Femi Jacobs

Nigerian actor
Femi Jacobs
Born
Oluwafemisola Jacobs

8 May
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
Educationmass communication, Lagos State University
Alma materLagos State University
Notable workThe Meeting
TelevisionTinsel

Femi Jacobs// ⓘ[1] (born Oluwafemisola Jacobs// ⓘ; 8 May)[2] is a Nigerian actor, speaker and singer. He came into prominence for playing Makinde Esho in the film The Meeting, which also stars Rita Dominic and Jide Kosoko.[3] For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[4] He also won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA).[5]

Biography

Femi attended Fakunle Comprehensive high school, Osogbo in Osun State of Nigeria. Jacobs studied mass communication at Lagos State University.[6]

Accolades

For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[4] He also received nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Film at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, for Favourite Male African International Emerging Screen Talent at the 2014 Screen Nation Awards,[7] and for Best Supporting Actor of the Year at the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards.[8] He won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA)[5] and Best Supporting Actor (English) at the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards (BON).[9]

Filmography

Television

  • Tinsel (as Eddie Edoma)
  • Tango (2008)
  • Middlemen (2014)
  • This Thing Called Marriage (2015)
  • Binary Unit (2015)
  • Unmarried (2019 -)

Films

  • The Meeting (2012)
  • Choices (2006)
  • Tunnel
  • Paired
  • Dreamwalker (2012)
  • Journey to Self (2013)
  • Render to Caesar (2014)
  • Heaven's Hell (2015)
  • The Black Sihouette (2015)[10]
  • The Guest (2015)[11]
  • The Visit (2015)[12]
  • Iquo's Journal (2015)
  • Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo (2015)
  • Just Married (2015)
  • Heart of a Sister (2015)
  • All Shades of Wrong
  • Looking For Baami[13]
  • Eagle Wings
  • Introducing the Kujus
  • The New Normal (2020 film)

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Film Result Ref
2020 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actor in a Lead role – English Colours of Deceit Nominated [14]
2021 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Supporting Actor –English Eagle Wings Nominated [15]
2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Actor in A Drama Introducing the Kujus Nominated [16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Femi Jacobs talks Musical start to Acting". africamagic.dstv.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Femi Jacobs mini Biography". afrinolly.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Acting is an effective medium to preach Morals". dailyindependentnig.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b Charles Mgbolu (18 March 2013). "The Meeting by Rita Dominic gets six nominations at AMAA 2013". Vanguard News. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "AMVCA winners announced". DStv. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ "I am still a Singer – Femi Jacobs". punchng.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. ^ "List of Nominees: Screen Nation Awards 2014 | Nollywood by Mindspace". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Loading". votsonline.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  9. ^ Justin (17 October 2014). "Best of Nollywood Award winners -". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Black Silhouette gets cinema release date" Archived 14 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Nollysilverscreen.com.
  11. ^ "'The Guest' Watch Rita Dominic, Femi Jacobs, Somkele Idahlamah in trailer [Video]". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  12. ^ "'Femi Jacobs feature on first Four-Man cast movie in Nigeria". YeYePikin Movie Blog. Precious. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  13. ^ nollywoodreinvented (4 January 2020). "Looking For Baami". Nollywood Reinvented. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Behold hot steppers and winners at BON awards 2020". Vanguard News. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  15. ^ "BON Awards 2021: 'Rattlesnake', 'The Milkmaid' win big". 14 December 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  16. ^ "2022 Africa Magic Awards Nominees don land- See who dey list". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • Femi Jacobs at IMDb