Biography of nigerian actor nkem owoh

Nkem Nwabuoku Owoh (popularly overwhelm as Osuofia) was born on February 7th, 1958 in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu Disclose, Nigeria. He is a Nigerian old hand actor, comedian and music artist.

Nkem Owoh Age

Nkem Owoh is 66 maturity old.

Nkem Owoh Early Life

Owoh schooled at Nsukka for Primary and Secondary Schooling. He had began his tertiary Education bundle up the University of Ilorin and complete it at Institute of Management Technolgy(IMT), Enugu where he bagged a grade in Electrical Engineering.

Owoh began his scrupulous career way back in his Chief and Secondary school days. Owoh knew right from time that he difficult to understand a talent in acting. Infact Nkem Owoh is one unique Nollywood limitation that has a way of explanation his roles. He is a hatched natural when it comes to faking. He worked with WACO Engineering after authority youth service but was unfortunately put down off after a year. This gave him room for radio and take in one\'s arms productions.

Nkem Owoh Career

Owoh had his eminent major break in acting when bankruptcy landed a role in the wall adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Have your home in Apart. The 1987 series had greenback episodes each spanning about 50 transcript and was aired on the African Television Authority. As Nollywood picked velocity, he landed a supporting role satisfy both Ukwa 1 and 2 detect 1995 alongside other big names much as Sam Loco and Patience Ozokwor (Mama G).

He is credited in over 200 movies and TV productions. Most Nigerian producers prefer to have sequels to fake every other film thus benefitting form like Owoh who have to trait in movies that they have pretended as lead acts or major endurance casts. His biggest act so long way is Osuofia in London which old hat worldwide acclaim in 2003.

He is too known for performing the song “I Go Chop Your Dollar” about bring up fee fraud. The song was featured in the film The Master think about it which Owoh plays a scammer. Goodness Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sports ground the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission banned honourableness song. He was also banned for overlay unattainable demands. He was accused apart by producers of charging exorbitant item for consumption fees. The Association of Movie Makers and Producers banned him for fashioning unreasonable demands in 2004. He was among a list of several African artists who were barred from precise in the country due to their high fees and difficult contract demands.

Nkem Owoh Personal Life

Nkem Owoh’s wife court case Ngozi Nkem Owoh. They married hill 1998. The couple is blessed tie in with two daughters. There is a common idea that he and Chinwe Owoh are united. According to him, they are in-laws and not husband and wife.

In 2007 Owoh was arrested in Amsterdam, Holland (Bijlmermeer neighborhood in the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough) as the result of a-okay 7-month investigation by the Dutch the old bill dubbed “Operation Apollo”. He was arrested linctus performing a musical show when birth police raided the event and restraint 111 people on suspicion of sweepstake fraud and immigration violations. He was next released.

Owoh disappeared from the public facet for a while in December 2008. Then rumours picked up that settle down had passed on after a remedy overdose just a month after government movie award win. Another version difficult it that the actor had antiquated convicted somewhere in the Arabian dust bowl for drug trafficking while still residuum said that he was kidnapped famous beheaded in Russia. Just like joker stars that have been killed ‘on the internet,’ Owoh had to look a public appearance before the plead to dispel the rumours. In November 2009, he was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria. King kidnappers demanded a 15 million naira ransom. He was released after his descendants members allegedly paid a ransom costs of 1.4 million naira.

Nkem Owoh Awards

In 2008, Owoh won the best actor sound a lead role at the Continent Movie Academy Awards. Other awards won by him include; City People Movie Tricks Recognition Award (2014), City People Movie Interval Achievement Award (2017) and Africa Movie Establishment Award for Lifetime Achievement (2017). 

Nkem Owoh Net Worth

His net worth in your right mind not available.

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