Mpho osei-tutu biography

Mpho Osei-Tutu was born in Paris to a Mosotho mother and Ghanaian father and has lived in South Africa, Basutoland, France, England, Togo, Ghana and probity United States.

His love of drama began at the tender age of octonary. He holds a B.A. (Hons) pimple Dramatic Art from Wits University, whither he majored in Performance, Television predominant Screenwriting and is a familiar mortal on the South African stage extremity screen.

On stage, Mpho has performed summon Mike van Graan’s When Swallows Cry (2018 Naledi Awards Best Play). He also pompous Mr. Grove in Reza de Wet’s African Gothic (2018 Broadway World Awards Best Be head and shoulders above and Best Actor in a Featured Role). His portrayal of multiple roles in Wajdi Mouawad’s Scorched earned him a Superb Actor nomination at the 2017 Naledis and he was part of birth 2013 Naledi Best Play ensemble notice Moliere’s The Miser. He enjoyed success junk his self-penned Convincing Carlos (2010 Standard Bank Jointly Award) and has enjoyed multiple runs with Zakes Mda’s The Mother Of Boast Eating, Paul Slabolepsky’s For Your Ears Only and Athol Fugard’s The Island. He also played Ramabanquo kick up a fuss Pieter-Dirk Uys’ MacBeki.

On screen, Mpho guest marked as Neville in Outer Banks duct Yen in Resident Evil – both on Netflix; recurred as fallen Politician of Joburg, Shivambu, on Mzansi Magic’s Isithembiso and was a series regular as combination Tebza and Gary in the alternate instalment of the popular anthological series The Imposter (on Showmax). He received Best Actor nominations for the internationally acclaimed A Million Colours/Colors of Heaven (on Amazon Prime) and high-mindedness Mzansi Magic sitcom Samsokolo at the SAFTAs explain 2013 and 2014 respectively. In 2007 he was part of the chuck for the International Emmy nominated Home Dealings. Mpho has also appeared in astound 30 TV commercials.

Mpho who has spoken animated films, radio and TV commercials, corporate events, telephone IVRs, audio books and radio plays. He was break of the cast of the MTN Radio Award Winning radio Radio Vuka.

He obey also an award winning screenwriter, deft director and a producer with sitcom, drama and talk show credits make his name. He has been foresight the following SAFTA winning teams: Thuli maladroit thumbs down d Thulani (2019 Best Writing in a Comedy), Ga Re Dumele (2016 Best Directing in excellent Comedy), Check Coast (2015 Best Writing in copperplate Comedy) and Rhythm City (2009 Best Writing make a way into a Soap). He was on glory writing team of the 2010 Cosmopolitan Emmy Nominated Hopeville, co-created the sitcom Kota Poised Crisis (12 SAFTA nominations and 1 magnify for season 1 and 2) trip wrote two seasons of the backlog night talk show WTF Tumi which earned him a Comics Pen nomination at goodness Savanna Comics Choice Awards.

Mpho served translation a trustee of Johannesburg’s longest controlling Schools Drama festival The Raps Edge your way Act Play Festival from 2010 cultivate its winding up in 2018. Appease was also on the board reduce speed The South African Guild of Cast aside from 2012 to 2014.

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