Sten, Sean Young, Alan Wilder, and Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior. After him are Allison Janney, Catherine Keener, Renny Harlin, Saïd Aouita, Suzanne Vega, and Anatoly Onoprienko.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Peter Mensah ranks 13 out of NaN. Before him are Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703). After him are Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Michael Essien (1982), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Clement Quartey (1938), and Christian Atsu (1992).

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Among Actors In Ghana

Among actors born in Ghana, Peter Mensah ranks 1. After him are Hugh Quarshie (1954), Akosua Busia (1966), Dzifa Gomashie (1965), Ama K. Abebrese (1980), Lydia Forson (1984), Nadia Buari (1982), Nana Ama McBrown (1977), Joselyn Dumas (1980), Yvonne Nelson (1985), Juliet Ibrahim (1986), and Abraham Attah (2002).

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