Benjamin Onyango

Benjamin Onyango
Born	Benjamin Alfred Onyango Ochieng (1960-05-18) May 18, 1960 (age 65) Nairobi, Kenya
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1999–present

Benjamin Alfred Onyango Ochieng, is a Kenyan born-American actor, particularly active in Hollywood film industry. He is best known for the roles in the films Tears of the Sun , God's Not Dead and Beautifully Broken . ^[1]

Personal life

He was born in Ofafa Jericho Estate in Eastlands, Nairobi, Kenya, as the second child in a family of seven brothers. ^[2] His father was Christopher Ochieng and mother was Eudiah Achieng Ochieng. Benjamin started his primary education in Ofafa Jericho Primary School then Ofafa Jericho Secondary School. When Benjamin turned 18, he was hired by his dad at British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd (BAT) and later he was moved to a clerk position in the Wages Department where he worked for 4 years. Then he was transferred to computer department and worked for two years. ^[3]

He later joined United States International University (USIU) to study Management Information Systems (MIT). For further studies, Benjamin moved to the USIU, San Diego in the USA. ^[4] From there, he was transferred to California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, California. Then in 1992, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. ^{[3] [5]}

Career

After graduation, he relocated to Hollywood, California, where he further studied music and acting. He worked with Funk Rock band 'P.F.O.' for few years later decided to be a professional actor. With this thought, he started to appear in many feature films and popular American television serials such as General Hospital , The Shield and The X-files in 1999. ^[3] Meanwhile, he starred in The God’s Not Dead Trilogy franchise as well as Tears of the Sun , Heavenly Deposit, Beautifully Broken , Father Africa, The Boy, Road to Redemption, Default, Kwame, Chains, Thunder Chance, The Disciple, American Crude and The Terminal. ^[4]

He also became a voice actor and rendered his voice to the films and television serials including; Last Face , Furious 7 , Constantine, Night At the Museum I & III, Machine Gun Preacher , Inception , The Day the Earth Stood Still , Primeval , League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , The Path to 911 , Mighty Joe Young and E-ring. ^{[4] [3]}

Apart from acting, he is also a writer with popular writing credits include: The Wives (TV series); Dysfunctionally Organized (Web Series); Mind Tricks and Curse of Devil’s Mountain (Shorts), Cheza and Original Man (Films). ^{[4] [3]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
1999	The X-Files	Second African Man	TV series
2003	Tears of the Sun	Colonel Emanuel Okeze	Film
2004	The Terminal	African Man with Wife and Child	Film
2005	The Shield	Store Clerk	TV series
2006	General Hospital	Father	TV series
2007	The Anatolian	Security Officer	Film
2008	The Disciple	Doctor	Film
2008	American Crude	Toomy	Film
2008	Kwame	Kwame Opoku	Short film
2009	Chains	Buhle	Short film
2009	Resident Evil 5	Majini	Video game
2010	Thunder Chance	General	Short film
2010	Mind Tricks	Joe Manning	Short film
2011	Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D	Majini	Film
2011	Curse of Devil's Mountain	Mr. Dean	Short film
2011	Bosco's Guitar	Radio Announcer & Male Attackers (voice)	Short film
2012	Chapter One	Mao Aka Bendrix	Short film
2013	MISSInformed	Father	Short film
2013	Trusts and Estates	Waiter	Documentary short
2014	God's Not Dead	Reverend Jude	Film
2014	Default	Edward	Film
2014	Hollywood Street	Salem	Film
2015	The Boy	The Healer	Short film
2015	The Other Tribes	Onyango	Film
2015	The Black Pot	Guest	TV series
2016	Madame Esmeralda and the Audition	Benvolio	Film
2016	God's Not Dead 2	Reverend Jude	Film
2016	Dysfunctionally Organized	Street Preacher	TV series
2016	Road to Redemption	Tribal Councilman 2	Film
2017	Oscar	Samuel Braxton	Film
2017	Father Africa	Dr. Haki	Film
2018	God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness	Reverend Jude	Film
2018	Beautifully Broken	William Mwizerwa	Film
2018	A Minor Variation	Figs	Short film
2019	Godforsaken	Ezekiel	Film
2019	Freshman Year	Chukwumah	Film
2019	Heavenly Deposit	Nigel	Film
2019	The Wives	Otieno	TV series
2021	God's Not Dead: We the People	Reverend Jude	Film	[6]
2023	Where The River Divides	Baba Dennis	Film
TBD	My Friend	James Ellis	Film

See also

• List of Black Sails characters

References

1. "BENJAMIN A. ONYANGO: ACTOR". MUBI. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
2. "Kenyan Hollywood actor Benjamin Onyango in town". Nation Media Group. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
3. "Benjamin "Benji" Onyango: One on One with God's Not Dead Star". Medium. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
4. "Benjamin Onyango". Boxed The Film. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
5. Leo, Nairobi. "Benjamin Onyango: Raised in Ofafa Jericho but Making Boss Moves in Hollywood". Nairobi Leo. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
6. Harper, Jennifer (2021-08-12). "Inspirational film explores challenges of homeschooling, the battle for 'our children's intellect'". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

External links

• Benjamin Onyango at IMDb