Henry Adofo talks about how he started acting

Venturing into something new or a career starts with an inner passion, many years of practice and the perseverance to achieve results but that wasn’t the case of Milan-based Ghanaian prodigious actor, Henry Adofo.

The multiple award-winning actor who has starred in many Ghallywood, Nollywood and a Hollywood film has revealed how his rosy acting career started and why he considered as his career.

According to the “Freetown” actor, he started acting by chance while in Milan, Italy. Henry divulged on Pulse TV’s“Pulse Chat” segment that he got the chance while in Europe and capitalised on it.

Narrating how it all started, he said he was into events when a Ghanaian actor and directed Roger Quartey awarded him and his friend a movie premiere contract and things turned around.

“My acting career happened in a particular way. Somewhere 2011, we had a contract with some producers from Ghana. They wanted to bring their films to Europe to premiere in all the countries. I was into events prior to that but I had even stopped then. So my friend approached me and he was like ‘Henry, let’s help by putting this event together. Let’s bring Ghanaian movie stars to Europe to premiere this movie’. So that was how I got into the Ghanaian film market,” Henry disclosed.

“We met Roger Quartey and he was like ‘instead of bringing all those actors for three days and then they go back, why won’t you take some more time and produce your own film here in Europe and try to sell in Ghana’. So we considered the idea even though we didn’t really (give the nod) because it was very new to us. And after a couple of months, we decided to give it a shot because to us it was just going to be a business. So after two-three months we brought Prince David Osei, Roselyn Ngissah, Eddie Nettey, Kafui Danku and Roger Quartey himself,” he told Pulse TV.

On his breakthrough, he disclosed that they auditioned for Europeans but they lacked men so his friend advised him to take the chance and he did.

“And then we had to audition and get some people in Europe but we were not getting men so my friend advised me to give it a shot. So I was like ‘Okay fine’. I had been doing some church dramas back in Ghana and even in Europe so I was like ‘alright’. So as soon as I did it (auditioned), my friend was like ‘I think you have a lot of talent in you. You should consider this seriously.

“Initially, I thought it was one of those but as soon as the guys (Ghanaian actors) came in and we started relating, I realised I was almost one of them. I believe the premieres wrapped on me because, then, when you sit with Majid Michel and eat, he was going to wrap some influence on you.

“So that was where I got that love and right from there I shot two productions. That’s how I got into Ghanaian film,” he concluded.

Henry Adofo is one of Ghanaian hardworking actors. He is known for his epic roles in award-winning movies such as “Lotanna: The Movie”, “House of Gold”, “Cheaters” and American film “Freetown”.

Watch the full interview below.