Biography

Gabriel Gougsa is an actor of Ethiopian heritage, a dual National of the US and Italy. He was raised in Rome, and immigrated to the UK for his LLB, at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Gabriel then trained as actor in London at the Identity School Of Acting, from 2017 to 2020.

He makes his cinematic debut inhabiting the role of Abraham Imirrù, in the feature film "Ho Visto Un Re", produced by Stemal Entertainment, directed by Giorgia Farina, and with Medusa attached as distribution.

The film out now, as of April 30th 2025, in select cinemas across Italy.

The film had its first public screening at the 42nd Torino Film Festival 2024.

"I Saw a King" Synopsis:

In 1936, during the Italian war in Ethiopia, the incredible true story of an African prince captured and held prisoner in an aviary in the garden of the Fascist Podestà, under the gaze of the inhabitants of a small town in provincial Italy. His name is Abraham Imirrù, but to little Emilio, he is Sandokan. And he will be his hero. In a world where a child's imagination can overturn reality, Emilio finds in the unexpected friendship with the Ethiopian warrior the key to discovering himself.
- IMDb mini biography by: Gabriel Gougsa

Gabriel Gougsa is an actor; a US/ Italy dual national and of Ethiopian descent. Raised in Rome, Italy he then immigrated to the UK for his LLB, at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Gabriel trained in London at the Identity School Of Acting from 2017-2020.

He makes his cinematic debut inhabiting the role of Abraham Imirrù in the Italian feature film "Ho Visto Un Re", out now on select cinemas across Italy as of April 30th 2025.

The film is directed by Giorgia Farina, produced by Stemal Entertainment and distributed by Medusa.

The film had its first public screening at the 42nd Torino Film Festival, out of competition.

'I Saw King' synopsis: In 1936, during the Italian war in Ethiopia, the incredible true story of an African prince captured and held prisoner in an aviary in the garden of the Fascist Podestà, under the gaze of the inhabitants of a small town in provincial Italy. His name is Abraham Imirrù, but to little Emilio, he is Sandokan. And he will be his hero. In a world where a child's imagination can overturn reality, Emilio finds in the unexpected friendship with the Ethiopian warrior the key to discovering himself.
- IMDb mini biography by: Gabriel Gougsa