Tope Tedela
Born
Temitope Christopher Tedela

(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990
Lagos, Nigeria
EducationUniversity of Lagos
Occupations
  • Producer
  • Actor
Years active2006–present
Known forKing Invincible, Twisted, Torn, Awakening, Cyanide, Birthday Bash, Leeway, Apostates, Out of Luck
Awards

Temitope Christopher Tedela Listen (born 5 June 1990) is a Nigerian actor and producer.[1][2] He has received several awards for his work including Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award, Nigeria Entertainment Award, Best of Nollywood Award and Nollywood Movies Award.[3]

Tedela's work has been screened at international film festivals including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival. His body of work includes Blood Sisters (2022), Country Hard (2021), The Lost Okoroshi (2019), What Lies Within (2017), Slow Country (2017), Ojukokoro (2017), Suru L'ere (2016), A Soldier's Story (2015) and A Mile from Home which earned him several awards.

Early life and education

Temitope Christopher Tedela, the first of four children, was born in Lagos, Nigeria on 5 June 1990.[4] He is of descent from Ekiti State.[5] He attended Lagos State Model College, Meiran, Lagos for his secondary education and earned a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos.[6]

Career

While studying at the University of Lagos, Tedela was cast in his screen debut as Julian in the family TV Series Edge of Paradise.[7] He stopped acting for a while to concentrate on his studies; while in school and shortly after graduation, Tedela worked as an on-air personality at UNILAG FM.[8] He made a return to star as Lala in his first leading role in the feature film A Mile from Home.[9] At one time, Tedela was a news anchor at the NTA. He acted in several notable stage performances.[10][11]

He came into prominence after playing the lead role in the 2013 award-winning action-drama film, A Mile from Home.[12]

In 2015, Tope Tedela starred in A Soldier's Story and Out of Luck. Tedela's role as metrosexual Kyle Stevens-Adedoyin in the 2016 comedy film Suru L'ere earned him many rave reviews.[13][14]

Tedela starred in these well-received films in 2017——the epic King Invincible, the comedy-crime/heist film Ojukokoro and the action-drama Slow Country.[15] He made his producing debut with the drama thriller film What Lies Within.[16]

In 2018, Tedela appeared in the crime film, Knock Out Blessing.

In 2019, he starred as researcher Dr Dauda in The Lost Okoroshi which had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and received mostly positive reviews.[17] He also began work on his one-man play Whumanizer.[18] Tedela also starred in the gripping drama film, The Ghost and the House of Truth.[19]

In 2020, Tedela was cast in Netflix's first Nigerian original series helmed by award-winning director Akin Omotoso.[20]

In 2022, he portrayed Dr Adeboye/The Good Doctor in the Netflix original series Blood Sisters.

Other work

In 2016, Tedela was named an ambassador by Global Rights, an international human rights organization to start a campaign to end sexual violence in the country.[21]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2014 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards Most Promising Actor A Mile from Home Nominated
2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards Best Actor In A Drama Won
2014 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role (English)[22] Won
Revelation of the Year (Male) Nominated
2014 Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards Most Promising Actor Won
Best On-Screen Duo Nominated
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Actor in a Lead Role Won
2014 Nollywood Movies Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role (English) Nominated
Best Rising Star (Male) Won
2014 Express Star Awards[23] Rising Star Himself Won
2016 City People Entertainment Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Suru L'ere Nominated
Nigeria Entertainment Awards Best Actor in Supporting Role Nominated
2017 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Slow Country Nominated
2020 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Supporting Actor –English Country Hard Nominated
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Actor In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series[24][25] All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White Nominated

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2003 King Invincible
2007 Twisted Sola
2013 Awakening
2013 Torn Young Olumide
2013 A Mile from Home Lala/Jude Odaro
2013 Cyanide Emeka Short Film
2014 Another Day to Die Young Comrade TV film
2014 Birthday Bash Scoda
2014 Leeway Chuks Short Film
2015 Lunch Time Heroes Deji with Omoni Oboli & Dakore Akande
2015 Apostates Osas
2015 A Soldier's Story Major Egan
2015 Out of Luck Dayo
2016 Suru L'ere Kyle Stevens Adedoyin with Rita Dominic
Ojukokoro (Greed) Sunday [26][27]
2017 King Invincible Taari with Gabriel Afolayan
Slow Country Osas with Majid Michel
What Lies Within Gboyega also Producer [28]
2018 Knock Out Blessing Yomi
2019 The Lost Okoroshi Dr Dauda
The Ghost and the House of Truth Barrister Tokunbo
2021 The Therapist with Rita Dominic and Toyin Abraham
2021 Country Hard
2023 All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White Bambino [29]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Edge of Paradise Julian
2008 My Mum & I June
Super Story (Omojuwa) Tesiro
2012 Burning Point
Tweeters Kunle
2013 Super Story (The Secret) Tai
2014 Oasis [30] Oreva
2015 The Team (TV series) Efe
2016 Jamestown Lucky
2017 Jemeji Obi Chief
2019 Powder Dry Arthur
Underbelly Nonso
2022 Blood Sisters Dr Adeboye/The Good Doctor A Netflix Original

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Man Talk, Woman Talk Emeka
2014 Diagnosis Emeka
The Agency Fawaz
2019 The Mistress of Wholesome Nengak Josiah
The Wives Lawyer
Whumanizer Tunde Bridges

References

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  12. Abodunrin, Akintayo. "South African, Ghanaian Films Set To Shine At AMAA 2014". Nigerian Tribune.
  13. "Movie Review: 'Suru L'ere' – A Story Left Untold! – Online Entertainment and Lifestyle Magazine in Nigeria". Online Entertainment and Lifestyle Magazine in Nigeria. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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  15. "Majid Michel, Ivie Okujaye Egboh, Tope Tedela & More star in Eric Aghimien's "Slow Country" | Watch the Trailer on BN TV – BellaNaija". www.bellanaija.com. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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  17. "'The Lost Okoroshi': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 September 2019.
  18. "Tope Tedela's "Whumanizer" for Lagos Theater Festival 2020 - Toni Kan". 16 February 2020.
  19. "The quiet, devastating power of Akin Omotoso's the Ghost and the House of Truth » YNaija". 8 December 2019.
  20. "Netflix Orders First Nigerian Original from Director Akin Omotoso". 27 February 2020.
  21. "Ego Boyo, Aramide, Tope Tedela, Bose Oshin and More Celebrities Team up with Global Rights to End Sexual Violence". 17 September 2016.
  22. Izuzu, Chidumga (17 October 2014). "BON Awards 2014: Tope Tedela, Ivie Okujaye, 'Silence' Win Big". pulse.ng. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  23. Dede, Steve (7 July 2014). "Express Star Awards excites Tope Tedela as he picks Nollywood's Rising Star Trophy on July 27". showbizplusng.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  24. "Full List: Here are all our AMVCA 9 Nominees". AMVCA - Full List: Here are all our AMVCA 9 Nominees. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  25. "Tobi Bakre clinches Best Actor at AMVCA 2023 for 'Brotherhood'". Vanguard News. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  26. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: OJUKOKORO (GREED) TRAILER MARCH 17TH!. YouTube.
  27. "Tope Tedela, Seun Ajayi, Beverly Naya attend "Ojukokoro" premiere". 10 March 2017.
  28. "Actor produces 1st movie "What Lies Within"". 25 May 2016.
  29. Ikeade (19 January 2023). "'All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White' By Debut Feature Director Babatunde Apalowo Heads to Berlinale 2023". What Kept Me Up. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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