{{Short description|Ghanaian actor}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Augustine Abbey | birth_date = | birth_place = Ghana | other_names = Idikoko | occupation = Actor, producer, director, film writer | education = | years_active = 1970s–present | spouse = Linda Quashiga | awards = 1979 Arts Council of Ghana, Leisure Awards 1988, Leisure Awards 1989, Best NAFTI Actor 1999 | known_for = | children = | website = }}
'''Augustine Abbey''', also known as '''Idikoko''', is a Ghanaian actor and movie maker known for comedy. He is also known for his main roles as a house boy or gate man. He has produced and starred in a BBC documentary and also directed and produced a film on HIV and AIDS in partnership with UNESCO and Esi Sutherland-Addy's MMOFRA Foundation.<ref name="showbiz.peacefmonline"> {{cite web|title=I Learnt Acting Through The Hard Way - Idikoko|url=http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/movies/201001/36714.php|publisher=Peace FM Online|access-date=26 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914133349/http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/movies/201001/36714.php|archive-date=2010-09-14|url-status=dead}} </ref>
He runs Great Idikoko Ventures and is married to fellow actress Linda Quashiga. He attended Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idikoko's Wife In Love With Agyaa Koo|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=215870|publisher=Ghana Web|access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref>
Matters of the Heart (1993), Triple Echo (1997), and Dark Sand (1999) are well-known works by Augustine Abbey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Augustine Abbey - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2721422/bio/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Cast !! Notes !! |- |2016||''Shampaign''|| ''Mr. Hawkson'' || |- | 1991 || ''Tricky Twist'' || || *Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) * Raymond Kudzawu-D'Pherdd |- | 1993 || ''Matters of the Heart'' || ||
*Grace Omaboe *Alexandra Duah *Augustine Abbey (Idikoko) *Grace Nortey *Enoch Botchway *Mac Jordan Amartey *Adwoa Smart *Sheila Nortey *Sarah Boison *Raymond Kudzawu-D'Pherdd (Kilango) |- | || ''Bitter Love'' || || || |- | || ''Ingratitude'' || || || |- | || ''Stolen Bible'' || || || |- | || ''Stolen Pregnancy'' || || || |- | || ''Recipe For Disaster'' || || || |- | || ''Money Bag'' || || || |- | || ''Alokodongo'' || || || |- |}
==Awards and nominations== Augustine Abbey has won the following awards.<ref name="showbiz.peacefmonline" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Nominated work !! Award !! Category !! Result |- | 1979 || || Arts Council of Ghana || Best Juvenile Actor || {{won}} |- | 1988 || ''The Game'' || Leisure Awards || Best Script || {{won}} |- | 1989 || || Leisure Awards|| Best Script, Best Actor and TV Personality of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || ''Alokodongo'' || ||Best NAFTI Actor || {{won}} |- | || ''Ingratitude'' || Festival of Nations - Australia || Best Film and Video || {{nom}} |- |}
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