Raymond Rushabiro
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Raymond Rushabiro is a Ugandan film actor, and stage actor. He broke through in his acting career with Uganda's most famous stage group, the Ebonies, appearing in a number of their plays.{{cite web |url=http://www.hipipo.com/cinema-tv/258/The-Ebonies-Take-Theater-To-The-People--With-Hold-Devil-d-wanchekecha |title=The Ebonies Take Theater To The People With Hold Devil D Wanchekecha|author=Med Kimbugwe |website=HiPipo|date=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704055032/http://www.hipipo.com/cinema-tv/258/The-Ebonies-Take-Theater-To-The-People--With-Hold-Devil-d-wanchekecha |archive-date=4 July 2011}}
- {{cite web| url = http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Theatre---Cinema/-/691234/1008370/-/format/xhtml/-/103oufx/-/index.html|author=Edwin Nuwagaba|date=11 September 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140224222137/http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Theatre---Cinema/-/691234/1008370/-/format/xhtml/-/103oufx/-/index.html| archive-date =24 February 2014| title = Blissfull Hell? Not quite |website=Monitor}} Rushabiro is also seen in Kweezi Kaganda's Any cow will do alongside former Namasagali old students that was shown at the National Theater of Uganda.{{cite web| url = https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Any+cow+will++do+Not+in+modern+Uganda+/-/434746/1990054/-/79ef05z/-/index.html| url-status = dead|author=Edwin Nuwagaba|date=11 September 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130914115344/http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Any+cow+will++do+Not+in+modern+Uganda+/-/434746/1990054/-/79ef05z/-/index.html| archive-date =14 September 2013| title = Any cow will do? Not in modern Uganda |work=The East African}} His first cinema appearance was as Kasirivu in the movie Bala Bala Sese (2015) directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir. He has also appeared in supporting roles in the 2016 Ugandan film The Only Son (as Uncle),{{cite web| url = http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1430617/-son-premiered| title = 'The Only Son' premiered |website=New Vision|author=Ronald Mugabe |date=n.d.}} Situka (2015) and as a patriarch of the Muwonge family in 5 @Home on Fox Life (2015-2018). He worked on other films and television series including Freedom (2016), Girl from Mparo (2016) and Kyaddala (2019).{{cn|date=June 2022}}
He was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama (Movie/TV series) in the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award{{cite web| url = https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/complete-list-of-amvca-2018-nominees-id8563169.html| title = "Tatu," "Banana Island Ghost," "Isoken," Odunlade Adekola, Dakore Akande among nominees |website= Pulse|author= Chibumga Izuzu|date = 30 June 2018}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://glitzafrica.com/amvca-2018-nominees-list-out/|title = AMVCA 2018 Nominees' List Out!|work=Glitz Africa|date=2018}}
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Category:21st-century Ugandan male actors
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