11 Facts About Sahr Ngaujah

Michael Sahr Ngaujah was born on September 7,1976 and is an American theater actor and director.

Not long after his parents arrival from Sierra Leone via UK, Sahr was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Sahr Ngaujah spent most of his early career working in experimental theater in Amsterdam.

Sahr Ngaujah was born to an African-American mother and Sierra Leonean Kono father.

Sahr Ngaujah has maintained a presence in the world of film since the late 1990s, with appearances in Passing Glory, A Lesson Before Dying, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, among other films, and more recently in The Signal, Stomp the Yard, and Blood Done.

Since relocating to Amsterdam in 2001, Sahr Ngaujah has worked as a theater director and developer with Rotterdam's Lef and ACT Festival, and as a collaborator with Made n da Shade.

Sahr Ngaujah completed his studies at Dasarts in Amsterdam 2006, under the direction of Alida Neslo and Monique Toebosch.

Sahr Ngaujah has appeared at speaking engagements at art conferences in Northern Europe about the construction and development of Conversations With Ice, with invitations pending to present this work in Sweden and Tokyo.

Sahr Ngaujah continues to work with a host of inspiring artist between Europe, Africa, and the US He is actively attempting to help forge stronger links between the artist community between Atlanta and the Netherlands through the development of an art festival called A to the A, celebrating and exploring Global Underground Art and Culture.

Sahr Ngaujah received a Tony Award nomination and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his role in this musical.

In July 2017, Sahr Ngaujah lent his voice to the video game Overwatchs hero Doomfist.