Английская Википедия:Femi Adebayo

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Femi Adebayo Salami Шаблон:Pronunciation(born December 31, 1978) is a Nigerian film director, actor, lawyer, producer and special adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture, and Tourism. He is the son of actor Adebayo Salami.

Early life

Adebayo was born on 31 December 1978 in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. His father, who is actor Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), hails from Ilorin, Kwara State.

Education

Adebayo attended the C&S College, Ilorin, Kwara State. for his secondary school education. He then went to the University of Ilorin, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in law. He later earned a master's degree in law at the University of Ibadan.

Personal life

Adebayo married Omotayo Adebayo on October 9, 2016. Adebayo and his wife have one son. He also has three children from an earlier marriage.

Career

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Portrait of Femi Adebayo

Adebayo began acting in 1985, the same year he featured in his father's first movie titled Ogun Ajaye.

Adebayo has starred in over 500 Nigerian films, winning four awards as Best Yoruba Actor at the 17th African Film Awards popularly known as Afro Hollywood Awards at the Stratford Town Hall in London. He also won an award in the same category for the Best of Nollywood Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria Awards in 2012. Adebayo has a long list of movies to his credit, which includes the Sonto Alapata, Wura Ati Fadaka, Ma Wobadan and Buga, among others. He is the MD/CEO of J-15 Media Network Nigeria.

Adebayo signed a deal with a digital TV platform, StarTimes as her ambassador.

In 2022, Femi Adebayo was nominated for Best Actor in A Comedy (AMVCA)

In July 2022, he was named as the ambassador for Kubanah whisky along with some other Nollywood actors

Awards and honours

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref
2009	Africa Movie Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Apaadi	Шаблон:Nom
2015	City People Entertainment Awards	Best Movie Producer Of The Year (Yoruba)		Шаблон:Won
2017		Best Actor Of The Year (Yoruba)		Шаблон:Won
	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actor in a Lead role –Yoruba	Afaila Ojo	Шаблон:Won
2018	Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Indigenous Movie (Yoruba)	Etiko Onigedu	Шаблон:Won
	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actor in a Lead role –Yoruba		Шаблон:Won
2019		Best Kiss in a Movie	Diamond in the Sky	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Yoruba)	The Return of Kesari	Шаблон:Nom
2020			Lucifer	Шаблон:Won
2022	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards	Best Actor in A Comedy	Progressive Tailors Club	Шаблон:Nom
2023	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards	Best Actor In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series	King of Thieves (Agesinkole)	Шаблон:Nom
		Best Overall Movie		Шаблон:Nom

Filmography

• Owo Blow (1996)
• Apaadi (2009)
• Jelili (2011)
• Ayitale (2013)
• October 1 (2014)
• Shola Arikusa (2017)
• Heaven on My Mind (2018)
• The Ghost and the Tout (2018)
• The Island (2018)
• Mokalik (2019)
• Diamonds in the Sky (2019)
• Survival of Jelili (2019)
• Jumbled (2019)
• Mama Drama (2020)
• Unroyal (2020)
• Special Jollof (2020)
• The Miracle Centre (2020)
• Charge and Bail (2021)
• Progressive Tailors Club (2021)
• Love Castle (2021)
• King of Thieves (2022 film) (2022)
• Jagun Jagun (2023)
• Mikolo (2023)

See also

• List of Nigerian actors

External links

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• Шаблон:Twitter
• [2]

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