Chet Anekwe is an actor and
filmmaker
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who was born in
Nigeria
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and raised in
New York City
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. His work spans
Hollywood
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,
Nollywood
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and the
New York Theater.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Other awards
*1997
AUDELCO Award nominee: Best Performance in a Musical – Male, ''Chap Am So: The Amistad Story''
*2006 'VIV'
AUDELCO Award winner: Best Ensemble, ''REAL Black Men Don't Sit Cross-Legged on the Floor: A Collage in Blues''
*2011
Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards
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(NAFCA) winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Diaspora, ''Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark''
*2012 Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards (NAFCA) winner: Best Actor – Diaspora, ''Unwanted Guest''
*2014 Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards (NAFCA) nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Diaspora, ''When One Door Closes''
See also
*
List of Nigerian film producers
This is a list of notable Nigerian film producers.
* Funke Akindele
* Abdalla Uba Adamu
* Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
* Adekunle Adejuyigbe
* Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino
* Afro Candy
* Aisha Augie-Kuta
* Akanimo Odon
* Akin Ogungbe
* Remi Abiola
...
*
List of Nigerian actors
This is a list of notable Nigerian actors. Actors
* Adebayo Salami
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
* Afeez Oyetoro
* Alex Ekubo
* Ali Nuhu
* Ayo Makun
* Babatunde Omidina
* Bob-Manuel Udokwu
* Bovi
* Broda Shaggi
* Charles Inojie
* Che ...
*
List of Nigerian Americans
References
External links
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Nigerian film directors
Nigerian male film actors
Nigerian screenwriters
Living people
Male actors from Lagos
Nigerian expatriate male actors in the United States
21st-century Nigerian male actors
Nigerian male stage actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
American people of Nigerian descent
Male actors from New York City
Nigerian film producers