Kelvin Ngozi Ikeduba[1] (born 21 August, 1976) is a Nigerian actor who won the award for Best Cross Over Actor at the 2014 Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA).[2]
Kelvin is predominantly known for his diversity in the Nigerian movie industry. He has appeared in Nollywood films, which commonly use English in their productions, as well as Yoruba films, which are produced by the Yoruba film industry in Nigeria and use only the Yoruba language..[3][4]
Although a native of Delta State, Nigeria, Ikeduba was born in Ebute-Meta in Lagos State. He is from a family of six—four children, two males, two females, a mother, and a father—of which he is the first-born child. Ikeduba was raised on Olokodana Street in Ebute-Metta in Lagos State until adulthood.
Education
Ikeduba obtained both primary and secondary school education in Lagos State. He is an economics graduate from University of Benin.[5][6]
Career
In an interview with Vanguard, a Nigerian print media press, Ikeduba stated that he debuted in the Nigerian movie industry in the year 2000. He described his venture into the Nigerian movie industry as a coincidence as he initially only wanted to accompany a friend to an audition for actors. On reaching their destination he decided to participate in the audition and was successful as he was called back and given a movie role.
Ikeduba's ability to understand and communicate in all three major languages in Nigeria has been pivotal to his career, a fact he has acknowledged and spoken about.[7] Ikeduba initially debuted in the English language-only conventional and mainstream Nigerian movie industry known commonly as Nollywood, but eventually crossed over to the Yoruba movie industry.[8][9][10] This change came about with the help of Femi Ogedengbe, who introduced him to Saheed Balogun, who gave him a movie role in a Yoruba movie titled Omo Alhaja.[5]
Ikeduba has been stereotyped in the Nigerian movie industry as a "Bad Boy" which he attributed to his appearance. Hence in almost all the movies he has featured in, Ikeduba is always the antagonist, or as the Nigerian media puts it "The Bad Boy".[11][12][3][13]
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