Kunle Afolayan biography
Kunle Afolayan is a popular Nigerian actor, film producer and director.
Background information
Full Name: Kunle Afolayan
Born: 30 September 1974
Birth place: Ebute Metta, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality: Nigerian
Citizenship: Nigerian
Famous as: Actor, Director, Producer
Years active: 2005 - present
Spouse(s): Tolu Afolayan
Children: Diekoloreoluwa David Afolayan, Darimisire Afolayan
Parent(s): Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan (Ade Love - father)
Relatives: Moji Afolayan (sister), Gabriel Afolayan (brother), Aremu Afolayan (brother)
Awards: Nigeria Entertainment Award for Film Director of the Year (Nollywood)
Religion: Christian
Early childhood and acting career
Kunle Afolayan is of Igbomina-Yoruba descent, from Kwara State. He is the son of the famous theatre and film director cum producer Ade Love.
He majored in economics and started out working in a bank while doing some casual acting, before deciding to move into full-time filmmaking and taking a course at the New York Film Academy.
Since 2005 he has been active in the Nigerian film industry. He has made several extremely popular titles including: The Figurine: Araromire which was in the Yoruba and English languages and Phone Swap which featured Wale Ojo, Joke Silva, Nse Ikpe Etim and the legendary Chika Okpala.
The Figurine won five major awards in the African Film Academy and experienced tremendous success in the Nigerian movie theaters.
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