Nollywood actor olu jacob biography

His early childhood was spent in the Northern part of Nigeria, in Kano State specifically.

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, (born 11 July ), known professionally as Olu Jacobs, is a veteran Nigerian actor and film executive.

Even as a child, he loved watching stage plays and was fascinated by this act. He then told his parents that he wanted to join the little girls to dance in the next stage play, and his parents agreed. His participation in the play paved the way for his path in acting. Olu Jacobs attained his education at Holy Trinity School, where he joined the debate and drama clubs.

Due to his keen interest in the arts, Young Olu Jacobs informed his father of his intentions to study drama abroad and received pushback. Without his father's knowledge, he then applied for a visa, which was granted to him. Afterwards, he travelled to England to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, a school located in Bloomsbury, central London, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio.

The institution he attended was founded in and remains one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom. He has since starred in over films , from to date. According to Silva, Jacobs' told her he was going to marry her the first time they met, but she did not believe him.

Though he is fondly and widely known as Olu Jacobs, his full name is Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs.

When he asked her to marry him, he took her to a restaurant for a special dish at night and thereafter went on his knees to ask her to marry him. They married in and have since welcomed three children namely Olusoji , Dayo , and Olugbenga. Olu Jacobs is not just a thespian; he is a lover of theatre and film. He and his wife established the Olufodo Academy of Performing Arts in as a stage and film production company.

The pair, through the group, visited privately owned schools to propagate the values of theatre to the young ones.