Femi Jacobs
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Femi Jacobs[1] (born Oluwafemisola Jacobs; 8 May)[2] is a Nigerian actor, speaker and singer. He came into prominence for playing Makinde Esho in the film The Meeting, which also stars Rita Dominic and Jide Kosoko.[3] For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[4] He also won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA).[5]
Biography
Femi attended Fakunle Comprehensive high school, Osogbo in Osun State of Nigeria. Jacobs studied mass communication at Lagos State University[6] and marketing management at Lagos Business School.[citation needed] He also trained as a pilot in South Africa, stopping short of a commercial pilot license.[citation needed]
Accolades
For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[4] He also received nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Film at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, for Favourite Male African International Emerging Screen Talent at the 2014 Screen Nation Awards,[7] and for Best Supporting Actor of the Year at the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards.[8] He won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA)[5] and Best Supporting Actor (English) at the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards (BON).[9]
Filmography
Television
- Tinsel (as Eddie Edoma)
- Tango (2008)
- Middlemen (2014)
- This Thing Called Marriage (2015)
- Binary Unit (2015)
Films
- The Meeting (2012)
- Choices (2006)
- Tunnel
- Paired
- Dreamwalker (2012)
- Journey to Self (2013)
- Render to Caesar (2014)
- Heaven's Hell (2015)
- The Black Sihouette (2015)[10]
- The Guest (2015)[11]
- The Visit (2015)[12]
- Iquo's Journal (2015)
- Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo (2015)
- Just Married (2015)
- Heart of a Sister (2015)
- All Shades of Wrong
References
- ^ "Femi Jacobs talks Musical start to Acting". africamagic.dstv.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Femi Jacobs mini Biography". afrinolly.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Acting is an effective medium to preach Morals". dailyindependentnig.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Charles Mgbolu (2013-03-18). "The Meeting by Rita Dominic gets six nominations at AMAA 2013". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ^ a b "AMVCA winners announced". DStv. 2015-03-08. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17.
- ^ "I am still a Singer - Femi Jacobs". punchng.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ http://nollywoodmindspace.com/2014/01/31/list-of-nominees-screen-nation-awards-2014/
- ^ "Loading". www.votsonline.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ Justin (2014-10-17). "Best of Nollywood Award winners -". Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Black Silhouette gets cinema release date". Nollysilverscreen.com.
- ^ "'The Guest' Watch Rita Dominic, Femi Jacobs, Somkele Idahlamah in trailer [Video]". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "'Femi Jacobs feature on first Four-Man cast movie in Nigeria". YeYePikin Movie Blog. Precious. Retrieved 18 September 2015.