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NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA


NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

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9 NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

 
CHIWETEL UMEADI EJIOFOR was  born 10 July 1977 is a British actor.After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995, and gaining a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 an awards and nominations for acting, including the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award in 2006, two Golden Globe Award nominations.Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He was elevated to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Birthday Honours.
He has appared in numerous films like
G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time Rix ,Dirty Pretty Things, Love Actually She Hate Me, Red Dust,2004 Melinda and Melinda,Four Brothers, Serenity, Slow Burn,Kinky Boots, Inside Man, Children of Men, Talk to Me, American,Gangster, Redbelt, Slapper,Endgame,Salt, Savannah, 12 Years a Slave,Half of a Yellow Sun, Z for Zachariah.
 


JOHN ADEDAYO ADEGBOYEGA

 
NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

John Adedayo Adegboyega (born 17 March 1992), known professionally as John Boyega, is an English actor and producer best known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film of the Star Wars series. Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role as Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block.
Some of Boyega's other credits include historical fiction drama film Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), four episodes of the television series 24: Live Another Day and the drama Imperial Dreams (2014).
 

 
DJIMON GASTON HOUNSOU

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Djimon Gaston Hounsou a nigerian (by origin) was born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-American actor and model. Hounsou began his career appearing in music videos. He made his film debut in the Sandra Bernhard film Without You I'm Nothing (1990) and gained widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997). He gained further recognition for his roles in Gladiator (2000), In America (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), receiving Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for both the latter films, as well as for his roles in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Furious 7 (2015). He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Academy Awards
 

 
EDUN ADETOMIWA
NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

Edun was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father and a half-Ghanaian, half-English mother. Edun moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11. He attended Eton College from the age of 13, before reading Classics at Christ’s College, Cambridge (University of Cambridge).
jn his final year at Christ’s College, he won the dissertation prize for his thesis on Homer’s Odyssey. His father, a financier, encouraged Edun to enter banking as a career, and he interned with Citigroup. He considered studying for a Master of Philosophy degree, but decided to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) instead.
 


ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

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Nigerian-British citizen, born of Yoruba parents, in Islington, London.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has a law degree from King’s College London and a Masters in Law from the University of London. He is fluent in several languages including Yoruba, Italian, and Swahili. He can “get along” in a few other languages, including French.
Over the years, he has successfully infused Yoruba language into few of his characters in
His muscular and formidable body has earned him distinct roles in the movie world.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje has featured in blockbuster movies such as Bourne Identity, The Mummy Returns, The Legionnaire, Get Rich or Die Tryin,’ Unstoppable, GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, The Lost series and The New York Undercover series, best known for his roles as Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns Akinnuoye-Agbaje has said he would direct a film about his life story.

Recently, he made a guest appearance in the second episode ofseason 8 of Monk, and also played Derek Jameson in the 2011 film, The Thing. He will also portrayed Kurse in the Marvel Studios film, Thor: The Dark World.
 


KAE KAZIM
NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA
 
Kae Kazim has apparently got some impressive roles in Hollywood movies some of which are The Pirate of the Carribeans: At World’s End, Hotel Rwanda, X- Men Origins: Wolverine, The Fourth Kind. The Forth Kind was written and directed by a Nigeria,
Olatunde Osunsanmi and also Last Flight to Abuja where he featured alongside Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. Hakeem’s role in 24 is one of his unforgettable as he played Colonel Dubaku.

 


NONSO ANOZIE
NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA
 
Nonso Anozie, is a UK born Nigeria actor who is of Igbo origin, has made his way to become one of the fast rising actors in Hollywood.
Having featured in prominent Hollywood blockbusters, Anozie’s distinct Igbo intonation
came to fore in the Hollywood flick, Conan the Barbarian.

 
 

GBENGA AKINNAGBE

NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

Gbenga Akinnagbe is a Nigerian American actor and writer, best known for his role as Chris Partlow on the HBO series, The Wire
Akinnagbe was born in Washington DC to Nigerian parents, while he was raised in Silver Spring Maryland.
Akinnagbe was in and out of trouble as a youth. He is the second oldest of six children, one older sister and four younger brothers. He is the first in his family to be born in the US. He attended Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland. Akinnagbe attended Bucknell University on a wrestling scholarship, majoring
in political science and English




DAVID OYELOWO
NIGERIAN ACTORS IN DIASPORA

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is a classically trained Nigerian (by origin) stage  actor, who has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. He was born in Oxford, England, to Nigerian parents; his father, Stephen, worked for an airline company and his mother for the railway.
David Oyelowo graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and received the “Scholarship for Excellence” from Nicholas Hytner in 1998.

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