Odunlade Adekola Celebrates His 40th Birthday As He Dances With His Wife (Photos)

Popular Nollywood actor, singer, producer and Filmmaker Odunlade Adekola is celebrating his 40th birthday today December 31st.

The multi-talented actor was born on December 31st, 1978.

Odunlade Adekola’s hugely popular movies include; Sunday Dagboru, Mufu Olosha, Alani Pamolekun, Opa Kan, Adebayo Aremu Abere.

Odunlade Adekola is from Ekiti State.

Odunlade shares video as he was joyfully dancing with his wife Ruth Adekola.

Early life

He
was born on 31 December 1978 at Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State,
southwestern Nigeria. He is, however, an indigine of Otun Ekiti, Ekiti
State.He attended St John’s Primary School and St. Peter’s College in
Abeokuta, obtaining the West African School Certificate Examination
before he proceeded to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, where he received a
diploma certificate .
Odunlade Adekola started acting at a very early
age. According to him, whenever any anniversary was to hold in his
church (the Christ Apostolic Church, Lafenwa, Abeokuta), he and a friend
named Tunde would request to play jesters, and this request was always
granted. He would then write a “script” for a comedy play involving just
two characters (him and his friend). That was how it all began for this
professional actor, director and producer. Adekola has featured in more
than 100 Yoruba movies.

Career

He
began acting in 1996, the same year he joined the Association of Nigeria
Theatre Arts practitioners and was under the tutelage of the late
Nollywood actor and producer Isola Durojaiye (also known as Alasari). He
had starred, scripted, produced and directed several Nigerian films
over the years.[6] In April 2014, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award,
having emerged as best actor of the year alongside Fathia Balogun who
emerged as best actress of the year. In December 2015, He marked his
entrance into the Nigerian music industry.Due to his popularity and
impact in the film industry, photographs of Adekola during filming is
widely used as internet meme across Nigerian webosphere.
Education
Odunlade
studied Business Administration at the university University of Lagos
and bagged a degree from the university in May, 2018.