Five fascinating details about Wale Ojo, the best main actor in the AMVCA 2024 British-Nigerian actor, director, and producer Wale Ojo, At the 10th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) in 2024, he took home the Best Lead Actor trophy. He was chosen for this prestigious prize ahead of performers like Stan Eze, Richard Mofe Damijo, and Gabriel Afololayan because of his outstanding performance in the play "Breath of Life." In addition to his recent AMVCA victories and his starring part in "Breath of Life," the actor is the subject of the following five fascinating facts:
1. Before he and his family moved to England, Wale Ojo was a young performer in Nigeria. He co-starred with Akin Lewis, a
Nigerian actor, in the Ibadan television series "Why Worry" on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) when he was eight years old.
2. Wale Ojo has acknowledged the influential contributions that his mother, writer Wole Soyinka, Zulu Sofola, Tunji Oyelana, and
Chief Wale Ogunyemi played in his acting career.
3. He starred in the main comedy film "Phone Swap," which was directed by Kunle Afolayan in 2012. For this part, he was later
nominated for a Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Actor award.
4. The 55-year-old Nigerian actor who presently resides in the UK is single and has no children.
5. He is the creator of New Nigeria Cinema, an organization dedicated to raising the standard of Nigerian motion pictures.