Nollywood Actors, Funsho Adeolu & Oga Bello Add A Year

Nollywood Actors, Funsho Adeolu & Oga Bello Add A Year

Popular Nollywood actor, Funsho Adeolu & veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello are a year older.

Funsho was born May 9, 1968. He is from Ikale in Ondo State (Nigeria).

He attended Ondo State University (now Adekunle Ajasin University), where he studied Guidance and Counselling. He started acting in 1987, with a group in Lagos, known as Money Desk.

Some of the movies, which he has featured in include Ale Ariwo (Night of Tribulation), Idoti Oju (Dirt in My Eye), Tomo Tiya (Mother and Child), Okun Ife Yi (This Cord of Love), Odaju Obinrin (Brazen Woman), Eyin Oka (Fangs of a Viper), Asiko Mi Leyi (It is My Time), and Etan (Deceit).

The veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello was born May 9, 1952 in Lagos. He holds a National Diploma in Purchasing and Supply from the Kwata State Polytechnic, Ilorin. He began his professional acting career in 1964 with a group led by the late Ojo Ladipo.

Over the course of his career, he has risen to become a frontline actor. He has trained several generations of actors, and has acted in many films and stage productions.

Some of his movie credits include, Owo Blow, Back to Africa, Àsírí Owó (The Secret of Money), and Igberaga (Pride).

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