Nkem Owoh, a veteran of Nollywood and better known by his stage name Osuofia, is a Nigerian actor and comedian. Interesting facts about fa...
Nkem Owoh, a veteran of Nollywood and better known by his stage name Osuofia, is a Nigerian actor and comedian.
Interesting facts about famed actor, Nkem Owoh, a.k.a. Osuofia
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Nkem Owoh, who has been gracing Nigerian screens for a long time, was born on February 7, 1958 in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Owoh started appearing in numerous television and film projects while still in college.
Owoh made his film debut in the 1987 adaptation of Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart, a great TV drama, although his first appearance was as a customs officer in Circle of Doom.
Ngozi Nkem Owoh, née Ikebude, is the actor Nkem Owoh's legally married wife. She wed the seasoned actor in 1998, and today she is the adoring mother of his two girls.
The father of two graduated from the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta with a degree in engineering.
He has also acquired a variety of nicknames, with the four most well-known being Pam Pam, Atinga, Akidi, and most recently Osuofia, a screen name that has largely superseded his true identities.
Because of the role he portrayed in the popular comedy film Osuofia in London in 2003, the lanky actor and playwright earned the moniker Osuofia. While not being his first film performance, it is regarded as one of the most significant in his career and garnered him the African Film Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (AMAA).
As a consequence of a seven-month police investigation known as "Operation Apollo," Owoh was apprehended in 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer area in the Amsterdam Zuidoost district). When the police invaded the event and detained 111 persons on suspicion of lottery fraud and immigration breaches, Owoh was detained while doing a musical performance. Afterwards, Owoh was set free.
For his part in the Nigerian movie Stronger than Pain, he once again took home the African Movie Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Starring Role" in 2008.
Owoh is also a musician who is most known for singing the advance fee scam song I Go Chop Your Money. The song was used in the movie The Master, in which Owoh played a con artist. The song was later prohibited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) (NBC). He also sung Mama No Know 'N' Pikin Again and Know Me When I'm Poor.
Osuofia was abducted in eastern Nigeria in November 2009, and his captors sought a N15 million ransom. The star was eventually freed after his family allegedly paid a N1.4 million ransom.
Nkem Owoh was the only recipient of the AMAA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017, which is seen to be its greatest honor (LTAA).
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At 64, his projected high net worth of $4 million has allowed him to be among the top ten richest actors in Nigeria as of today.
Chief Daddy: Going for Broke, the newest film by Owoh, was officially released on January 1, 2022. He portrayed Shoffa Donatus.
The renowned actor is regarded in the film business as a genius at interpreting parts because of the numerous films in which he has appeared. With his hilarious remarks and responses, he easily makes the crowd laugh, leaving moviegoers in stitches.
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Owoh is arguably one of the most sought-after and highest paid movie actors in the Nigerian screen acting scene. He is a self-made actor and humor merchant extraordinair, whose fans laugh with delight each time his name appears on the credit line of a movie, a huge screen favorite, and Nigeria's hottest acting celebrity.
The joyful seeming Owoh, is not without his own anguish. He was the younger brother of Bartholomew Owoh, a Nigerian who was executed in 1984 by the military junta commanded by Major General Muhammadu Buhari for the crime of cocaine trafficking.
Drug trafficking was not a death offense at the time of the crime, but the government later issued a decree that applied it retrospectively to Bartholomew Owoh, Bernard Ogedengbe, and Lawal Ojuolape. The three were openly shot.
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