Keppy Ekpenyong Edet Bassey-Inyang is a Nigerian actor who received a commendation award from the

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in 2018 for his contributions to

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Early life and education

Ekpenyong born on 21 March in Military Hospital, Yaba,

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hails from

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, a south-south geographical region of Nigeria that is predominantly occupied by minority tribes in

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. Ekpenyong received all his education from primary level to tertiary level in Nigeria. He attended Corona Schools Crèche, Ikoyi and Corona School Victoria Island to obtain primary education. He attended Government College Ojo secondary school where he obtained his West African Senior School Certificate. Ekpenyong attended the

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In Cross River State and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics and in 1982 obtained a Masters's Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the

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Career

Ekpenyong began acquiring his acting skills during his NYSC service with the NTA. He functioned In the Programmes Department and worked as an intern under the supervision of Nigerian ace director;

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. In 1987 and 1988 he was trained and involved in Drama, Script-Writing, Voice- Over, Producing, and Presenting. After his NYSC program he was featured in the soap opera ''Ripples'' where he played airline pilot Hassan Suleman. When the Nigerian movie industry began to blossom he switched from soap opera to home videos. In 1993, he co-produced a movie titled ''Unforgiven Sin'.'' In 2018, the 10th

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edition award show was hosted by Ekpenyong and Nigerian female comedian Helen Paul.

Awards

*Ekpenyong won ''City People Movie Lifetime Achievement Award'' at the

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. *''Commendation Award (2018)'' by

Personal life

Ekpenyong is married and has two children.

Selected filmography

* ''Glamour Girls'' ''(1994)'' *Magic Money (1998) as Collins *''Black Mamba (2002)'' *''Princess Buttem (2003)'' *''Turn Table (2004)'' *''Schemers: Bad Babes (2004) as Gbenga'' *''Little Angel (2004)'' *''Dark Secret (2004)'' *''Too Much Money (2005)'' *''The Barons (2005)'' *''Emotional Hazard (2005) as The Star'' *''Anini (2005)'' *''Total Control (2006)'' *''Lady of Faith (2006)'' *''The Accursed (2007)'' *''On Bended Knees (2007)'' *''Life Bullet (2007)'' *''Double Game (2007)'' *''Changing Faces (2008) as Bade Cole'' *''Smoke & Mirrors (2008) as Akin'' *'' Inale (2010) as Prince Agaba'' *''Conversations at Dinner (2013) as Uncle Buchi'' * ''...When Love Happens'' ''(2014)'' as Tunde Bankole-Smith *''St. Mary (2014) as Don Daddy'' *'' 93 Days (2016) as Patrick Oliver Sawyer'' *'' Hire A Man (2017) as Mr. Lawson'' *'' Nneka the Pretty Serpent'' (2020) as Tega Oghenekaro *'' Blood Sisters (2022) as Ifeanyi'' *'' Ije Awele (2022) as Obinna Okpara'' *Teni's Big Day (2023) as Mr. Lawson *The House of Secrets (2023) as General Sanni *''

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'' (2024) *The Weekend (2024)

TV series

*''Dere (TV Series, 2017)'' *'' King of Boys: The Return of the King'' (2021) as President Mumusa

References

External links

IMDb Page of Keppy-Ekpenyong
Living people 21st-century Nigerian male actors Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian male television actors Actors from Lagos State University of Lagos alumni Nigerian male film actors Actors from Akwa Ibom State People from Akwa Ibom State University of Calabar alumni Nigerian television presenters Nigerian film producers Nigerian screenwriters {{Nigeria-actor-stub