:Chet Anekwe

{{Short description|Nigerian film director and actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Chet Anekwe

| image = Chet_Anekwe_NAFCA.jpg

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| caption = Anekwe, 2012 NAFCA Awards

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| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| occupation = Actor, writer, director

| awards = Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards, Best actor in diaspora

| years_active = 2001–present

| website = {{URL|chetanekwe.com/}}

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Chet Anekwe {{IPAc-en|audio=Ig-Chet_Anekwe.ogg}} is an actor{{cite news|last=New York Times|title=40 Years of Black Male History in 2½ Hours|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/theater/reviews/09mali.html|access-date=8 March 2011|work=The New York Times|date=9 February 2006}}{{cite web|last=modernghana.com|title=Chet in Busted Life article|url=http://www.modernghana.com/moviethread/9321/3/135020|access-date=8 March 2011}}{{cite web|last=Nollywooduncut|title=Workin with Chet in Nollywood|url=http://nollywooduncut.com/hot-nollywood-news/386-daniel-ademinokan-in-the-big-apple|access-date=8 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209232114/http://www.nollywooduncut.com/hot-nollywood-news/386-daniel-ademinokan-in-the-big-apple|archive-date=9 February 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Cynthiamasasiworld.com|title=Chet in Paparazzi|url=http://cynthiamasasiworld.com/2010/08/03/paparazzi-eye-in-the-dark-movie-set/|access-date=8 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107051034/http://cynthiamasasiworld.com/2010/08/03/paparazzi-eye-in-the-dark-movie-set/|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead}} and filmmaker who was born in Nigeria and raised in New York City.{{cite web|last=Golden Icons|title=Article on Chet Anekwe|url=http://www.goldenicons.com/2010/11/29/introducing-actor-chet-anekwe/|access-date=8 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205020255/http://www.goldenicons.com/2010/11/29/introducing-actor-chet-anekwe/|archive-date=5 December 2010|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Adebayo |first=Tireni |date=2015-03-12 |title=Actor Chete Bashari Anakwe's baby boy has got beautiful eyes.. (See Photos) |url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/hot-news/actor-chet-bashari-anekwe-welcomes-baby |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Kemi Filani News |language=en-GB}} His work spans Hollywood,{{cite web|last=IMDB|title=Phat Girlz|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490196/}} Nollywood{{cite web|last=Paparazzi Eye in the Dark|title=Chet in Nollywood USA film Paparazzi|url=http://www.paparazzieyeinthedark.com|access-date=8 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314124708/http://paparazzieyeinthedark.com/|archive-date=14 March 2011|df=dmy-all}} and the New York Theater.{{cite news|last=New York Times|title=THEATER REVIEW; Caesar's Fate, Played Out in Mali|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/21/theater/theater-review-caesar-s-fate-played-out-in-mali.html|access-date=8 March 2011|work=The New York Times|date=21 May 1998}}{{cite web|last=ChetAnekwe.com|title=Chet Bio|url=http://www.chetanekwe.net/bio|access-date=8 March 2011}}