Daniel Lloyd (Nigerian actor)

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Daniel Lloyd
Born
Daniel Ineye Lloyd

Nationality Nigerian
Alma mater Enugu State University of Science and Technology
Occupations
  • actor
  • talent manager
Years active2006–present

Daniel Lloyd is a Nigerian actor and talent manager. [1] In 2016 Lloyd was nominated for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Lloyd is from the Ijaw tribe [4] in Bayelsa State. Lloyd was born in Lagos State. Lloyd graduated from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology with a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering. [4]

Career

Lloyd started his career by featuring in a television series soap opera titled Pradah. He played the role of a character called Patrick. [1]

Lloyd is one of the first Nigerian actors to feature in the Bollywood section in a movie titled J.U.D.E where he played the role of a character named Jude. [5]

Lloyd asides from being an actor used to be a talent manager and managed the Nigerian artist Timaya whom he met at the "straight to star" talent hunt show event in Port Harcourt in 2006 whilst Timaya was in the music category of the show, Lloyd was in the acting category of the show. [6]

Award and nomination

Personal life

Lloyd's father was an engineer who worked for Shell oil company in Nigeria and encouraged Lloyd to become an engineer as well and was upset with Lloyd for abandoning his engineering career for acting after obtaining a degree in civil engineering. [7]

In 2019, Daniel Loyd married a Nollywood actress Empress Njamah. [8]

Filmography

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  2. 1 2 ""Suru L'ere," "Tinsel," Adeniyi Johnson, Mide Martins among nominees". Pulse Nigeria. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
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