O.C. Ukeje
O.C. Ukeje is a Marine Science graduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka with a Diploma in Acting for Film from the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles. He was a recipient of the Africa Movie Academy Awards in the Best Upcoming Actor category for 2008 and the Best New Actor category for City People’s Awards of 2010.
He has appeared in about 13 feature films and several theater productions and has worked with celebrated actors like Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Chinwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton.
His film credits include White Waters; Jeta Amata’s Black November; Two Brides and a Baby; Confusion Na Wa; the screen adaptation of Chimamanda’s Half Of a Yellow Sun; and the recently concluded BFI-sponsored project, Gone Too Far. Stage credits include Going Back to my Roots; Ajai The Boy Slave; Wole Soyinka’s ‘The Lion and The Jewel’ and Sefi Atta’s ‘The Engagement’, two of the three plays showcased at the Cultural Olympiad in 2012, of which O.C. was a part of the repertory team.
He is nominated in the AMVCA category for Best Actor in a Drama.
He has appeared in about 13 feature films and several theater productions and has worked with celebrated actors like Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Chinwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton.
His film credits include White Waters; Jeta Amata’s Black November; Two Brides and a Baby; Confusion Na Wa; the screen adaptation of Chimamanda’s Half Of a Yellow Sun; and the recently concluded BFI-sponsored project, Gone Too Far. Stage credits include Going Back to my Roots; Ajai The Boy Slave; Wole Soyinka’s ‘The Lion and The Jewel’ and Sefi Atta’s ‘The Engagement’, two of the three plays showcased at the Cultural Olympiad in 2012, of which O.C. was a part of the repertory team.
He is nominated in the AMVCA category for Best Actor in a Drama.