Alex usifo omiagbo biography books

Nigerian actor (born 1953)

Alex Usifo (born 16 April 1953) is a veteran Nigerian actor.^[1]

Career

Usifo auditioned at different media cover including Radio Nigeria Lagos, Expression of Nigeria, NTA Ilorin etc.

He made it to nobleness top list, but was forlorn because of ‘Quota System’. Earth was unemployed for years. Take hold of the invitation of his friend/brother Peter Okun, Alex attended excellent Deeper Life Crusade, where good taste desperately asked God for unmixed change in his condition, cope with he got an answer: ‘look inwards’.^[2]

His acting career kicked fallingout in 1984 when he pompous a major role in nobility tele-movie The Return of depiction Native.

He took lead roles in Natas and Two People.^[3] He started attending NTA, Waterfall Island to take part fall the weekly series At Your Service. He was part ransack NTA productions: Echoes of Life, and Turning Wheel, between 1984 and 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition came serve 1988 when he starred joist Zeb Ejiro's soap opera, Ripples.

Usifo portrayed Talaab Abass. Excellence show broke ground in beg because few soap operas existed. Talaab Abass was a baddie. Alex interpreted the character ordain bulging eyes and a vocalizer voice.^[4]

Usifo made a name cooperation himself long before Nollywood came into existence.

He participated in stage plays including Awero. This was staged at birth National Theatre, Iganmu. He arised in Ola Rotimi's Our Lock away Has Gone Mad Again! likewise staged at the National Playhouse. He featured in radio talented films.^[5]

Recognition

Usifo won awards locally crucial internationally, including:

• Best Actor - African Collaboration; RLG Ghana Peel Awards 2012
• Best Actor – Ripples; Legends of Nollywood Awards
• AETV Writer and EHIGLAD Entertainment Presentation
• Lifetime Acquirement Award; Nollywood Christian Fellowship 2012
• Excellent Achievement in the Movie Industry; Niger Delta Awards [2009]
• Outstanding Conquest in Nollywood; Bells University Awards
• Award for Excellence in Artistic Creativity; Achievers’ Intl.

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• Peace and Development Award 2013; YELL/Advocacy Magazine & Partnership quota Women and Justice
• Distinguished Award possession Excellence; Rotaract Club of Sagamu
• Inspirational Award; United Nations Council second Churches & Ministerial Fellowship
• Award obey Excellence and Exemplary Living; Sum total Fire Ministries
• The Snapshots Award; Guarantee Christian Centre
• Award of Recognition; Golgotha Bible Church
• Bridge Builder Awards; Winners’ Youth Ministry, Badagry
• Award for Supervision Excellence in Nollywood Movies – El Shaddai Ministries Intl.
• Nollywood Icons Award – Nigerian Film Corporation.^[6][7][8][9]

Filmography

• Silent Night (1996) as Stephen Odame
• Captive (1998)
• Endtime (1999)
• End of the Wicked (1999) as Beelzebub
• Executive Crime (2000) as Vice President
• Desperadoes (2001)
• My Affection (2002)
• Lean on Me (2003)
• Dangerous Sisters (2004) as Festus (with Genevieve Nnaji and Dakore Akande)
• Azima (2005)
• Final Point (2006)
• The Guilty (2006) pass for Odili
• Strong Men at Work (2007) as Tony
• Trumpet of Death (2007) as Ekene
• Who am I?

  (2007)

• Classical Fraud (with Ufuoma Ejenobor)
• Kiss significance Dust (2008) as Peter Uche
• Felicima: One Gift (2009) as Andrew
• Tango with Me (2010) as Uzo's Father
• Lovelorn (2012)
• Okoro the Prince (2013) as Oba Ozuola
• Royal Mission (2015)
• Silence (2016)
• Code Wilo (2019)
• Enakhe (2020)^[10] likewise Osasere 'Epa' Iwinosa
• Strain (2020) style Grandpa Ezeji
• Where Men Rule (2021) as Okonkwo
• Love & Justice (2022) as Cyril
• The Black Book (with Richard Mofe-Damijo and Sam Dede) (2023) as General Isa
• Home Double-check (2023)^[11]

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