Richard Mofe-Damijo
Birthday: Born in 1961-07-06 in Warri, Nigeria
Deathday: Alive
Popularly known as RMD, Richard Mofe-Damijo was born July 6, 1961 he is a Nigerian actor and politician. In 2005 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Since January 2009 he is the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria. Mofe-Damijo was born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. He attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education and studied Theatre Arts. In 1997 Mofe-Damijo returned to the university to study law at the University of Lagos and graduated in 2004.
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King of Boys: O Retorno do Rei
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Alhaja Eniola Salami starts anew and sets her sights on a different position of power, fueled by revenge, regret and ruthlessness....
Magenta Coal
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Secrets and lies come to light when Matilda, the wife of a mining magnate, becomes embroiled in a bitter tussle over fortune and family succession....
Castle and Castle
Character: Tega Castle
Castle & Castle is a law series that follows the story of a married couple, ‘Remi Castle’ and her husband ‘Tega’ – two lawyers who run a successful practice in Lagos. They met 20 years ago when he taught her in law school....
Postcards
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When a Nigerian single mother travels to India for a medical checkup, her journey will end up touching the lives of everyone she meets....
Far from Home
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Through a scholarship to a top school, Ishaya ends up in the luxurious world of the happy few in Nigeria, but a secret threatens not only to put an end to this....
Shanty Town
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A group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin – but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal....
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Haunted
Character: Bobby
Bobby, a man who has it all, is suddenly diagnosed with leukemia and told he has only 3 months left to live. While he deals with this news, dark secrets become uncovered as several supernatural forces begin to appear in his life....
Fine Wine
Character: Mr. George
After falling for a woman much younger than him, a wealthy, lonely man must confront the social stigma around age gap romances....
Teju's Tale
Character: Papa
In 1950's England, Teju relocates to London from Lagos to study nursing but faces challenges when her colleagues demand to see her tail....
Crossroads
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When Temi, the gorgeous wife of a high profile senator is robbed, four suspects arequickly apprehended and arrested. Although each detainee proclaims his innocence, Temi identifies each of the attackers along with her stolen property, seemingly resolving this classic open and shut case. But a senior detective, on the eve of his retirement risks his reputation when he suspects there is more to the story. High powered political intrigue clashes with gritty street violence and the prospect of deep ...
The Black Book
Character: Paul Edima
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him....
Private Sin
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Pastor Jake combines the oil business of his father Chief Tamuno and his church and is successful in it. The only thing wrong in his life is his wife, 'Faith'...
Seven
Character: Ejiro
After his affluent father passes, a man must survive seven days in the Nigerian neighborhood of Ajegunie, where obstacles keep him from his inheritance....
Palava!
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A legendary musician's life and family are turned upside down when a scandal is revealed on the eve of his 60th birthday....
4:4:44
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An epic love story of a young couple's struggles in dealing with mental health issues and societal reactions to this situation. Based on true events, it's a story of strength, love, determination, laced with humor....
Made in Heaven
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Made In Heaven is a feature length fantasy comedy which explores the interventions of the spiritual in the day to day lives. This is a story about a naive young man who is surrounded by back stabbers, cheats and murderers but is willing to risk his life and eternity to find love and become a hero....
Oloibiri
Character: Gunpowder
This action thriller narrates the tale of Gunpowder and Timipre, two natives of Oloibiri, the town where oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in Nigeria. Gunpowder engages in violent struggle in protest to the squalid living conditions in his community despite their oil wealth; accusing Timipre’s generation of doing nothing whilst their land was exploited and plundered....
Okafor's Law
Character: Mr. Omene
A slick serial seducer bets his friends that he can bed three old flames in six weeks, in this risqué comedy from the director of the smash hit Wives on Strike....
The Wedding Party
Character: Chief Felix Onwuka
A lavish wedding escalates into pure Lagosian chaos, in this wild romcom produced by media mogul Mo Abudu....
Three Wise Men
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It’s an exciting and chaotic journey of three pensioners. Timi, Irikefe and Tobore, receives a huge amount of money as their pension. Their new fortune leads them into a profligate Journey.Three Wise Men...
10 Days In Sun City
Character: RMD
A potpourri of love, drama, passion and culture, "10 Days in Sun City" is a comedy-drama that sees Akpos on another ‘adventure’, this time, to South Africa, with his girlfriend Bianca....
Passions
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A forlorn girl with terminal cancer is desperate to die in the arms of the man that she loves. He however is married and although the marriage is dead, his wife refuses to divorce him....
The Bridesmaid
Character: Steve
Kate plans to marry Steve for his riches. Her best friend Tega is coaching her on how to capture his love. Steve wants a wife to love him not for his money so he fakes a crippling accident that leaves him in a wheelchair. Kate asked Tega to care for him while she travels to London for shopping. Steve and Tega realize they love each other. At the alter truth is told....
Dinner
Character: Atetunde George Sr.
Mike is invited by his childhood friend and buddy, Adetunde, to have dinner and spend the weekend with him and his fiancée Lola as they plan for their upcoming wedding. Mikey decides to come along with his girlfriend Diane, as he plans to propose to her. Things get out of hand when they arrive at Adetunde's house and they get to find out secrets about each other's relationship and the one person in the middle of it all....
Chief Daddy
Character: Tega Castle
The story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there’s no tomorrow, until the day he dies suddenly and the ‘bullion van’ stops. What’s in his will and who gets all that money? What happens next will surprise you, as Chief Daddy has the last laugh from beyond the grave....
Blood & Oil
Character: Gunpowder
A small village in Nigeria without drinkable water, sustainable farming and fishing has one resource: oil. This story is based on true events; the violent havoc that ensued between the militants and government due to the oil corporations' greed, which had a ripple effect throughout the global oil industry....
Critical Assignment
Character: The President
The President of an African country decrees that the Arms budget will be diverted in to the "Water For All", project. The journalist, Michael Power, discovers a Coup set by the arms dealers....
Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons
Character: Chief Alesinloye
Four promiscuous businessmen must scheme to save the poor people of a village after a corrupt politician challenges them....
Zero Hour
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After his father passes, the heir to a retail empire returns to take over the family business but faces a controversy involving laundering and murder....
God Calling
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When Sade, the central character suffers a personal tragedy, she is taken on a journey of self-discovery and faith which transforms the lives all those around her. God Calling shines a spotlight on modern day spirituality by imaginatively exploring what it might look like for Abraham or Prophet Elijah to be Nigerian in 2018, and have to contend with disbelief as well as modern-day realities such as smartphones, and social media....
Love Is War
Character: Dimeji Phillips
Love is war is an intense drama about a husband and wife battling for governorship of Ondo State....
Suicide Mission
Character: Austine
A woman uses black magic to possess a married man's soul....
Diamond Ring
Character: Chike
A certain wealthy man’s son Chidi who is down with an unknown sickness. His parents spend millions of naira and take him to various best local and international hospitals for cure but the sickness doesn’t go. His sickness puts his family in sorrow and the family’s business into an automatic halt. But Chidi’s case is beyond ordinary, he is haunted by a ghost for robbing her and she is ready to kill him....
The Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later
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From flawed husbands to shaky finances, new complications test a close circle of friends who must lean on each other in a new decade of their lives....
Namaste Wahala
Character: Ernest
A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance....
Therapy
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A young dysfunctional couple tries to patch up their relationship through sessions with a highly unconventional therapist....
Suspicion
Character: Mr. Peter
A young man delves into the sinister world of black magic after the brutal murder of his best friend and his daughter. As he hunts for vengeance, he faces moral dilemmas and shocking betrayals that threaten to shatter his closest relationships. In this gripping tale of friendship, love and revenge, he must confront his newfound powers and decide how far he's willing to go to deliver justice....
Christmas in Lagos
Character: Chief Dozie
Romance is in the air when the beat drops for Lagos' Detty December. Fiyin is convinced her best friend Elo is the love of her life, but is shocked when he returns home for the holidays with a secret fiancée. Gbemi is torn between her boyfriend and an old flame, while London-raised Ivie seeks a wild holiday but doesn’t count on falling for Ajani....
The Waiter
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Happy-go-lucky but down-on-his-luck Akpos resumes at Crystal Hotel for a day-job as a waiter. He has been hired by a private firm as part of the catering team for the Minister of Poverty Alleviation and her well-heeled colleagues who are launching a scheme to aid the poor....