Interesting facts about iconic actor Nkem Owoh, aka Osuofia Nkem Owoh, also known as Osuofia in Nollywood, is a Nigerian actor and comedian...
Interesting facts about iconic actor Nkem Owoh, aka Osuofia
Nkem Owoh, also known as Osuofia in Nollywood, is a Nigerian actor and comedian.
Nkem Owoh, who has appeared on Nigerian television for many years, was born on February 7, 1958, in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Owoh began his acting career in numerous television and film productions during his university days.
In 1987, Owoh appeared in the screen adaptation of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart, a famous TV drama, but his first film appearance was in Circle of Doom, in which he portrayed a customs inspector.
Ngozi Nkem Owoh, nee Ikebude, is Nkem Owoh's legally married wife. In 1998, she married the legendary actor and is the delighted mother of his two daughters.
The father of two has a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta.
He has also acquired a number of nicknames, the most well-known of which are Pam Pam, Atinga, Akidi, and, most recently, Osuofia, a screen name that has partially superseded his own identity.
The lanky actor and playwright earned the nickname Osuofia after his role in the 2003 smash comedy film Osuofia. The film, albeit not his first, is regarded as one of the most significant in his career, earning him the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Best Actor in a lead role award.
Owoh was arrested in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer neighborhood in the Amsterdam Zuidoost district) in 2007 as the conclusion of a seven-month Dutch police investigation entitled "Operation Apollo." When police raided the gathering and arrested 111 persons on suspicion of lottery fraud and immigration offenses, Owoh was playing a musical concert. Owoh was later freed.
He won the African Movie Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" again in 2008 for his performance in the Nigerian film Stronger than Pain.
Owoh is also a musician, most known for his performance of the song I Go Chop Your Dollar, about advance fee theft. The song was featured in the film The Master, in which Owoh played a con artist. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) later banned the song. He also sang Know Me When I'm Poor and Mama No Know 'N' Pikin Again, among other songs.
Osuofia was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria in November 2009, and his kidnappers sought a N15 million naira ransom. The star was later released after his family members purportedly paid a N1.4 million naira ransom.
Nkem Owoh was the lone recipient of the AMAA's highest distinction, the Life Time Achievement Award (LTAA), in 2017.
At 64, his estimated net worth of $4 million has helped him to be one of Nigeria's top ten richest actors as of today.
Chief Daddy: Going for Broke, Owoh's most recent film, was released on January 1, 2022. Shoffa Donatus was the character he played.
The iconic actor has appeared in numerous films and is regarded as a master of character interpretation in the film business. With his hilarious statements and reactions, he effortlessly tickles the audience, leaving moviegoers in stitches.
Owoh is arguably one of the most sought-after and highest-paid movie actors in the Nigerian screen acting scene. A self-made actor and humor merchant extraordinaire, whose fans giggle with excitement each time his name runs out on the credit line of a movie, a huge screen favorite and Nigeria's hottest acting celebrity, Owoh is arguably one of the most sought-after and highest-paid movie actors in the Nigerian screen acting scene.
Owoh, despite his cheerful appearance, is not without pain. He was the younger brother of Bartholomew Owoh, the Nigerian assassinated in 1984 by the military junta of Major General Muhammadu Buhari for narcotics trafficking.
Drug trafficking was not a capital offense at the time of the offense, but the government issued a decree that retroactively applied to Bartholomew Owoh, Bernard Ogedengbe, and Lawal Ojuolape. The trio was openly shot.
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