Olisa Odele | |
|---|---|
| Education | Guildford School of Acting (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Television | Big Boys |
Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004-2005).
He early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens . He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin . In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough . [1] [2]
He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys , with his performance described as "regally characteristic". [3] [4]
He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video. [5] He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024. [6] [7]
In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One. [8]
He is from London and has Nigerian heritage. [9] He trained at the BRIT School and Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2017. [10] [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2005 | My Parents are Aliens | C.J. | 40 episodes |
| 2016-2017 | Chewing Gum | Ola | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Sick of It | Olly | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Scarborough | PC Merrick | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Down from London | Robin | 1 episode |
| 2021 | It’s a Sin | Cassius | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Starstruck | Damien | 1 episode |
| 2022-present | Am I Being Unreasonable? | Jesus | 3 episodes |
| 2022-2025 | Big Boys | Yemi | Main cast |
| 2023 | Surprised by Oxford | Fred | |
| 2024 | Dead Hot | Peter | 6 episodes |