Career
Born in Accra, Asante came to the United Kingdom in 1967 and trained to be an actor at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. A "Gyearbuor Asante Prize for Acting" was subsequently instituted at the academy following his death. He appeared in a number of British television shows during the 1970s and "80s, where he was billed as Christopher Asante.
His credits included episodes of Space: 1999, Mind Your Language, Hazell and The Professionals as well as a television performance of Ubu Roi in 1976.
He also played the minister in the 1983 film Local Hero. He returned to his birthplace Ghana in 1995 where he was made a Cultural Ambassador.
He died in the capital city of Accra with his funeral held in his ancestral village of Tafo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.