Femi Jacobs
{{short description|Nigerian actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Femi Jacobs
| birth_name = Oluwafemisola Jacobs
| birth_date = 8 May
| nationality = Nigerian
| citizenship = Nigerian
| education = mass communication, Lagos State University
| alma_mater = Lagos State University
| notable_works = The Meeting
| television = Tinsel
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2022}}
Femi Jacobs{{IPAc-en||audio=Yo-Femi Jacobs.ogg}}{{cite web | url=http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/11/01/femi-jacobs-talks-musical-start-to-acting/ | title=Femi Jacobs talks Musical start to Acting | publisher=africamagic.dstv.com | accessdate=14 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514131047/http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/11/01/femi-jacobs-talks-musical-start-to-acting/ | archive-date=14 May 2014 | url-status=dead }} (born Oluwafemisola Jacobs{{IPAc-en||audio=Yo-Oluwafemisola Jacobs.ogg}}; 8 May){{cite web|url=http://m.afrinolly.com/movieActors.php?movieCelebDetails=192 |title=Femi Jacobs mini Biography |publisher=afrinolly.com |accessdate=14 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514171327/http://m.afrinolly.com/movieActors.php?movieCelebDetails=192 |archivedate=14 May 2014 }} is a Nigerian actor, speaker, and singer. He came into prominence for playing Makinde Esho in the film The Meeting, which also stars Rita Dominic and Jide Kosoko.{{cite web|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/11/acting-is-an-effective-medium-to-preach-morals-femi-jacobs/ |title=Acting is an effective medium to preach Morals |publisher=dailyindependentnig.com |accessdate=14 May 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514142548/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/11/acting-is-an-effective-medium-to-preach-morals-femi-jacobs/ |archivedate=14 May 2014 }} For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.{{cite web|author=Charles Mgbolu |url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/the-meeting-by-rita-dominic-gets-six-nominations-at-amaa-2013/ |title=The Meeting by Rita Dominic gets six nominations at AMAA 2013 |publisher=Vanguard News |date=18 March 2013 |accessdate=8 October 2015}} He also won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA).{{cite web | url=http://www.dstv.com/News/AMVCA-winners-announced/126405 | title=AMVCA winners announced | date = 8 March 2015 | publisher = DStv | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150417012639/http://www.dstv.com/News/AMVCA-winners-announced/126405 | archivedate = 17 April 2015 }}
Biography
Femi attended Fakunle Comprehensive high school, Osogbo in Osun State of Nigeria.
Jacobs studied mass communication at Lagos State University.{{cite web|url=http://www.punchng.com/spice/culture/i-am-still-a-singer-femi-jacobs/ |title=I am still a Singer – Femi Jacobs |publisher=punchng.com |accessdate=14 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514185819/http://www.punchng.com/spice/culture/i-am-still-a-singer-femi-jacobs/ |archivedate=14 May 2014 }}
Accolades
For his role in The Meeting, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards. He also received nominations for Best Lead Actor in a Film at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, for Favourite Male African International Emerging Screen Talent at the 2014 Screen Nation Awards,{{Cite web |url=http://nollywoodmindspace.com/2014/01/31/list-of-nominees-screen-nation-awards-2014/ |title=List of Nominees: Screen Nation Awards 2014 | Nollywood by Mindspace |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-date=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005212318/http://nollywoodmindspace.com/2014/01/31/list-of-nominees-screen-nation-awards-2014/ |url-status=dead }} and for Best Supporting Actor of the Year at the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.votsonline.com/mavins-ybnl-nominated-for-city-people-entertainment-awards-2015/|title=Loading|website=votsonline.com|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305171553/http://www.votsonline.com/mavins-ybnl-nominated-for-city-people-entertainment-awards-2015/|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}} He won the award for Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) and Best Supporting Actor (English) at the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards (BON).{{Cite news|url=http://www.fevatv.com/best-of-nollywood-award-winners/|title=Best of Nollywood Award winners -|last=Justin|date=17 October 2014|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042918/http://fevatv.com/best-of-nollywood-award-winners/|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Television=
- Tinsel (as Eddie Edoma)
- Tango (2008)
- Middlemen (2014)
- This Thing Called Marriage (2015)
- Binary Unit (2015)
- Unmarried (2019 -)
=Films=
- Choices (2006)
- The Meeting (2012) as Makinde Esho
- Journey to Self (2012) as Uzo
- Dreamwalker (2013) as Richard
- Render to Caesar (2014)
- Tunnel (2014) as Pastor Lade
- Heaven's Hell (2015)
- The Black Sihouette (2015)[http://nollysilverscreen.com/?p=4883 "Black Silhouette gets cinema release date"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714211055/http://nollysilverscreen.com/?p=4883 |date=14 July 2016 }}. Nollysilverscreen.com. as Doctor Obi
- The Guest (2015){{cite web|title='The Guest' Watch Rita Dominic, Femi Jacobs, Somkele Idahlamah in trailer [Video]|url=http://pulse.ng/movies/the-guest-watch-rita-dominic-femi-jacobs-somkele-idahlamah-in-trailer-video-id3601314.html|website=Pulse Nigeria|date=25 March 2015|publisher=Chidumga Izuzu|accessdate=25 March 2015}}
- The Visit (2015){{cite web|title='Femi Jacobs feature on first Four-Man cast movie in Nigeria|url=http://www.yeyepikin.com/2015/08/nollywood-the-visit-to-premiere-in-october/|website=YeYePikin Movie Blog|publisher=Precious|accessdate=18 September 2015|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007185138/http://www.yeyepikin.com/2015/08/nollywood-the-visit-to-premiere-in-october/|url-status=dead}} as Chid Nebo
- Iquo's Journal (2015) as Banjo Ogunleye
- Taxi Driver: Oko Ashewo (2015) as Adigun
- Just Married (2015) as Kola
- Heart of a Sister (2015)
- All Shades of Wrong (2018) as Barth
- Looking For Baami{{Cite web|last=nollywoodreinvented|date=2020-01-04|title=Looking For Baami|url=https://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/2020/01/looking-for-baami.html|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Nollywood Reinvented|language=en-US}} (2019) as Femi Osinowo
- Introducing the Kujus (2020) as Mautin
- The New Normal (2020 film) as Banji
- Eagle Wings (2021) as Paul Dike
- Battle on Buka Street (2022) as Lashile
- The House of Secrets (2023) as Dr. Jide
- The Kujus Again (2023) as Mautin
- Egun (2023) as Atai
- Saving Onome (2024) as Mr. Azuka
- It Blooms in June (2024) as Lanre Akande
- Saving Onome (2024){{Citation |last=Ajibola |first=Dimeji |title=Saving Onome |date=2024-04-05 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32636027/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_3_act |access-date=2024-06-19 |others=Nancy Isime, Femi Jacobs, Mary Lazarus |publisher=InkBlot Productions}}
- Freedom Way (2024)
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Award ceremony !Category !Film !Result !Ref |
| 2020
|Best Actor in a Lead role – English |Colours of Deceit |{{nom}} |
| 2021
|Best Supporting Actor –English |Eagle Wings |{{nom}} |
| 2022
|Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards |Best Actor in A Drama |Introducing the Kujus |{{Nominated}} |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.femijacobs.net/}}
- {{IMDb name|id=5390502|name=Femi Jacobs}}
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Category:Nigerian male film actors
Category:Lagos State University alumni
Category:21st-century Nigerian male actors
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Nigerian male television actors