Tesfaye Gessesse

Tesfaye Gessesse (September 27, 1937 – December 16, 2020) was an Ethiopian actor and theatre director. He was born in Addis Ababa. He became the General Director of Hager Fikir Theatre in 1974. In 1975, he was removed and sent to prison by the Derg government after his play "Iqaw" which criticized as state terrorism.
Gessesse died on 16 December 2020, at the age of 84.