 He was born to parents from the Brong Ahafo Region, and moved to Hertfordshire, England, with his father, Peter Osei Mensah, an engineer, his mother, a writer, and two younger sisters at a young age.Mensah began practicing martial arts at the age of six.Mensah's film credits include "Avatar", "300", "Hidalgo", "Tears of the Sun", "Jason X", "Harvard Man", "Bless the Child" and "The Incredible Hulk".