Funsho Adeolu (born 9 May 1968) is a

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actor, film director and film producer.

Early life

Adeolu was born on 9 May 1968 in

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, southwestern Nigeria. Funsho went to

Baptist Academy Lagos Baptist Academy is a Baptist secondary school located in Obanikoro, Lagos, Nigeria. The school is regarded as a sister school to Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls' Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos and Baptist Girls' Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos. It ...

. Adeolu featured in '' Heroes and Zeroes'', a 2012 Nigerian drama film. He is frequently incorrectly credited as appearing in '' Countdown at Kusini'', a film that featured his namesake, the late Oba Funsho Adeolu.

Personal life

Adeolu is married to Mrs. Victoria Adeolu and has two sons.

Partial filmograpy

* '' Heroes and Zeroes'' (2012) * ''The Antique'' (2014) as Enoma * ''The Tribunal'' (2017) * ''The Perfect Arrangement'' (2022) as Otunba Adeolu Kalejaiye * ''One Too Many'' (2022) as DSP Lekan * ''Slum King'' (2023)

Awards and nominations

References

Nigerian film directors Nigerian film producers Nigerian screenwriters Nigerian dramatists and playwrights 1968 births Living people Male actors from Ondo State 20th-century Nigerian male actors 21st-century Nigerian male actors Yoruba male actors Male actors in Yoruba cinema Nigerian male television actors Yoruba people {{Nigeria-film-director-stub

Early life

Personal life

Partial filmograpy

Awards and nominations

See also

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