Biography

Rich Tanksley is an American businesses man who lived and worked in Lagos, Nigeria from 2014-2022. He is know for building the media giant Pulse.africa and Bature Brewery. He made his acting debut as Josef on the Nollywood TV series Husbands of Lagos, now in its 4th season and running in more than 30 countries in two languages on Canal+ (Francophone Africa and France), DSTV (Anglophone Africa), SKY Network in the UK and streaming at IrokoTV.

Rich has been in 8 movies in Nollywood and has appeared on 5 TV shows. He often plays a Western business man or diplomat.

Rich lived in Guadalajara, Mexico and made his acting debut there in the film Tu Y Yo produced by Alex Briseño and directed by Néstor Orozco. He also appeared in El Circulo de Los Metirosos by Nancy Cruz and an episode of the TV show Serpients y Escalarias by Manolo Caro.

Rich now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rich's primary profession is building businesses. He got into acting through his friendship with Jason Njoku, the founder of IrokoTV.
- IMDb mini biography by: Self

Rich studied Muay Thai kickboxing for 15 years and is now studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He runs 5km before breakfast 4 days a week.