Joey Ansah
| Joey Ansah | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joey Ansah 24 November 1982 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, martial artist, fight choreographer, producer, director |
Joey Ansah (born 24 November 1982) is a British actor, director and martial artist best known for his roles in The Bourne Ultimatum and Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist.
Joey Ansah was born in London, England, of mixed ethnicity, the second son of celebrated Ghanaian fashion designer Kofi Ansah and his Devon-born wife Nicola. His brother is musician Ryan Ansah, and film director, Kwaw Ansah is his uncle.
Ansah lived in London for the first 10 years of his life before emigrating with his family to Ghana. While in Ghana, he studied the martial art of Taekwondo for four years and took up hip-hop dance and motorbike racing. At 15 he returned to England, settling with his mother and young sister in Plymouth. While studying for his GCSEs and A-levels at Devonport High School for Boys, he began training in the martial art of Ninpo Taijutsu. This would include a period of training with Bujinkan Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. Later, while studying for his degree in Human Biology at Oxford Brookes University, he began training in the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. He also worked as a model and extra at this time.
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