Femi Jacobs
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. He also trained as a pilot in South Africa, stopping short of a commercial pilot license.
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. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- "Femi Jacobs mini Biography". afrinolly.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- "Acting is an effective medium to preach Morals". dailyindependentnig.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- Charles Mgbolu (18 March 2013). "The Meeting by Rita Dominic gets six nominations at AMAA 2013". Vanguard News. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- "AMVCA winners announced". DStv. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
- "I am still a Singer – Femi Jacobs". punchng.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- http://nollywoodmindspace.com/2014/01/31/list-of-nominees-screen-nation-awards-2014/
- "Loading". votsonline.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- Justin (17 October 2014). "Best of Nollywood Award winners -". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- "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.