Chet Anekwe

Chet Anekwe is an actor^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and filmmaker who was born in Nigeria and raised in New York City.^[5] His work spans Hollywood,^[6] Nollywood^[7] and the New York Theater.^[8]^[9]

Filmography[]

Year	Film / TV	Role	Notes
2001	Sheena (TV series)	Karnivan
2004	Shpionskie igry: Nelegal
2004	Dream Job (TV series)	Himself
2006	Phat Girlz	Flirty Nigerian Man	with Mo'Nique
2006	30 Days	Kene Alumona (as C.B.A.)	with Genevieve Nnaji
2008	Spy Games: A Private Visit	FBI Agent
2008	Mama's Great Love (short)	Thompson	Director, writer, Executive Producer
2011	Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark	Davis	with Van Vicker
2011	Tobi
2012	Unwanted Guest	Ike
2012	Bianca	Attah	with Van Vicker
2013	On Bended Knee	Ebube	with Chioma Chukwuka
2014	Unguarded	Mr. Cool	with Ramsey Nouah, Uche Jombo, Desmond Elliot
2014	Busted Life	Femi	with Ramsey Nouah, Pascal Atuma
2016	New Girl	Service Guy	with Zooey Deschanel
	Witch Hunt	Baba
	Castor Oil	Pastor
2017	Scrimmage	Coach Cassidy
2018	How To Get Away With Murder	Marshal of the Court	with Viola Davis
	Scorpion (TV series)	Sami
	The Affair (TV series)	Guard	with Dominic West
	Thriller	Mr. Reynolds
	Moving On	Father Fred	with Elvis Nolasco & Marianne Jean-Baptiste
2019	Heaven's Hell	Jefferson Aliu	with Nse Ikpe-Etim, Bimbo Akintola, OC Ukeje & Damilola Adegbite
2021	Snowfall (TV series)	Guard	with Damson Idris, De'Aundre Bonds
2021	Tyler Perry's Assisted Living	Efe Omowale	with David Mann (actor), Tamela Mann, J. Anthony Brown

Africa Movie Academy Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Unwanted Guest	Best Actor in a leading Role	Nominated

Best of Nollywood Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2013	Bended Knees	Best Supporting Actor in an English film	Nominated

Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Bianca	Best Actor – Diaspora	Won

Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2011	Tobi	Best Actor In A Film/Short Story	Nominated
2012	Unwanted Guest	Best Actor in a Film	Nominated}

1997 AUDELCO award nominee, Best Performance in a Musical, Male for Chap Am So (The Amistad Story)^[10]
2006 'VIV' AUDELCO Award Winner Best Ensemble for Real Black Men Don't Sit Crossed Legged on the Floor (Collage in blues)^[11]
2011 Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards (NAFCA) Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Diaspora, Paparazzi
2012 Nollywood Film Critics Award (NAFCA) Winner: Best Actor – Diaspora, Unwanted Guest^[12]
2014 Nollywood & African Film Critics' Awards (NAFCA) award nominee, Best Actor in Supporting role Diaspora Film (When One Door Closes)^[13]

^ New York Times (9 February 2006). "40 Years of Black Male History in 2½ Hours". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ modernghana.com. "Chet in Busted Life article". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ Nollywooduncut. "Workin with Chet in Nollywood". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ Cynthiamasasiworld.com. "Chet in Paparazzi". Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ Golden Icons. "Article on Chet Anekwe". Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ IMDB. "Phat Girlz".
^ Paparazzi Eye in the Dark. "Chet in Nollywood USA film Paparazzi". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ New York Times (21 May 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; Caesar's Fate, Played Out in Mali". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ ChetAnekwe.com. "Chet Bio". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ IMDB. "Chet Bio". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ ChetAnewke.com. "Chet Bio". Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ ChetAnewke.com. "Chet Bio". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
^ NAFCA. "NAFCA". Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.