Nkem Owoh
Nkem Owoh | |
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 Nkem Owoh at the African Movie Academy Awards in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, 2008 | |
| Born | Nkem Owoh February 7, 1958 Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State Nigeria |
| Other names | Nwabuoku |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Ngozi Nkem Owoh |
Nkem Owoh is a Nigerian actor and comedian. In 2008, he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in the Nigerian movie "Stronger than Pain".[1]
Early life[]
Nkem Owoh was born in Enugu State, Nigeria. After his primary and secondary school, he headed to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and studied engineering. Already, during his university studies, Owoh began acting in various television and film productions.[2]
Career[]
Owoh featured in the 2003 blockburster film Osuofia in London. He is also known for performing the song "I Go Chop Your Dollar" about advance fee fraud. The song was featured in the film The Master in which Owoh plays a scammer.[3] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission banned the song.[4] In 2007 Owoh was arrested in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer neighborhood in the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough) as the result of a seven-month investigation by the Dutch police dubbed "Operation Apollo".[3] Owoh was arrested while performing a musical show when the police raided the event and arrested 111 people on suspicion of lottery fraud and immigration violations. Owoh was later released.[4][5] In November 2009 Owoh was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria.[6] His kidnappers demanded a 15 million naira ransom.[7] Owoh was released after his family members allegedly paid a ransom fee of 1.4 million naira.[8][9]
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Things Fall Apart | with Pete Edochie | |
| 1993 | Circle of Doom 2 | with Kanayo O. Kanayo | |
| 1995 | Rattlesnake | Odinaka | with Francis Duru |
| 2000 | Ukwa | with Patience Ozokwor | |
| 1999 | Big Man...Big Trouble | ||
| Sawam | with Francis Agu | ||
| Conspiracy | with Onyeka Onwenu | ||
| 2001 | Onye-Eze | Onye-Eze | |
| 2002 | Fake Doctor | Dr. Zebedi | |
| Ifeonye Metalu | |||
| Long John | |||
| Police Officer | |||
| Spanner | with Chinedu Ikedieze | ||
| 2003 | Anunuebe | ejimfor 2011 | |
| King of the Forest | |||
| Lion Finger | |||
| Mr. Trouble | with Patience Ozokwor | ||
| Osuofia in London | Osuofia | ||
| Police Recruit | |||
| 2004 | America Visa | ||
| My Driver | |||
| My Own Share | |||
| Osuofia in London 2 | Osuofia | ||
| Spanner Goes to Jail | with Chinedu Ikedieze | ||
| The Master | with Kanayo O. Kanayo | ||
| 2005 | Akanchawa | ||
| Bus Driver | with Dakore Egbuson | ||
| The Prince | |||
| 2006 | A Fool at 40 | Hygenius | |
| Captain | |||
| Foreign Base | |||
| Indemnity | Egbentu | ||
| Made in Cambridge | |||
| My Kingdom Come | |||
| The Barrister | Athanasius | ||
| The Dreamer | |||
| 2007 | Battle of Indemnity | Egbentu | |
| Covenant Keeping God | Samuel | ||
| De prof | |||
| Johnbull & Rosekate | Johnbull | ||
| Persecution | |||
| Stronger Than Pain | Ulonna | with Kate Henshaw-Nuttal Owoh's performance in this film earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008 | |
| 2008 | His Holiness | Onyabo | |
| His Last Action | |||
| Wonderful Man | |||
| 2012 | Military Zone | ||
| 2014 osuofia and the widow with Walter anga mayor ofoegbu chinyere wilfred | |||
| 2015 | Ghana Must Go [10] | ||
| 2018 | Lionheart | Chief Godswill | |
| 2019 | Kpali[11] | Mr. Kalayor | with Gloria Young and Ini Dima-Okojie |
| 2021 | My Village People[12] | with Bovi and Amaechi Muonagor |
References[]
- ^ "AMAA 2008: List of Nominees and Winners".
- ^ "Biography of Nkem Owoh". Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ a b Jan Libbenga (2007-07-02). "'I Go Chop Your Dollar' star arrested". The Register.
- ^ a b "Police Arrest Nkem Owoh in Holland". NigeriaMovies.net. 2007-07-04.20
- ^ "'I Go Chop Your Dollar' star arrested". Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ Nkem Owoh (Osuofia) Kidnapped
- ^ Breaking News Osuofia (Nkem Owoh) Kidnapped
- ^ "Jubilation in Nollywood as Osuofia is freed". Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "'Scam comic' kidnapped in Nigeria". BBC News. 2009-11-10.
- ^ "'Ghana Must Go': Everything you need to know about Yvonne Okoro's upcoming movie". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ editor (2019-12-28). "'Kpali' for Nigerian Immigrants". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2021-04-12.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ Nwogu, Precious (2021-05-31). "Watch the official trailer for 'My Village People'". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
External links[]
- Nkem Owoh at IMDb
- Pasternack, Alex (2011-04-06). ""I Go Chop Your Dollar": The Nigerian Music Video about Email Scams". Vice. - Includes a transcript of the music video in the original Nigerian Pidgin and a translation into English by Azuka Nzegwu and Adeolu Ademoyo
- Igbo male actors
- Best Actor Africa Movie Academy Award winners
- Igbo comedians
- Living people
- Nigerian male comedians
- People from Enugu
- Male actors from Enugu State
- 20th-century Nigerian male actors
- 21st-century Nigerian male actors
- University of Ilorin alumni
- Kidnapped Nigerian people
- 1958 births