Ato Essandoh

Ato Essandoh
Born	Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 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.

Essandoh, who was born in Schenectady, New York, graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He is also a playwright, and authored Black Thang which is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2003. He also studied acting at the Acting Studio in New York City. Essandoh is also the co-founder of The Defiant Ones writing and performance group.

His parents are from Ghana.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Experience Box	Daniel
	The Accident	Cassius
2002	Roger Dodger	Bouncer
2004	Garden State	Titembay
	Salome	King Herod
	Saving Face	Jay - Neighbor
2005	Hitch	Tanis
	Prime	Damien
	Dawn's Early Light	James
2006	Brother's Shadow	Soy
	Blood Diamond	Commander Rambo
2007	Falling for Grace	Jamal
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Smiling African
2012	Django Unchained	D'Artagnan
2016	Jason Bourne	Craig Jeffers
2019	Dark Phoenix	Jones

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Law & Order	Andre Blair
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Hassan
2011	Damages	Bomb Tech
	White Collar	Frederik Bilal
2011–16	Blue Bloods	Reverend Darnell Potter
2012–13	Copper	Matthew Freeman
2012–15, 2018	Elementary	Alfredo Llamosa
2016	Vinyl	Lester Grimes
2016–present	Chicago Med	Dr. Isidore Latham
2018	Altered Carbon	Vernon Elliot
2019	The Code	Maj. Trey Ferry
2020	Tales from the Loop	Gaddis	Season 1 Episode 1 and 6

Scripted podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Wolverine: The Long Night	Agent Tad Marshall

External links

• Ato Essandoh at IMDb
• Interview with Ato Essandoh at Moniqueblog.net