From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ato Essandoh (born 29 July 1972) is an American television and film actor. Essandoh, born in Schenectady, New York, graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He is also a playwright and the author of the play "Black Thang", which is published in the anthology "Plays and Playwrights 2003".

He also studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York. Essandoh is also a co-founder of the writing and performance group The Defiant Ones. His parents are from Ghana, West Africa. Essandoh joined the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Cornell University and through that organization joined the Irving Literary Society.