Saheed Balogun

Saheed Balogun (sometimes spelled "Saidi") (Listen^ⓘ)(born February 5, 1967) is a veteran Nigerian actor, film-maker, director, and producer of many movies which include the first 2 cast movie in Africa and first 3 cast movies in West Africa etc. ^[1][2][3]

Saheed Balogun
Born	(1967-02-05) 5 February 1967 (age 58) Oyo State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigeria
Alma mater	Kwara State Polytechnic
Occupations	Actor Musician filmmaker producer director Events Anchor Master of Ceremony
Years active	1978–present
Known for	Director/Producer of the first 2cast film - Modupe Temi - in Africa and the first 3cast film - Gbogbo Ere - in West Africa
Children	4

Early life and career

Saheed Balogun was born on 5 February, Enugu State, South-East Nigeria but hails from Oyo State, Nigeria where he had his primary, secondary and tertiary education respectively.^[4] He graduated from Kwara State Polytechnic.^[5] He began his acting career in 1978, when he acted his first television program titled "Youth Today" on NTA.^[6] He produced his first film titled City Girl in 1989 but had also been feat produced and directed several Nigerian films before then.^[7]

Personal life

Saheed Balogun was initially married to a nollywood actress, Fathia Balogun but they separated and divorced.

He is remarried and has four children.^[8]

Selected filmography

• Modupe Temi (Thankful) - The first two- cast movie in Africa
• Gbogbo Ere (Total profit) - The first three cast movie in west Africa
• Third Party - The first ever ankara movie in Africa
• Atlanta (2004) - Tola
• Òfin mósè (2006) as Fred
• Tomo tiya (2008) - Yemi
• Family on Fire (2011)
• Rogbodiyan (2017) as Doctor
• Light In The Dark (2019) as Kay
• Don't Get Mad Get Even (2019)^[9] as Kasali
• Shadow Parties (2020) as Akuwe
• The Legend of Inikpi (2020) as Oracle
• The Therapist (2021)^[10] as Mr. Priye
• The Herbert Macaulay Affair (2019)^[11] as Eshugbayi Eleko
• Light in the Dark (2018), a feature film featuring Angel Unigwe, Joke Silvia, Rita Dominic, among others.^[12]
• Sugar Babies (2020) as Alhaji
• Funfun - White (2021)
• Online (2021)
• Finding Ireti (2022)
• Scourge (2022)
• Itedara (2022) as Director
• Mrs Everything (2023)
• Emphemeral (2024)

He Also Acted in the Movie Called Ologbo dudu as Walata,Movie By kola olotu

External links

• Saheed Balogun at IMDb