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Kwesi Boakye
Boakye at Hub Network Halloween Bash 2013
Born
Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye

(1999-04-06) April 6, 1999 (age 25)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
RelativesKofi Siriboe (brother)

Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye (/ˈkweɪsi buːɑːˈtʃiː/ KWAY-see boo-ah-CHEE; born April 6, 1999) is an American actor. He is best known for voicing Darwin, Gumball's best friend and adoptive brother, and Gossamer on the Cartoon Network animated shows The Amazing World of Gumball and The Looney Tunes Show, respectively. He also played Manny in the 2009 Tyler Perry film I Can Do Bad All By Myself, and voiced The Passenger in Bravest Warriors.

He is the youngest of three brothers who are also actors; Kwame Boateng, and Kofi Siriboe. Boakye's family is originally from Ghana.[1]

Filmography

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Strong Medicine Lavonne 1 episode
Inconceivable Kid
2005–2007 Days of Our Lives Artemis / Scott[2][3] 18 episodes
2006–2007 Day Break James Mathis 5 episodes
2006 Happy Feet Other Voices 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[4] Film
The Princess and the Frog Newspaper Boy Voice, film
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[5] Film
Special Agent Oso Andrew Episode: "Thunderbubble"
Hawthorne Willam Glass 1 episode
2011–2014 The Amazing World of Gumball Darwin Watterson Voice, main role (seasons 1-3)
2011 Southland Richard 1 episode
Hawaii Five-0 Kevin[6]
The Mentalist Anthony Rome
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Young Narrator 2 episodes
2011–2013 The Looney Tunes Show Gossamer[7] Voice, recurring role (14 episodes)
2012 Touch Farai 1 episode
Unconditional Macon Film
2012–Present Bravest Warriors The Passenger Voice
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
2018 Claws — 2 episodes
2019 Costume Quest Benji Nichols Voice, 3 episodes
2020 Tazmanian Devil Ike[8] Film

References

  1. ^ "Kwesi Boakye: Hollywood's Cutest Kid", AfricanLoft.com
  2. ^ "Days Nick Fallon's new storyline!". soaps.sheknows.com.
  3. ^ "Q&A with Kwesi Boakye". michiganchronicle.com.
  4. ^ "Ten-Year Old Kwesi Boakye Stars in The Number One Box Office Film and Finds Tyler Perry An Inspiration". prweb.com.
  5. ^ "Ghanaian Actor Kwesi Boakye: Biography And Net Worth". keninfo.com.ng.
  6. ^ "Kwesi Boakye stars with hip-hop mogul Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs on Hawaii Five-O". lasentinel.net.
  7. ^ "The Voice Artist's Spotlight official Twitter". twitter.com.
  8. ^ "Official Trailer for 'Tazmanian Devil' Film About a Nigerian Immigrant". firstshowing.net.


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