Dontoh’s primary education was at various schools in Cape Coast, Winneba, and Abakrampa. He had his secondary education at Apam Senior High School. Along his career he studied Drama and Theatre at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana
FILM WORK
- Sika Sunsum – Jimmy Cash
- Beasts of No Nation
- Somewhere in Africa
- Police Officer – Part 2 (Tiger Of Wamba)
- Heritage Africa
- Ties that bind
- The Dead
- Deadly Voyage
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Best Actor ECRAG Award 1984,1989 and 1992
- Best Supporting and World Centenary of Film, Ghana Film Award 1999
- PAM African Film Festival