Kwesi Boakye

Kwesi Boakye
Born	Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye (1999-04-06) April 6, 1999 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, singer
Years active	2005–present
Relatives	Kwame Boateng Kofi Siriboe
Website	www.myspace.com/kwesiboakye

Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye (/ˈkweɪsi buː.ɑːˈtʃiː/ KWAY-see boo-ah-CHEE; born April 6, 1999, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, voice actor and singer of Ghanaian origin, who is most notable for his role as Manny in the 2009 Tyler Perry film I Can Do Bad All By Myself. He is the youngest of three brothers who are also actors; Kwame Boateng, and Kofi Siriboe. Boakye's family is originally from Ghana. He voices Gossamer on The Looney Tunes Show and voiced Darwin on The Wattersons in season 9–mid season 11. At the end of the episode (and beyond until the ending of season 19's "What’s the Copyther?") Terrell Ransom, Jr. became the voice of Darwin. He also plays Darwin on The Amazing World of Gumball in the show's first two seasons and most of the first episode of season 3, "The Kids". At the end of the episode (and beyond until the ending of season 5's "The Copycats") Terrell Ransom, Jr. became the voice of Darwin.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Strong Medicine	Lavonne	1 episode
	Inconceivable	Kid
2005–2007	Days of Our Lives	Artemis / Scott	18 episodes
2006–2007	Day Break	James Mathis	5 episodes
2006	Happy Feet	—	Film
	The Shield	Wendell	1 episode
2007	'Til Death	Kid
	If I Had Known I Was a Genius	Little Boy	Film
2008–2010	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	Worm # 1 / Mr. Hoppy (voice)	2 episodes
2008	Boston Legal	Turnip	1 episode
2009	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Manny	Film
	The Princess and the Frog	Newspaper Boy (voice)
2009–2011	Men of a Certain Age	Jamie Thoreau	14 episodes
2010–2012	Community	Elijah Bennett	2 episodes
2010	Faith and Dreams	Student	Short Film
	Valentine's Day	Soccer Kid	Film
	Special Agent Oso	Andrew (voice)	1 episode
	Hawthorne	Willam Glass
2011–2014	The Amazing World of Gumball	Darwin Watterson (voice)	Main role - 77 episodes (Season 1–3)
2011	Southland	Richard	1 episode
	Hawaii Five-O	Kevin
	The Mentalist	Anthony Rome
	The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers	Young Narrator	2 episodes
2011–2013	The Looney Tunes Show	Gossamer (voice)	Supporting role - 14 episodes
2012	Touch	Farai	1 episode
	Unconditional	Macon	Film
2014	Sketch	Sketch	Short Film
	Mind Games	Tyler	1 episode
2015	Pocket Listing	Billy	Film
	Murder in the First	Kormega	3 episodes
2017	Colony	Emmett	3 episodes

External links

• Kwesi Boakye at IMDb
• Kwesi Boakye at Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 2013-01-25)
• Kwesi Boakye at Blackcelebkids.com
• Kwesi Boakye Official Myspace