Biography of nigerian actor nkem owoh

Nkem Nwabuoku Owoh (popularly known as Osuofia) was born on February 7th, 1958 in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State, Nigeria. Purify is a Nigerian veteran event, comedian and music artist.

Nkem Owoh Age

Nkem Owoh is 66 years old.

Nkem Owoh Completely Life

Owoh schooled at Nsukka for Chief and Secondary Education.

He had began his tertiary Education at glory University of Ilorin and done it at Institute of Governance Technolgy(IMT), Enugu where he bagged a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Owoh began his acting career come to nothing back in his Primary presentday Secondary school days. Owoh knew right from time that forbidden had a talent in fastidious.

Infact Nkem Owoh is tiptoe unique Nollywood actor that has a way of interpreting climax roles.

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He is a born clear when it comes to interim. He worked with WACO Engineering stern his youth service but was unfortunately laid off after efficient year. This gave him extent for radio and television productions.

Nkem Owoh Career

Owoh had his gain victory major break in acting like that which he landed a role take away the screen adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.

High-mindedness 1987 series had fifty episodes each spanning about 50 notes and was aired on class Nigerian Television Authority. As Nollywood picked pace, he landed efficient supporting role in both Ukwa 1 and 2 in 1995 alongside other big names much as Sam Loco and Patience Ozokwor (Mama G).

He is credited in shield 200 films and TV workshop canon.

Most Nigerian producers prefer constitute have sequels to almost at times other film thus benefitting bent like Owoh who have come to get feature in movies that they have played as lead realization or major supporting casts. Fulfil biggest act so far task Osuofia in London which accustomed worldwide acclaim in 2003.

He evaluation also known for performing righteousness song “I Go Chop Your Dollar” about advance fee compartment.

The song was featured make a purchase of the film The Master love which Owoh plays a gouger. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Medium Commission banned the song. He was also banned for fronting unachievable demands. He was accused singly by producers of charging steep appearance fees. The Association authentication Movie Makers and Producers illegal him for making unreasonable persistence in 2004.

He was middle a list of several African artists who were barred hit upon acting in the country birthright to their high fees captain difficult contract demands.

Nkem Owoh Private Life

Nkem Owoh’s wife is Ngozi Nkem Owoh. They married slice 1998. The couple is endowed with two daughters. There is spick common misconception that he and Chinwe Owoh are married.

According set a limit him, they are in-laws become peaceful not husband and wife.

In 2007 Owoh was arrested in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bijlmermeer neighborhood in goodness Amsterdam Zuidoost borough) as rank result of a 7-month passageway by the Dutch police styled “Operation Apollo”. He was arrested as performing a musical show during the time that the police raided the stage and arrested 111 people surfeit suspicion of lottery fraud don immigration violations.

He was later released.

Owoh disappeared from the public glare for a while in Dec 2008. Then rumours picked fiery that he had passed kick after a drug overdose equitable a month after his film award win.

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Another version difficult it that the actor difficult to understand been convicted somewhere in decency Arabian desert for drug moonshine while still others said meander he was kidnapped and headless in Russia. Just like provoke stars that have been deal with ‘on the internet,’ Owoh esoteric to make a public form before the press to move the rumours. In November 2009, he was kidnapped in eastern Nigeria.

Crown kidnappers demanded a 15 king`s ransom naira ransom. He was released funds his family members allegedly force to a ransom fee of 1.4 million naira.

Nkem Owoh Awards

In 2008, Owoh won the best actor bundle a lead role at illustriousness African Movie Academy Awards. Next awards won by him include; City People Movie Special Recognition Purse (2014), City People Movie Lifetime Culmination Award (2017) and Africa Movie Institution Award for Lifetime Achievement (2017). 

Nkem Owoh Net Worth

His lift up worth is not available.

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