Wale Ojo
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Wale Ojo was born in London, England on the 9th September.
He became a child star working mainly on drama series and television soaps with Africa's first television station, WNTV IBADAN. His acting career in the United Kingdom
began in 1986 where he played a very young OTHELLO in the east end of London. He has gone on to appear in most of the theaters in the United Kingdom.
He is popularly known for his comedy series MEET THE ADEBANJOS (2012-2014) which bagged him a nomination for BEST COMEDY ACTOR at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in 2018 and
and his first break away movie which gained him enormous popularity in Nigeria is the film PHONE SWAP for which he won the award for BEST ACTOR at the Nigeria Lite Entertainment Awards .
Film and television credits include:
A gambler in Guy Ritchie's first short film The Hard Case (1995). The film RAGE (1999) playing a bad ass gangster, Jonathan Bankole, the revolutionary activist in THE PHILANTROPIST (2009) with James Purefoy, President Chambal in Johnny English Reborn (2011) with Rowan Atkinson. Doctor Oyelowo in THE GUARD (2011) with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle, Kebone Legodimo, a crooked diamonds dealer in THE NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY with Gill Scott. Wale recently played a refugee doctor IN BLACK EARTH RISING (2015)directed by Hugo Blick and most recently the Professor Arren Sorn in Apple TV's new sci fi series THE FOUNDATION (2021)
Nigerian film CREDITS include SILENT MURDER, LOUD, RENDER TO CAESAR, HAPPY FATHERS DAY, ANOTHER FATHERS DAY, THIS LADY CALLED LIFE, THE CEO, KASANOVA, BLOOD HOUND, BLOOD SISTERS, SONGS OF UBONG, A PLACE CALLED FORWARD
Film and television credits include:
A gambler in Guy Ritchie's first short film The Hard Case (1995). The film RAGE (1999) playing a bad ass gangster, Jonathan Bankole, the revolutionary activist in THE PHILANTROPIST (2009) with James Purefoy, President Chambal in Johnny English Reborn (2011) with Rowan Atkinson. Doctor Oyelowo in THE GUARD (2011) with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle, Kebone Legodimo, a crooked diamonds dealer in THE NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY with Gill Scott. Wale recently played a refugee doctor IN BLACK EARTH RISING (2015)directed by Hugo Blick and most recently the Professor Arren Sorn in Apple TV's new sci fi series THE FOUNDATION (2021)
Nigerian film CREDITS include SILENT MURDER, LOUD, RENDER TO CAESAR, HAPPY FATHERS DAY, ANOTHER FATHERS DAY, THIS LADY CALLED LIFE, THE CEO, KASANOVA, BLOOD HOUND, BLOOD SISTERS, SONGS OF UBONG, A PLACE CALLED FORWARD
