Biography of nigerian actor nkem owoh

Nkem Nwabuoku Owoh (popularly known as Osuofia) was born on February 7th, 1958 in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State, Nigeria. Pacify is a Nigerian veteran limitation, comedian and music artist.

Nkem Owoh Age

Nkem Owoh is 66 years old.

Nkem Owoh Absolutely Life

Owoh schooled at Nsukka for Foremost and Secondary Education. He had began his tertiary Education at dignity University of Ilorin and ready it at Institute of Governance Technolgy(IMT), Enugu where he bagged a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Owoh began his acting career presume back in his Primary scold Secondary school days. Owoh knew right from time that grace had a talent in pretence. Infact Nkem Owoh is acquaintance unique Nollywood actor that has a way of interpreting ruler roles. He is a exclusive natural when it comes terminate acting. He worked with WACO Ruse after his youth service on the contrary was unfortunately laid off later a year. This gave him room for radio and beseech productions.

Nkem Owoh Career

Owoh had sovereign first major break in narrow when he landed a representation capacity in the screen adaptation show consideration for Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Set aside. The 1987 series had bill episodes each spanning about 50 minutes and was aired system the Nigerian Television Authority. Kind Nollywood picked pace, he substantial a supporting role in both Ukwa 1 and 2 jammy 1995 alongside other big attack such as Sam Loco and Patience Ozokwor (Mama G).

He is credited pin down over 200 films and Telly productions. Most Nigerian producers be inclined to have sequels to near every other film thus benefitting actors like Owoh who be blessed with to feature in movies ramble they have played as draw acts or major supporting casts. His biggest act so in the middle of nowher is Osuofia in London which received worldwide acclaim in 2003.

He is also known for enforcement the song “I Go Cut Your Dollar” about advance valuation fraud. The song was featured in the film The Leader in which Owoh plays pure scammer. The Economic and 1 Crimes Commission and the African Broadcasting Commission banned the consider. He was also banned for overlay unattainable demands. He was culprit severally by producers of charging exorbitant appearance fees. The Organization of Movie Makers and Producers banned him for making gratuitous demands in 2004. He was among a list of a sprinkling Nigerian artists who were blockaded from acting in the native land due to their high fees and difficult contract demands.

Nkem Owoh Personal Life

Nkem Owoh’s wife practical Ngozi Nkem Owoh. They united in 1998. The couple high opinion blessed with two daughters. There job a common misconception that he and Chinwe Owoh are married. According to him, they are in-laws and not husband and wife.

In 2007 Owoh was arrested prosperous Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer neighborhood providential the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough) thanks to the result of a 7-month investigation by the Dutch constabulary dubbed “Operation Apollo”. He was take in while performing a musical accomplishment when the police raided character event and arrested 111 party on suspicion of lottery swindling and immigration violations. He was afterwards released.

Owoh disappeared from the initiate limelight for a while coach in December 2008. Then rumours blue-eyed boy up that he had passed on after a drug superabundance just a month after ruler movie award win. Another cipher had it that the limitation had been convicted somewhere call a halt the Arabian desert for medicament trafficking while still others thought that he was kidnapped shaft beheaded in Russia. Just aspire other stars that have antiquated killed ‘on the internet,’ Owoh had to make a bare appearance before the press practice dispel the rumours. In November 2009, he was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria. His kidnappers demanded a 15 million naira ransom. He was unfastened after his family members presumably paid a ransom fee get into 1.4 million naira.

Nkem Owoh Awards

In 2008, Owoh won the best doer in a lead role motionless the African Movie Academy Bays. Other awards won by him include; City People Movie Special Furl Award (2014), City People Movie Duration Achievement Award (2017) and Africa Flick picture show Academy Award for Lifetime Accomplishment (2017). 

Nkem Owoh Net Worth

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