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Femi Adebayo
Nigerian actor and director (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Femi Adebayo Salami (ⓘ) (born 31 December 1976) is a Nigerian film director, actor, lawyer,[2] producer and special adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture, and Tourism.[3][4] He is the son of actor Adebayo Salami.[5] In 2024, he won the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Jagun Jagun, also won the AMVCA Best Lead Actor award for his remarkable performance in Seven Doors in 2025.
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Early life
Adebayo was born on 31 December 1978 in Lagos State, Nigeria. His father, who is actor Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello),[6] hails from Ilorin, Kwara State.[7]
Education
Adebayo attended the C&S College, Ilorin, Kwara State for his secondary school education. He then went to the University of Ilorin, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in law. He later earned a master's degree in law at the University of Ibadan.[8][1]
Career
Adebayo began acting in 1985, the same year he featured in his father's first movie titled Ogun Ajaye.[9]
Adebayo has starred in over 500 Nigerian films, winning four awards as Best Yoruba Actor at the 17th African Film Awards popularly known as Afro Hollywood Awards at the Stratford Town Hall in London.[10] He also won an award in the same category for the Best of Nollywood Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria Awards in 2012.[11][1] Adebayo has a long list of movies to his credit, which includes the Sonto Alapata, Wura Ati Fadaka, Ma Wobadan and Buga, among others. He is the MD/CEO of J-15 Media Network Nigeria.[7][1]
Adebayo signed a deal with a digital TV platform, StarTimes as her ambassador.[12]
In 2022, Femi Adebayo was nominated for Best Actor in A Comedy (AMVCA)[13]
In July 2022, he was named as the ambassador for Kubanah whisky along with some other Nollywood actors[14]
Personal life
Adebayo married Omotayo Adebayo on 9 October 2016. Adebayo and his wife have one son. He also has three children from an earlier marriage.[15]
Awards and honours
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Filmography
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