Mpho Osei Tutu

Mpho Osei Tutu (born 31 December 1981), is a French-born South African actor and voice artist of Ghanaian-Mosotho descent. He is best known for his roles in the films and television serials: Seriously Single, Resident Evil and Outer Banks. Aside from acting, he is also a screenwriter, director and producer. Osei-Tutu also starred as the leading characters of the South African 2018 series called The Imposter, he played the roles of twins, Tebogo and Gary Mokoena.

Personal life He was born on 31 December 1981 in Paris, France to a Ghanaian father and Mosotho mother. Due to being of multinational origin, he has lived in several countries: Lesotho, France, England, Togo and Ghana. In 1992, his family settled in South Africa. He started drama at the age of eight. He later obtained a B.A. (Hons) degree in Dramatic Art from Wits University. They married on 28 November 2009. The couple has three children.

Career He started acting in theater where he played several acting roles in the plays Zakes Mda's The Mother Of All Eating, Pieter-Dirk Uys' MacBeki, Paul Slabolepsky's For Your Ears Only, The Island. With the latter, he has toured the UK, the US and Greece. Then he made Getting it On which won Best Overall Short Cut Award at the Multi Choice VUKA! Awards in 2006. Then he played multiple characters in his self-penned Convincing Carlos in which he received an inaugural Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2010. For the role 'La Fleche' in Sylvaine Strike's play The Miser he won the Best Play at the 2013 Naledi Theatre Awards. It was released on 31 July 2020, on Netflix.

Partial filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2018The imposterGary Mokoena or TebogoTV Series 2020 Black Tax Pastor Miles TV series 2020 Seriously Single Hotel Receptionist Film 2022 Resident Evil Yen TV series