Samuel Ajibola

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Samuel Ajibola
Born33 Or 34
Nigeria
Education University of Lagos
OccupationActor
Years active1995–2003, 2009–present
Known for The Johnsons [1]
Website samuelajibola.com

Samuel Ajibola Loudspeaker.svg Listen is a Nigerian television and film actor. [2] He is best known for his role as a child-actor in the Opa Williams directed movie Tears for Love, [3] as well as his role as Spiff in the Africa Magic TV series The Johnsons . [1] Ajibola is also famous for being the first Nigerian child actor to win the award for Best Kid Actor for three years in a row. [3] [4] In 2017, he won the AMVCA (Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award) for best Actor in an M-net comedy series The Johnsons. [5]

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Early life

Ajibola was born in Mazamaza, Lagos State. He is the first of four children of Commander Lanre Ajibola and Mrs Irene Ajibola. [4] He is of Yoruba descent and hails from Ekiti State. [4] Ajibola began his acting career in 1995 at the age of 6 in the Opa Williams directed movie, Tears for Love. [6] He got the role, after he had impressed his aunt, Moyinoluwa Odutayo, herself an actress, during a stage play at Church. [3] He went on to feature as a child actor in other feature films including Without Love, Shame, Eye-witness, Onome II, Conspiracy, Street kids and Day of Reckoning. In 2003, he took a hiatus from acting to finish his high school education [6] and pursue a degree in Political Science [7] at the University of Lagos, [3] [4] after which he performed his National Youth Service programme. He also acquired a degree in acting from Amaka Igwe's Centre for Excellence in Film and Media Studies. [6]

Career

In 2009, Ajibola made a return to acting in the Teco Benson produced and directed movie, The Fake Prophet alongside Grace Amah. In 2013, he featured in the MTV Base produced television series, Shuga . [3] He has also featured in several Nigerian box office movies including Last Flight to Abuja with Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, [3] The Antique alongside Kiki Omeili, Judith Audu and Gloria Young. As of 2016, he had played the role of Spiff, a character in the Africa Magic produced television series The Johnsons for four seasons. He also starred in the 2018 movie Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons .

Ajibola made his production debut with the release of his web series "Dele Issues" on 10 March 2017. [5] In October 2017, he featured former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on the web series. [8]

Awards and recognition

In 1996, Ajibola won the award for Best Kid Actor at the Rhema Awards for his role in the movie Eye-Witness, an award he went on to win at the 1997 and 1998 Reel Awards for the movies Onome II and Day of Reckoning respectively. In 2014, he won the award for Best Actor at the In-Short Movie Awards. [9]

In March 2017, Ajibola won the Best Actor in a Comedy Award at the 2017 AMVCA Awards. [5] Ajibola also won the Comic Actor of the Year Award at the 2017 City People Awards in October 2017. [10]

Awards

YearEventPrizeResult
1996Rhema AwardsBest Kid Actor (Eye-Witness)Won
1997Reel AwardsBest Kid Actor (Onome II)Won
1998Reel AwardsBest Kid Actor (Day of Reckoning)Won
2014In-Short Movie AwardsBest Actor (Sun Eje)Won
2016Nigerian Reliable Iconic AwardsBest Actor in a Comedy (The Johnsons)Won
2017 AMVCA Best Actor in a Comedy (The Johnsons)Won
2017 City People Entertainment Awards Comic Actor of the Year (The Johnsons)Won

Filmography

Movie roles

YearTitleNotes
1996Tears for LoveFeature Film featuring Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey, Produced and Directed by Opa Williams
1996Without LoveFeature Film featuring Hilda Dokubo
1996Eye-WitnessFeature Film
1997Onome IIFeature Film
1998Day of ReckoningFeature Film
1998ConspiracyFeature Film; Directed by Ndubuisi Okoh, featuring Onyeka Onwenu
1999ShameFeature Film
1999Street KidsFeature Film
2009And Ike Dies SlowlyFeature Film
2009Fried BeansFeature Film featuring Chiwetalu Agu, Ngozi Nwosu and Chinedu Ikedieze
2009RoadsideFeature Film
2009Hiding PlaceFeature Film featuring Paul Obazele
2009The Fake ProphetFeature Film directed by Teco Benson
2010JealousyFeature Film; featuring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Rachel Oniga and Emeka Ike
2012 Last Flight to Abuja Feature Film; Directed by Obi Emelonye, featuring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
2013Small Moving PartsFeature Film
2015The AntiqueFeature Film featuring Judith Audu, Kiki Omeili, Akpororo
2019The CallFeature film featuring Woli Arole

Short films

YearTitleNotes
2014Don't ConceiveShort Film, currently on YouTube
2014Sun EjeShort Film, won the In Short Movie Award for Best Actor
2016BrainwareShort Film

Television roles

YearTitleNotes
2013 Shuga (TV series) MTV Base television Series
2013Keeping it RealTV series
2016Ella's ParadiseTV series
2012–Present The Johnsons Africa Magic TV Series

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