He joined the civil service for thirty-three years and served as acting director of Supply in Ghana's Ministry of Finance.
[5] Amugi began his acting career in 1970 in Drama and Documentaries until 1985 when he starred in his first movie "Opinto".
[6] Amugi has appeared in numerous movie roles, including local Ghanaian movies, Shoe Shine Boy (2013), Nyame Bekyere 1&2 (2015), Menua Paa Nie (2016), Housekeepers (2016) among others.
His first international role came in 2005 when he played the character Kwame Attakora in the BBC drama Holby City.
[10][11][12] Amugi played the character Pastor Uchebo in the 2015 British award-winning movie "The Cursed Ones".