John Charles Njie (
Arabic
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: جون تشارلز نجي), is a
Gambian actor
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.
Career
In 2011, he made debut cinema acting with the film ''The Mirror Boy''. The film was released through
Netflix
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. In 2013, he was nominated to the Best Actor for the
Nollywood
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and Africa People's Choice Awards at
Africa Movie Academy Awards
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for the film ''Hand of fate''.
Filmography
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Gambian male actors