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]
Ikeduba has appeared in Nollywood films, which are commonly produced in English, as well as in Yoruba language films, produced by the Yoruba film industry in Nigeria.[3][4]
Although a native of Delta State, Nigeria, Ikeduba was born and raised in Ebute Metta 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.
Education
Ikeduba obtained both primary and secondary school education in Lagos State. He is an economics graduate from the University of Benin.[5][6]
Career
In an interview with Vanguard, a Nigerian print publication, Ikeduba stated that he debuted in the Nigerian movie industry in 2000. He described his start as an actor as a coincidence, as he initially only wanted to accompany a friend to an acting audition. On reaching their destination. he decided to participate in the audition, was called back, and was given a movie role.
Ikeduba's ability to understand and communicate in all three major languages spoken in Nigeria has been pivotal to his career.[7] Ikeduba initially debuted in the English-language-only mainstream Nigerian movie industry, commonly known 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 typecast in the Nigerian movie industry as a "bad boy", which he attributes to his appearance. In almost all of the movies he has featured in, Ikeduba plays the antagonist, or as the Nigerian media puts it, the "bad boy".[11][12][3][13]
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