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Friday 2 September 2011

The New Leading Men of the Screen


Joseph Benjamin

For a young man whose first shot at fame was in 1991, his explosion was delayed but not denied. After so many auditions, as an actor and a wannabe musician, some of which includes Idol West Africa and Project Fame West Africa, this brother finally got into our consciousness when he landed the job as co-host of ‘Project Fame West Africa’ Season 2. Although, he’s done some bit of acting in Superstory, and the MNET TV Series, Tinsel, it was his role in ‘Tango with Me’ as the husband of Genevieve Nnaji that solidified his new found fame. Aside his very good looks, his skills are quiet noticeable, and may make him a favorite in a long while.

OC Ukeje

Just when this very talented and humble young man got everyone interested in him with his victory as the winner of the reality show AMBO2 and his effortless delivery as child with autism alongside Joke Silvers and Rita Dominick in Whitewaters, and an AMAA Award to show for it, he suddenly disappeared as fast as he had appeared.

He went on the low, performing in stage plays, beside his training in the New York Film Academy, and his appearance in the BBC Drama Series ‘Wetin Dey’. When we were about believing the allegations of Azzizat, a previous winner of AMBO1, that Nollywood is not interested in using people from the reality show, he comes out again with a bang in ‘Two Brides and a Baby’ alongside Stella Damasus, and ‘Kidnap’, one of the most anticipated movies from the stables of Emem Isong. Bro you need to stay locked in this time.



Gideon Okeke

If you’ve met him in person, you’d wonder how he’s able to pull through the character as the spoilt son of a wealthy movie mogul in the very popular MNET TV Series, Tinsel. He’s very down to earth, and but his swags cannot be denied. His TV role has got him fans across the  border and haters as well, but you cannot deny his talent and energy which is yet to be maximized.

The very first and only Big Brother Nigeria in 2006 gave him the platform to show what he’s capable of , followed by a partial musical stint and presentation on air, but TV did it for him, and the movies too have beckoned with ‘Relentless’ and ‘Half Empty, Half Full’

Chris Attoh

This handsome Ghanaian has done well for himself on the screen with his convincing portrayal of a paralyzed man on Tinsel, but he started out on radio, and then to TV as a fine presenter, and he claims it was directing he had set out for.

His commercial value has seen him been approached for movie roles which he claims to have turned down because they were very watery. We hope he consolidates on his new power.

Alex Ekubo

He may look pretty, as some of his female admirers have noted online, and may have become the second most desirable man in the Mr. Nigeria pageantry, but he’s more than just a hanger for clothes as he’s proven with his transition from the ramp to the screen.

The movie ‘Ladies Men’ not only won him more female admirers but has placed him on the pedestal of ‘to-go’ for convincing romantic roles which was once occupied by the Ramsey Nouah’s and Desmond Elliots, and he has proven he’s more than just a pretty face.







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