John Dumelo

milladosman

October 17, 2015 8:35 PM

John Dumelo is a Ghanaian actor and Humanitarian, born on the 3 of February 1984 to Mr. John Dumelo and Madam Antoinette Dumelo. He is the last born and only boy of three children to his parents. John Dumelo attended the Christ the King International School in Accra for his basic education. He had his secondary education at Achimota Senior High School also in Accra and further studied in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana where he studied Civil Engineering.

John Dumelo

John Dumelo first appeared on the screens when he was in Christ the King where he was selected by GAMA Films to play the role as a pupil in the movie ‘Baby Thief’’. He has since featured in television series such as ‘’Sun City’’ and ‘’About to Wed’’. He fast became a household name in the film industry featuring in his first movie titled ‘’The King is Mine’’, where he played the role of a king in 2008. Since then he has acted with Ghanaian elites such as Nadia Buari, Jackie Appiah and Majid Michel and also Nigerian elites such as Ramsey Noah, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Ini Edo.

He won Joy FM’s ‘’Best Ghanaian Actor’’ in 2009. John has been nominated for ‘Africa ‘S Most Promising Actor’ by Africa Magic Movie Awards 2010 for his role in ‘’Heart of Men’’ and also another nomination for ‘Best Actor’ by Best of Nollywood Awards for his role in ‘’The Maidens’’ John has won ‘Africa’s Most Outstanding Actor 2011’ at the Afro Australian Movies and Music Awards in December 2011 in Australia. He also won the ‘Best African Actor’ award at the African Entertainment Award in April 2012 in Malaysia. He was nominated for categories ‘Most Promising Actor’ and ‘Best Actor in a supporting Role’ at the 6 and 7 Africa Movie Academy Awards respectively.

He recently did a Hollywood movie with Hollywood star Kimberly Elise in Ghana. He is a great philanthropist giving back to the society through charity. On the 1 of April, 2014, he became the first Ghanaian citizen to hit a million likes on facebook.

Between 2010 and 2013, he has received six nominations and won two awards.

He has acted in several movies including; ‘’Chelsea’, ‘One in a Million’, ‘4 Play’, ‘The Prince Bride’, ‘Mirror of Life’, ‘Single Six’, ‘Men in Love’, ‘Single, married and complicated’, ‘Northern Affairs’, ‘The Supremo’, ‘Love Alone’ and ‘Love or Something Like That’. He also featured in hit series ‘’Adams Apples’.

John Dumelo loves to chill and so does his best friend Yvonne Nelson.

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