Daniel Lloyd is a Nigerian actor and talent manager. In 2016 Lloyd was nominated for Most Promising Actor of the Year (English) at the

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Early life and education

Lloyd is from the

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tribe in

Bayelsa State Bayelsa is one of the states in the South-South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta region. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. Yena ...

. Lloyd was born in

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Ben ...

. Lloyd graduated from the

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with a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering.

Career

Lloyd started his career by featuring in a television series soap opera titled ''Pradah''. He played the role of a character called Patrick. Lloyd is one of the first Nigerian actors to feature in the

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section in a movie titled ''J.U.D.E'' where he played the role of a character named Jude. Lloyd asides from being an actor used to be a talent manager and managed the Nigerian artist

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whom he met at the "straight to star" talent hunt show event in Port Harcourt in 2006 whilst Timaya was in the music category of the show, Lloyd was in the acting category of the show.

Award and nomination

*Nominated for ''Most Promising Actor of the Year (English)'' at the

in 2016.

Personal life

Lloyd's father was an engineer who worked for

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in Nigeria and encouraged Llyod to become an engineer as well and was upset with Llyod for abandoning his engineering career for acting after obtaining a degree in civil engineering. In 2019, Daniel Loyd married a Nollywood actress

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Filmography

*''Timeless Love'' *'' Gidi Blues'' *''The Wrong Number'' *''Love Triangle'' *''Our Dirty Little Secrets'' *''The Chronicles (2018)'' *''The Friend Zone (2017)'' as Dennis *''A Love Story (2017)'' *'' Hire A Man (2017)'' *''The Real Side Chicks (2017)'' *Flirting with Fifty (2017) *''Hello (2016)'' *'' Gidi Blues (2016)'' *''Desperate Baby Mama (2015)'' as Greg *''Forever Within Us (2015)'' *''Pradah as Patrick'' *''Tempted to Touch (2006)'' *'' Akpe: Return of the Beast'' (2019)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Daniel Living people Nigerian male film actors 21st-century Nigerian male actors Male actors from Lagos State Year of birth missing (living people) Enugu State University of Science and Technology alumni Nigerian male television actors People from Bayelsa State