Olu Jacobs
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Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, 
Listen (bɛ dɔɣi o la Anashaara goli July biɛɣu pia ni yini dali yuuni 1942), ka bɛ booni o Olu Jacobs, ka o nyɛ Nigeria kpɛrikpɛrita.[1] O ni pili kpɛrigu o nyɛla ŋun yina British telivisa ni tiŋ'duya filimnima ni.[2] Vanguard buɣisi o mi "Nollywood ba", n-ti pahi Pete Edochie.[3][4][5] O deei la baŋsim The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, England, Olu Jacobs mini Britain tiyaatanima pam tum ya ka o yina tiŋ'duya shiniinima pam ni.
Yuuni 2007, Jacobs daa di la Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[6][7][8][9] O daa deei la "Industry Merit Award for outstanding achievements in acting" yuuni 2013 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards mini MAA Lifetime Achievement Award yuuni 2016.
Ninsalisili taarihi
mali niŋBan daa dɔɣi Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs daa yimina Egba Alake. O zooi la Kano[10] ka chaŋ shikuru Holy Trinity School ka daa be nangbankpeeni ŋmebu ni kperigu laɣingu ni.[11] O suhu ni yɛn kpe kpɛrigu ni o daa chaŋla Chief Hubert Ogunde yuuni di ka nyu ni Colonial Hotel din be Kano.[10] Din nyaaŋa, o daa nya gorim gbaŋ chaŋ England n-ti bɔhim kperigu.[12]
Accolades
mali niŋOlu Jacobs daa di pini din nyɛ "Industry Merit Award for outstanding achievements in acting" yuuni 2013 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards ni.[13]
Anashaara goli August yuuni 2022, Audio-Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS) daa ti o mini o paɣa pini ni shɛhira gbaŋ [14][15]
Stage (selected)
mali niŋ| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Murderous Angels: A Political Tragedy and Comedy in Black and White (play) | Written by Conor Cruise O'Brien and performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1971 | |
| 1972 | Richard's Cork Leg | Royal Court Theatre, London | |
| 1974 | Black Mans Country | Father Zachary Azuka | Gate Theatre |
| 1977 | Julius Caesar | One of the augerers | Royal National Theater 1977 presentation directed by John Schlesinger |
| 1976 | Bar Beach Prelude and Transistor Radio | Two shorts play adapted from the works of Bode Sowande and Ken Saro Wiwa | |
| 1976 | A Kind of Marriage | Obi | Centre Play |
| 1977 | Old Movies | Chris Hunter (gendarmes) | National Theatre presentation |
| 1978 | Night and Day | President Mageeba | Phoenix Theatre (London) |
Filmography
mali niŋ
Film
mali niŋ| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ashanti | Commissioner Batak | [16] |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War | Customs Officer | [17] |
| 1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | Col. Nsogbu | [18] |
| 1986 | Pirates | Boomako | [19] |
| 2010 | Bent Arrows | Mr. Johnson | |
| 2011 | Sacred Lies | Theodore | |
| 2011 | White Chapel | chief Tonye | |
| 2012 | Adesuwa | Ezomo | |
| 2013 | Potomanto | Bankole | [20] |
| 2014 | The Antique | Oba Ekpen | |
| 2014 | Bloody Ring | Osuma | |
| 2015 | Oloibiri | Timipre | [21] |
| 2015 | Dry | Speaker | [22] |
| 2015 | One Fine Day | ||
| 2017 | The Royal Hibiscus Hotel | Richard | [23] |
| 2017 | Victims | Baba Deolu | [24] |
| 2017 | The Royal Hibiscus Hotel | Richard |
Television
mali niŋ| Year | Programme | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Goodies | Season 2, Episode 4 – "Lost Tribe of the Orinoco" | |
| 1974 | Till Death Us Do Part | Television repair man | Season 5, Episode 3 – "Strikes and Blackouts" |
| 1975 | Barlow at Large | Motamba | Season 4, Episode 8 – "Protection" |
| 1975 | The Venturers | Mbela | Season 1, Episode 10 – "Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts" |
| 1976 | Angels | Musa Ladipo | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | 1990 | Alan Msawi | Season 2, Episode 2 – "The Market Price" |
| 1975 | The Tomorrow People | General Papa Minn | Season 6, Episode 5 & 6 – "The Thargon Menace: Part 1 & 2" |
| 1979 | The Professionals | Sylvester | Season 3, Episode 5 – "The Madness of Mickey Hamilton" |
| 1982 | Squadron | President Gadin | Season 1, Episode 10 – "Cyclone" |
| 1983 | The Witches and the Grinnygog | Mr Alabaster | Episodes 1–4, 6 |
| 1983 | Rumpole of the Bailey | David Mazenze | Season 3, Episode 2 – "Rumpole and the Golden Thread" |
| 1984 | Play for Today | David Mazenze | Season 14, Episode 16 – "The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle" |
| 1990 | The Third Eye | Inspector Best Idafa | Lead role (1990–1993) |
Kundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ July: Of Exuberance and Melancholy (en-US) (2021-07-31).
- ↑ Filmography of Olu Jacobs. The British Film Institute.
- ↑ Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs: The living 'godfathers' of Nollywood (4 March 2019).
- ↑ Olu Jacobs: Patriarch of the movie world (en-US) (2022-01-11).
- ↑ I disobeyed my dad to become an actor - Olu Jacobs (en-GB) (2009-11-20).
- ↑ Ogbu, Rachel. A Race for Stars Only. Newswatch.
- ↑ Nominees & Winners of AMAA 2007 @ a glance. The Africa Movie Academy Awards.
- ↑ Coker, Onikepo (4 May 2007). "Africa Celebrates Film Industry at AMAA 2007". Mshale Newspaper (Minneapolis, USA: Mshale Communications). http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1407.
- ↑ AMAA Nominees and Winners 2007. Africa Movie Academy Awards.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Otagbo, Olasumbo (18 October 2014). "How Hubert Ogunde inspired me to become an actor -Olu Jacobs". The Nation (Lagos). http://thenationonlineng.net/how-hubert-ogunde-inspired-me-to-become-an-actor-olu-jacobs/.
- ↑ "My Happiest Moment In Acting – Olu Jacobs", Naijarules.com.
- ↑ Ugochukwu, Françoise (2022-01-20). Olu Jacobs: Nollywood’s elder statesman has always acted for his country (en-US).
- ↑ Olu Jacobs honoured at AMVCA awards as Genevieve, Funke Akindele lose out. Vanguard Newspaper (10 March 2013).
- ↑ From audio-visual rights society, garlands for legendary Olu Jacobs.
- ↑ AVRS honours Olu Jacobs & Ajoke Silva with membership certificates (August 4, 2022).
- ↑ Fleischer, Richard (21 February 1979), Ashanti (Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller), Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Beverly Films, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., archived from the original on 22 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Irvin, John (18 December 1980), The Dogs of War (Action, Adventure, Drama), Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Juniper Films, archived from the original on 9 May 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Norton, Bill (22 March 1985), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (Family, Adventure, Sci-Fi), William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes, Silver Screen Partners II, Touchstone Pictures, archived from the original on 22 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Polanski, Roman (8 May 1986), Pirates (Adventure, Comedy, Family), Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas, Olu Jacobs, Carthago Films S.a.r.l., Accent Films, Cominco, archived from the original on 23 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Sparrow Productions bounces back with 'Four Big Things' - MyJoyOnline.com (en-US).
- ↑ Graham, Curtis (21 October 2016), Oloibiri (Action, Drama, Thriller), Reeko Brooks, Michael Douglas Cake, Diana Colmar-Espinosa, Payton Dunham, archived from the original on 22 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Linus, Stephanie (14 August 2015), Dry (Drama), Ferdinand Afo, Rekiya Attah, Samuel Beavis, Liz Benson-Ameye, Next Page Productions, archived from the original on 22 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Bako, Ishaya (10 February 2018), The Royal Hibiscus Hotel (Comedy, Romance), Zainab Balogun, Kenneth Okolie, Jide Kosoko, Rachel Oniga, EbonyLife Films, archived from the original on 22 April 2023, retrieved 3 February 2021
- ↑ Imasuen, Lancelot Oduwa, Victims (Drama), Funso Adeolu, Aladesanmi Adeyemi, Mercy Aigbe, MAG Production, retrieved 18 June 2024