Sunday Omobolanle aka Papi Luwe ,

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(born October 1, 1954) is a Nigerian comic

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, playwright, film director, and producer.

Early life and career

He was born on October 1, 1954 at Ilora, a town in

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southwestern

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. He is the father of

Sunkanmi Omobolanle Sunkanmi Omobolanle is a Nigerian film actor and director. Early life and career He was born on March 1, 1981. He hails from Ilora, a town in Oyo State southwestern Nigeria. He is the son of the veteran comic actor, Sunday Omobolanle, popularly ...

, a Nigerian film actor and director. Sunday Omobolanle had scripted, directed, produced and featured in several Nigerian film such as ''Adun Ewuro'', a 2011 Nigerian film that featured Adebayo Salami. In recognition of his contributions to the Nigerian film industry, he was bestowed with a National award, MON by

Olusegun Obasanjo Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its pres ...

, the former president of the

Federal Republic of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

Filmography

*''Adun Ewuro'' (2011) *''Konkobilo'' *''Oba Alatise'' *''Anikulapo''

References

Living people Nigerian male film actors Yoruba male actors 1954 births Male actors in Yoruba cinema 20th-century Nigerian male actors 21st-century Nigerian male actors Ogunmola family Nigerian male television actors Nigerian dramatists and playwrights People from Oyo State Members of the Order of the Niger Nigerian film directors Nigerian film producers 20th-century births {{Nigeria-bio-stub