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Broadway: Hair, Lysistrata Jones. Off-Broadway: Slave Play (NYTW; Lortel nomination); The Total Bent (The Public; Drama League, Lortel noms.); Twelfth Night, As You Like It (Public Works); Transfers (MCC); Antigone in Ferguson (Harlem Stage); O, Earth (Foundry Theatre); Iphigenia in Aulis (CSC). Film/TV: What is Life Worth?, BlacKkKlansman, The Kindergarten Teacher, Detroit, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, “When They See Us” (Netflix), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), “She’s Gotta Have It” (Netflix), “The Good Fight” (CBS). Member of The Actors Center. Education: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama.
[2010]It's Kind of a Funny Story Jennifer
[2017]Detroit Eddie
[2018]BlacKkKlansman Hakeem
[2018]The Kindergarten Teacher Justin
[2020]Worth Darryl Barnes
[2021]The Same Storm Russell Davis
Ato Blankson-Wood, The Rolling Stone
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, Slave Play
Ato Blankson-Wood, The Total Bent
Ato Blankson-Wood, The Total Bent
Ato Blankson-Wood has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Ato Blankson-Wood has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Ato Blankson-Wood's first West End show was Hair which opened in 2010
Ato Blankson-Wood has been nominated for several awards. These include the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for his performances in "The Rolling Stone" and "Slave Play." He was also nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for his role in "Slave Play." Additionally, Blankson-Wood received a nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for his work in "The Total Bent." Lastly, he was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical at The Lortels for his performance in "The Total Bent."
Ato Blankson-Wood's next show will be Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club which opens on 4/21/2024 on Broadway.
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