Ato 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.
Known For
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Cast Credits
The Diplomat (2023)
Starring as Stuart Hayford
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The James Bond Clause (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Keep Your Enemies Closer (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Some Lusty Tornado (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: The Dogcatcher (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: He Bought a Hat (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Lambs in the Dark (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Don't Call It a Kidnapping (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Cinderella Thing (Apr 20, 2023)
Live with Kelly and Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Ato Essandoh
- Episode 1x06: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ato Essandoh (Apr 24, 2023)
Let the Right One In (2022)
Guest starring as Frank
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Quoquo Modo Necessarium (Nov 4, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Intercessors (Oct 14, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Anything for Blood (Oct 7, 2022)
Away (2020)
Starring as Kwesi Weisberg-Abban
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Home (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x09: Spektr (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x08: Vital Signs (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Goodnight Mars (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: A Little Faith (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Space Dogs (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Excellent Chariots (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Half the Sky (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Negative Return (Sep 4, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Go (Sep 4, 2020)
Tales from the Loop (2020)
Guest starring as Gaddis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Parallel (Apr 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Control (Apr 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Echo Sphere (Apr 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Stasis (Apr 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Loop (Apr 3, 2020)
The Code (2019)
Starring as Major Trey Ferry
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Legit Bad Day (Jul 22, 2019)
- Episode 1x11: Don and Doff (Jul 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Secret Squirrel (Jul 8, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Smoke-Pit (Jul 1, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Lioness (Jun 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Above the Knee (May 20, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: 1st Civ Div (May 13, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Maggie's Drawers (May 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Back on the Block (Apr 29, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Molly Marine (Apr 22, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: P.O.G. (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Blowed Up (Apr 9, 2019)
Altered Carbon (2018)
Starring as Vernon Elliot
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Killers (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Rage in Heaven (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Clash by Night (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Man with My Face (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: The Wrong Man (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Force of Evil (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: In a Lonely Place (Feb 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Fallen Angel (Feb 2, 2018)
Guest starring as Vernon Elliot
- Episode 2x03: Nightmare Alley (Feb 27, 2020)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Ato Essandoh
- Episode 2x105: Greg Kinnear, Ato Essandoh, Donald Driver (Feb 2, 2018)
Vinyl (2016)
Starring as Lester Grimes
(9 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Alibi (Apr 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Rock and Roll Queen (Apr 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: E.A.B. (Apr 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Cyclone (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: He in Racist Fire (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: The Racket (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Whispered Secrets (Feb 28, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Yesterday Once More (Feb 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 14, 2016)
Chicago Med (2015)
Guest starring as Dr. Isidore Latham
(33 episodes)
- Episode 6x16: I Will Come to Save You (May 26, 2021)
- Episode 5x20: A Needle in the Heart (Apr 15, 2020)
- Episode 5x12: Leave the Choice to Solomon (Jan 22, 2020)
- Episode 5x09: I Can't Imagine the Future (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 5x01: Never Going Back to Normal (Sep 25, 2019)
- Episode 4x22: With a Brave Heart (May 22, 2019)
- Episode 4x20: More Harm Than Good (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 4x14: Can't Unring That Bell (Feb 13, 2019)
- Episode 4x01: Be My Better Half (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 3x20: The Tipping Point (May 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x19: Crisis of Confidence (May 8, 2018)
- Episode 3x18: This is Now (May 1, 2018)
- Episode 3x16: An Inconvenient Truth (Apr 17, 2018)
- Episode 3x15: Devil in Disguise (Apr 10, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: Folie à Deux (Mar 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: Down by Law (Feb 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: On Shaky Ground (Feb 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Trust Your Gut (Dec 5, 2017)
- Episode 3x02: Nothing to Fear (Nov 28, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: Speak Your Truth (Nov 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x23: Love Hurts (May 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x19: Ctrl Alt (Apr 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x16: Prisoner's Dilemma (Mar 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x14: Cold Front (Feb 16, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Theseus' Ship (Feb 9, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: Mirror Mirror (Feb 2, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Graveyard Shift (Jan 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Heart Matters (Jan 12, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: Free Will (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Alternative Medicine (Oct 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Brother's Keeper (Oct 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Natural History (Oct 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Soul Care (Sep 22, 2016)
Believe (2014)
Guest starring as FBI Agent Garner
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Prodigy (May 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Sinking (Apr 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Defection (Mar 30, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Origin (Mar 23, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Beginner's Luck (Mar 16, 2014)
Elementary (2012)
Guest starring as Alfredo Llamosa
(6 episodes)
- Episode 6x09: Nobody Lives Forever (Jun 25, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: The Eternity Injection (Jan 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x11: Internal Audit (Dec 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x20: Dead Man's Switch (Apr 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x18: Déjà Vu All Over Again (Mar 14, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: The Long Fuse (Nov 29, 2012)
Copper (2012)
Starring as Matthew Freeman
(15 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: A Morning Song (Jul 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: I Defy Thee to Forget (Jul 14, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: The Children of the Battlefield (Jul 7, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Aileen Aroon (Jun 30, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: Home, Sweet Home (Jun 23, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: A Vast and Fiendish Plot (Oct 21, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: A Day to Give Thanks (Oct 14, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: Better Times Are Coming (Oct 7, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: The Hudson River School (Sep 30, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: Arsenic and Old Cake (Sep 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: La Tempête (Sep 16, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: The Empty Locket (Sep 9, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: In the Hands of an Angry God (Sep 2, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: Husbands and Fathers (Aug 26, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Surviving Death (Aug 19, 2012)
Girls (2012)
Guest starring as D. August
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x04: Cubbies (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 4x03: Female Author (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 4x02: Triggering (Jan 18, 2015)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Guest starring as Reverend Darnell Potter
(5 episodes)
- Episode 7x10: Unbearable Loss (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 6x06: Rush to Judgment (Oct 30, 2015)
- Episode 4x03: To Protect and Serve (Oct 11, 2013)
- Episode 3x13: Inside Jobs (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Black and Blue (Nov 4, 2011)
Damages (2007)
Guest starring as Bomb Tech
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x09: There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban (Sep 7, 2011) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x07: I'm Worried About My Dog (Aug 24, 2011) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x05: We'll Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This Thing (Aug 10, 2011) [Co-Star]
Line of Fire (2003)
Guest starring as Archibald 'Crazy Jazz' Lincoln
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Dec 2, 2003)