Bovi

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Bovi Ugboma
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Birth nameBovi Ugboma
Born (1979-09-25) 25 September 1979 (age 45)
Benin City, Nigeria
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • film
  • television
Alma mater Delta State University
Years active2007–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Spouse
Kris Asimonye Ugboma
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
Notable works and roles
  • Extended Family
  • The Bovi Ugboma Show
  • Bovi: Man on Fire

Bovi Ugboma is a Nigerian stand-up comedian, [1] [2] actor, [3] and writer. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Bovi: Man on Fire across the globe. [4]

Contents

Early life and education

Bovi Ugboma was born in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. He attended UNIBEN staff school for his primary education. In 1991, he was enrolled in Government College, Ughelli in Delta State. For disciplinary reasons and fear from his parents of his development as a youth, he was removed from boarding school and transferred to Edokpolor Grammar School in Benin City, where they lived. That move proved unproductive and he moved to his third secondary school, Boys Model Secondary School, Onicha Olona, an all boarding school. After completing his secondary education, he gained admission in 1998 to Delta State University where he studied Theatre Arts. [5]

Comedy career

2007

Bovi began his career in April 2007, [6] starring in the sitcom Extended Family, [7] which he also wrote and produced. [8] The show was popular and fans loved it. [9]

2008- 2011

Bovi was an emerging force in comedy shows and events throughout Nigeria. [10] he made his stand-up comedy debut in Nigeria's premiere comedy franchise, Night of a thousand laughs [11] organized by Opa Williams. By 2011, he was headlining the show across the country. [12]

2013 - 2014

His first stand-up special held at the Eko convention center. [13] He would go on to stage the sequel in 2014. Bovi: Man on Fire 2014 also featured international superstars Ja Rule and Ashanti. [14] Bovi took the one-man special to several cities in the United States, London, Melbourne, Kyiv, Brisbane, Sydney, Moscow and Toronto. [12]

2017

He went on a break for three years after the 2014 edition of the show, after the hiatus, the Man on Fire franchise returned to Lagos and it was the most successful yet. The fourth edition in Lagos held in April 2019 and Bovi said it is the last of the man on Fire franchise. [13] He says his next special will go by another title. Bovi began a series titled Back To School in 2018 which he uploads in his YouTube channel. Bovi has worked alongside other Nigerian comedians such as I Go Dye, I Go Save, Basketmouth, Buchi, Odogwu, Okey Bakassi, Julius Agwu and many others. [15]

2022

In July 2022, Bovi held his latest comedy special, Bovi- Naughty By Nature in Lagos [16] and it was sold out two days before the show. [17]

Movies

2015–2018

Bovi premiered his first movie It's Her Day on 9 September 2016. [18] [19] The movie grossed 55 million Naira in the Nigerian box office. [20] In 2016, he starred in the romantic comedy, 4-1-Love as the lead actor. [21]

In 2017, he was nominated for the AMVCA awards as the best actor in comedy; his third individual nomination since the inception of the AMVCA and the fourth from his works. The movie, though lacking in mainstream publicity, went on to have a decent run in the cinemas and grossed 55 million naira at the box office. [22]

2020

In 2020 he starred as a police officer in the remake of the Nollywood classic Nneka the Pretty Serpent. [23] [24]

2021

He also wrote, co-produced and starred in his second film, My Village People . [25] [26] The film went on went on to join the list of 17 Nigerian films to gross100 million naira in the local box office. [27]

Personal life

Bovi is married to Kris Asimonye Ugboma, and they have three children. [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]

in January 2022, his wife underwent surgery after an episode of ectopic pregnancy, which ruptured one of her fallopian tubes. [33] [34] [35]

The two celebrated their 13th anniversary on 19 September 2022, with Bovi praising his wife for taming him and carrying his children for 27 months altogether. [36] [37]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2021 Net Honours Most Popular ComedianWon [38]
2021AMVCABest Actor in a ComedyNominated [39]
2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Television SeriesNominated [40] [41]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleRoleRef
2004Indecent girlHotel manager
2004Standing aloneDoctor [42]
20164-1-LoveOsaze [43]
2016It’s Her DayVictor Smith [44]
2018International AffairsSegun
2020Nneka The Pretty SerpentInspector Dan [45]
2021My Village PeoplePrince [25]
2021Visa on ArrivalFrancis
2022The Perfect ArrangementChidi [46]
2023Raised ApartBamidele / Ejiro
TV sitcoms
YearTitleRef
2007–2008Extended family [47]
2009–2010The Bovi Ugboma Show [48]
Web series
YearTitleRef
2018–2022Back To School [49]
2019–2022Banana Republic [50]
2021–presentVisa On Arrival [51]

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