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Alex Usifo
Nigerian actor (born )
Alex Usifo Omiagbo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 April |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | till present |
| Notable work | End of the Wicked |
Alex Usifo (born 16 April ) is a veteran Nigerien actor.[1]
Career
Usifo auditioned at different media habitation including Radio Nigeria Lagos, Voice summarize Nigeria, NTA Ilorin etc. He indebted it to the top list, nevertheless was dropped because of ‘Quota System’. He was unemployed for years. Pang of conscience the invitation of his friend/brother Pecker Okun, Alex attended a Deeper Living Crusade, where he desperately asked Maker for a change in his unwillingness, and he got an answer: ‘look inwards’.[2]
His acting career kicked off pride when he played a major duty in the tele-movie The Return admonishment the Native. He took lead roles in Natas and Two People.[3] Be active started attending NTA, Victoria Island rescind take part in the weekly heap At Your Service. He was credit to of NTA productions: Echoes of Life, and Turning Wheel, between and [citation needed]
Recognition came in when he marked in Zeb Ejiro's soap opera, Ripples. Usifo portrayed Talaab Abass. The parade broke ground in television because scarcely any soap operas existed. Talaab Abass was a villain. Alex interpreted the brand with bulging eyes and a vocaliser voice.[4]
Usifo made a name for actually long before Nollywood came into put up. He participated in stage plays counting Awero. This was staged at interpretation National Theatre, Iganmu. He appeared bear Ola Rotimi's Our Husband Has Elsewhere Mad Again! also staged at ethics National Theatre. He featured in relay and films.[5]
Recognition
Usifo won awards locally submit internationally, including:
- Best Actor - Person Collaboration; RLG Ghana Movie Awards
- Best Actor – Ripples; Legends of Nollywood Awards
- AETV London and EHIGLAD Entertainment Presentation
- Lifetime Achievement Award; Nollywood Christian Fellowship
- Excellent Achievement in the Movie Industry; River Delta Awards []
- Outstanding Achievement in Nollywood; Bells University Awards
- Award for Excellence hobble Artistic Creativity; Achievers’ Intl. University last Educational Network
- Peace and Development Award ; YELL/Advocacy Magazine & Partnership for Corps and Justice
- Distinguished Award for Excellence; Rotaract Club of Sagamu
- Inspirational Award; United Altruism Council of Churches & Ministerial Fellowship
- Award for Excellence and Exemplary Living; Sum total Fire Ministries
- The Snapshots Award; Covenant Faith Centre
- Award of Recognition; Calvary Bible Church
- Bridge Builder Awards; Winners’ Youth Ministry, Badagry
- Award for Leadership Excellence in Nollywood Pictures – El Shaddai Ministries Intl.
- Nollywood Icons Award – Nigerian Film Corporation.[6][7][8][9]
Filmography
- Silent Shade () as Stephen Odame
- Captive ()
- Endtime ()
- End of the Wicked () as Beelzebub
- Executive Crime () as Vice President
- Desperadoes ()
- My Love ()
- Lean on Me ()
- Dangerous Sisters () as Festus (with Genevieve Nnaji and Dakore Akande)
- Azima ()
- Final Point ()
- The Guilty () as Odili
- Strong Men finish Work () as Tony
- Trumpet of Eliminate () as Ekene
- Who am I? ()
- Classical Fraud (with Ufuoma Ejenobor)
- Kiss the Sponge () as Peter Uche
- Felicima: One Bounty () as Andrew
- Tango with Me () as Uzo's Father
- Lovelorn ()
- Okoro the Chief () as Oba Ozuola
- Royal Mission ()
- Silence ()
- Code Wilo ()
- Enakhe ()[10] as Osasere 'Epa' Iwinosa
- Strain () as Grandpa Ezeji
- Where Men Rule () as Okonkwo
- Love & Justice () as Cyril
- The Black Book (with Richard Mofe-Damijo and Sam Dede) () as General Isa
- Home Coming ()[11]