Femi Adebayo Biography, Net Worth and Movies

Femi Adebayo Salami is a prominent Nigerian Lawyer, director, and film actor. Read Femi Adebayo Biography, Net worth, age, and wife.

Also, Femi Adebayo is known to be the special adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Culture, Arts, and Tourism.

In Addition, he has an estimated net worth of $900,000 as he is one of the highly paid and influential actors in Nigeria.

As we proceed, we will read about his Childhood and Education as a part of his Femi Adebayo Biography.

Before we dive further into Femi Adebayo Biography, below is a table of quick information about the actor.

Full Name	Femi Adebayo Salami
Date of Birth	31st December 1978
Age	43 (2022)
Net Worth	$900,000
Education	B.SC in Law (University of Ilorin) M.SC in Law (University of Ibadan)
Father	Adebayo Salami
Mother	Alhaja Risikat Adebayo
Wife	Omotayo Adebayo
Movies	Igara Omo Ijoba Sonto Alapata Ayitale Shola Arikusa Heaven on My Mind Mama Drama Survival of Jelili
Children	Firdaus Niniola Adebayo Fadhlulrahman Adebayo Fadhlullah Adebayo Fadhil Olarewaju Adebayo.
Siblings	Wale, Sadiq, Layiwola, Tope, Ridwan, Hammed, Akeem, Kunle Adebayo – Brothers Tobi, Titi, Olushola, Omolara, Amina Ifeoluwa, Medinat and Olaide Adebayo – Sisters

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Childhood and Education

Femi Adebayo whose full name is Olufemi Lawal Adebayo is a legendary and comic movie actor. He was born on the 31st of December, 1978, in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. He is a native of Ilorin, Kwara State.

In addition, he is the son of a renowned actor Adebayo Salami also known as ‘Oga Bello’ and Alhaja Risikat Adebayo. The Nigerian actor was bred in a polygamous family with his seventeen siblings.

However, After Femi Adebayo’s primary school education, he enrolled in the C&S College to further his secondary school education. He then proceeded to the University of Ilorin, where he bagged a bachelor’s degree in Law. Amazingly, he later earned a master’s degree in Law at the Prestigious University of Ibadan.

Age

Femi Adebayo was brought into the world on the 31st of December, 1978 and of course, he is presently 43 years old and will be celebrating his 44th birthday day on December 31st, 2022.

Career

Femi Adebayo started acting at the age of 7 in 1985 and he starred in one of his father’s movies titled ‘Ogun Ajaye’ when he was 13 years old.

Furthermore, Femi Adebayo is widely known for his talented, energetic, and comic nature in the Nollywood industry. He is famous for his funny roles in the hilarious Yoruba Comedy Movie he acted titled “JELILI”.
Also, he has featured in movies like “Iya Alalake, The Ghost and the Tout, Mokalik, Sonto Alapata, Buga and so many more.

In addition, the lively actor has featured, produced, and directed over 500 movies.

Also, Femi Adebayo is the CEO of the J-15 media network Nigeria and also the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Culture Arts and Tourism.

Movies

To enumerate, here are some of Femi Adebayo’s movies:

• Jelili
• Oníṣe Iku
• Iya Alalake
• Owo Blow
• Apaadi
• Heaven on My Mind
• Sonto Alapata
• Ayitale
• Shola Arikusa
• Heaven on My Mind
• The Ghost and the Tout
• Mokalik
• Mama Drama
• Survival of Jelili
• Alade Owala
• Omo University
• Unroyal
• The Miracle Centre
• Buga
• Charge and Bail
• October 1
• Progressive Tailors Club
• Ma Wobadan
• Love Castle
• Tania
• My Job
• Ọmọ Ekun
• Anini
• Appadi
• Odi Igbeyin
• Lady’s Men
• Igara Omo Ijoba

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Awards and Nominations

Femi Adebayo has earned numerous awards. He won four awards as the Best Yoruba actor at the 17th Afro-known African Film Awards. Also, he won the award in 2012 Best of Nollywood Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria Award. He as well won Best Movie Producer in the 2015 City People Entertainment Awards.

Also, He won the 2017 Best of Nollywood Awards as the Best Actor of the Year as he had won the Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Yoruba movie titled ‘Afaila Ojo’. He won Best Nollywood Actor in the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

Furthermore, The eminent Nollywood actor was nominated for the 2019 Best Kiss in a Movie titled Diamond in the Sky. He won the Best Actor in supporting roles, Yoruba in 2020 in a movie titled Lucifer and he was also nominated in the same category in Yorùbá movie titled ‘The Return of Lucifer.’

Femi Adebayo Net Worth

Femi Adebayo who is one of the most influential actors in Nigeria has made a huge sum of money in the movie industry and his other businesses. Actor Femi Adebayo net worth is a whopping $900,000 with luxurious cars and houses.

Moving further, the next section holds information about his family as a part of Femi Adebayo Biography.

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Femi Adebayo’s Family

Family is an important part of Femi Adebayo Biography, we will begin by reading information about Femi Adebayo’s wife.

Wife

Initially, Femi Adebayo married a woman named Khadijat Adebayo who bore him three cute children before they departed. After their divorce, he waited right years before finding another woman named Omotayo Adebayo.

Marriage

After the actor’s first failed marriage, he waited for eight years before he finally gave another woman the chance, that is to say, he married his current wife eight years after his divorce from his first wife.

They got married to Omotayo Adebayo on the 9th of October, 2016 and the new wife gave him a son making Femi Adebayo a father of four, three from his ex-wife and one from his present wife.

Children

Femi Adebayo is a father of four with beautiful children a girl and twin boys from his previous marriage and a son from his second union. The first child who is a female is Firdaus Niniola Adebayo followed by his twin Fadhlulrahman and Fadhlullah Adebayo and his present last son Fadhil Olarewaju Adebayo.

Moving further, we’ll read about the father, mother, and siblings, an important aspect of Femi Adebayo Biography.

Parents

Adebayo Salami, a devoted Muslim filmmaker who had by far earned the stage name ‘Oga Bello’, is a versatile actor, movie producer, and director. He was born on the 9th of May, 1953 in Lagos State where he grew up and had both primary and secondary education.

Furthermore, Adebayo Salami is married to two wives and he is a father of 18 grown-up children of which five of them are in the filming industry and followed in their father’s footsteps. The most known among them are Femi Adebayo, Tope Adebayo, and Kemi Adebayo.

Also, Femi Adebayo’s mother is Alhaja Risikat Adebayo, Oga Bello’s first wife.

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Siblings

Veteran actor Femi Adebayo is from a polygamous family of 18 children of which he is the second born. Four of his siblings are into acting and the rest are into other businesses.

His brothers are Wale, Sadiq, Layiwola, Tope, Ridwan, Hammed, Akeem, Kunle Adebayo, and the sisters are Tobi, Titi, Olushola, Omolara, Amina Ifeoluwa, Medinat, and Olaide Adebayo.
Wale Adebayo happens to be the eldest of them all while the youngest of them all is Olaide.

Final Notes on Femi Adebayo Biography, Net Worth, and Movies

A quick recap, Femi Adebayo is a versatile actor with a whopping net worth of $900,000.

Also, he is now married to Omotayo who has given him a son adding to his three other sons.

Besides, he is also the son of a prominent actor, Adebayo Salami.

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