Английская Википедия:Daniel Etim Effiong

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Daniel Etim Effiong, also Daniel Etim-Effiong is a Nigerian Nollywood actor and film director.

Life and education

He was born in Jaji, Kaduna State, Nigeria and had lived in Benin City, Edo State; Lagos State and Abuja. His dad was in the Nigerian Army. His father, former Lt. Col. Moses Effiong was granted official presidential pardon by the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari alongside five others sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986 after the allegedly failed Vatsa Coup during the Ibrahim Babangida regime on charges of treason concealment against the regime and released in 1993 but without official proclamation and restoration of ranks and entitlements.

In his formative years, he attended St. Mary's Private School, Lagos Island, Lagos and afterwards advanced for his secondary education at Government College, Ikorodu, Lagos. He thereafter proceeded to the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he studied and obtained a first degree in chemical engineering. After a brief working period in the oil and gas industry as an engineer, he decided to switch careers and proceeded to study filmmaking, writing and directing at AFDA Film School in South Africa and later undertook a course at the University of Johannesburg in filmmaking.

Career

After quitting his oil and gas job, he became a content producer for NdaniTV.

In 2017, he directed a five-minute-long short film titled, "Prey", which was produced by his newly wedded wife, Toyosi, featuring Tope Tedela and Odenike Odetola.

He was featured in 2019 by Bland2Glam in her #thePowerof7 campaign to celebrate her seven years in the fashion industry.

He featured alongside Kenyan actresses Sarah Hassan and Catherine Kamau Karanja in the 2019 comedy movie, Plan B where he played Dele Coker, a Nigerian CEO of a Nairobi-based company, . The movie got him a nomination in the Best Actor in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series) category at the 7th AMVCA awards 2020.

He starred in a number of 2020 movies. He played a lead role in the movie, "Fish Bone", produced by Editi Effiong also starring Shaffy Bello and Moshood Fattah. He was featured alongside Ike Onyema and Atteh 'SirDee' Daniel in the short film, "Storm", produced by Diane Russet and directed by Michael 'AMA Psalmist' Akinrogunde. Still in 2020, he directed a documentary titled, "Skin", produced by Beverly Naya. It was slated to be shown on NETFLIX.

Filmography

TV shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2019	Castle and Castle	Mike Amenechi
2018-	The Men’s Club	Lanre
2013	Gidi Up	Folarin
2021	Castle & Castle	Mike Amenechi
2022	Blood Sisters

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2023	Mikolo	Maleek (father)
2022	Kofa	Wale	Earned AFRIFF award and AMVCA nomination
2021	Still Falling	Captain Lagi	Alongside Sharon Ooja
2020	Skin	Director	Documentary Featuring Eku Edewor and Beverly Naya
2020	Storm	Storm	Short film alongside Diane Russet
2020	Fish Bone	Inspector	Shortfilm alongside Shafy Bello and Moshood Fattah
2019	Òlòtūré	Tony
2019	Makate Must Sell
2019	Plan B	Dele Coker	Lead role
2018	New Money	Ganiyu Osamede
2017	Prey	Director	Short skit

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref
2022	Africa International Film Festival	Best Actor In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series	Kofa	Шаблон:Won
2023	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards	Best Actor In A Comedy Drama, Movie Or TV Series		Шаблон:Nom

Personal life

Effiong has been married to Toyosi Etim-Effiong since November 4, 2017. They first met in August 2016 while processing a project. The couple welcomed their first child, a baby girl, in January 2019.

External links

• Daniel Etim Effiong on IMDb
• Шаблон:Twitter