Nkem Owoh Biography

Posted on April 4, 2021

Nkem Nwabuoku Owoh better-known as Nkem Owoh or Osuofia is a renowned Nigerian Nollywood comic actor, movie producer, television personality, comedian, singer, and a songwriter.

Nkem Owoh

In this post, I will share with you all you have been wanting to know about one of your favorite comic Nollywood actors, Osuofia.

Plainly, I will share with you his biography; early life, career, movies, awards and more. As expected, I will tell you more about his current marital status; whether or not he is married.

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Nkem Owoh Early Life

Nkem Owoh was born in the late 50’s to the beautiful family of Mr. and Mrs. Owoh in Amagu Village, Udi Town, Enugu State, Nigeria. Enugu State is a state in the South Eastern part of Nigeria.

Career

Nkem Owoh didn’t just wait until he graduated from the university before joining the movie industry. He joined the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood while he was still in School.

Now, Osuofia has been able to make a name for himself; a name that’s become a brand and more.

Osuofia rose to prominence shortly after the release of the Nollywood blockbuster screen adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. It was a series with about fifty episodes; each episode spanned for about 50 minutes.

Similarly, Osuofia was highly recommended and recognized even more after he featured in yet another Nollywood blockbuster movie. In 1995, he featured in “Ukwa 1 and 2” alongside other now-famous Nollywood actors like Patience Ozokwor (Mama Gee), Sam Loco Efe and others.

Nkem Owoh Movies

Nkem has featured in over 250 movies since he rose to fame. These among others are some of his movies;

1987	Things Fall Apart		with Pete Edochie
2000	Ukwa		with Patience Ozokwor
1999	Big Man…Big Trouble
	Sawam		with Francis Agu
	Conspiracy		with Onyeka Onwenu
2001	Onye-Eze	Onye-Eze
2002	Fake Doctor	Dr. Zebedi
	Ifeonye Metalu
	Long John
	Police Officer
	Spanner		with Chinedu Ikedieze
2003	Anunuebe		ejimfor 2011
	King of the Forest
	Lion Finger
	Mr. Trouble		with Patience Ozokwor
	Osuofia in London	Osuofia
	Police Recruit
2004	America Visa
	My Driver
	My Own Share
	Osuofia in London 2	Osuofia
	Spanner Goes to Jail		with Chinedu Ikedieze
	The Master		with Kanayo O. Kanayo
2005	Akanchawa
	Bus Driver		with Dakore Egbuson
	The Prince
2006	A Fool at 40	Hygenius
	Captain
	Foreign Base
	Indemnity	Egbentu
	Made in Cambridge
	My Kingdom Come
	The Barrister	Athanasius
	The Dreamer
2007	Battle of Indemnity	Egbentu
	Covenant Keeping God	Samuel
	De prof
	Johnbull & Rosekate	Johnbull
	Persecution
	Stronger Than Pain	Ulonna	with Kate Henshaw-Nuttal Owoh’s performance in this film earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008
2008	His Holiness	Onyabo
	His Last Action
	Wonderful Man
2012	Military Zone
	2014 osuofia and the widow with Walter anga mayor ofoegbu chinyere wilfred
2015	Ghana Must Go ^[10]
2018	Lionheart	Chief Godswill

Awards

Nkem Owoh has won many hearts and awards all to himself over the years. This, of course, could be linked to his style of explaining movie roles.

These are some of his awards;

African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2008

Songs

I Go Chop Your Dollar

Is Nkem Owoh Married?

Yes, please. Nkem is married to his beautiful wife Ngozi Nkem-Owoh. Notably, the couple has been married since 1998 and are living happily ever after.

Osuofia’s family is blessed with two beautiful daughters.