Eddie Coffie

Eddie Cofie (1959–2015) was a Ghanaian actor, president of the Ghana Actors Guild, and also a pastor. He featured in many Ghanaian movies like Bob Smith's Diabolo, Dirty Tears, Sinking Sands and A Northern Affair.

Career In 1992, Coffie featured in many Ghanaian movies like Bob Smith's Diabolo, which he played the main role as the snake-pastor who turns into a strange creature devouring raw eggs and suffering from Hallucinations. He went on and featured in several movies including Dirty Tears in 1996 and both Dangerous Game II and The Suspect in 1997. In 2014, he also featured in the Ghanaian-Nigerian movie My Taxi Soul starring alongside Martha Ankomah, Kalsoume Sinare and Eddie Watson.

Ghana Actors Guild In October 2014, Coffie was elected as the president of the Ghana Actors Guild after garnering 93 votes out of 166 votes cast. He served in that role until he died in 2015. He was a member of the Ghana Culture Forum Outreach taskforce team with veteran actress and politician Dzifa Gomashie serving as the team leader.

Filmography

Diabolo (1992) Fatal Decision (1993) Dangerous Game II (1997) A Northern Affair (2014) On 30 October 2015, he died of high blood pressure at the Ridge Hospital. He was buried on 19 December 2015, with his final funeral rites taking place at the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex, Kaneshie.

His funeral was well attended by several musicians and actors including Nii-Odoi Mensah, Rose Mensah (Kyeiwaa), Prince Yawson (Waakye) and Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) Bill Asamoah, Emelia Brobbey, Grace Nortey, Kojo Dadson, Kalsoume Sinare, Barima Sidney and British Ghanaian Actor Danny Erskine.