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Odunlade Adekola Net Worth, Age, Family and Biography

Odunlade Adekola Net Worth, Age, Family and Biography

Odunlade Adekola is a Nigerian actor, comedian, and singer. Read Odunlade Adekola Net worth, Age, Family, and Biography.

Also, Odunlade Adekola is an inspiring singer, movie producer, and director.

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In addition, Odunlade Adekola who is an actor is also a brand ambassador to a multi-million dollars company and CEO and he has a net worth of $2.5 million dollars amounting to over 1 Billion Nigerian Naira.

Before we dive further into Odunlade Adekola Net Worth, Age, Family, and Biography, a table of quick information about Odunlade Adekola is provided below.

Actor Odunlade Adekola Biography
Actor Odunlade Adekola Biography
Full Name Odunlade Adekola
Date of Birth 31st December 1978
Age 43 (2022)
Net Worth $2,500,000
(N1,000,000,000+)
Education ND
(Moshood Abiola Polytechnic)
B.SC in Business Administration
(University of Lagos)
Profession Acting, Comedy, Singing
Films Pepeye méje (2018)
Ado Agbara (2019)
Gbemileke (2019)
Agbaje Omo Onile 1,2&3 (2019)
Saamu Alajo Comedy Series (2020 till date)
The Miracle Centre (2020)
Ajibade (2021)
Children Adedotun Adekola,
Adedore Adekola.
Father Pastor B.A Adekola
Mother Deaconess Felicia Adekola
Sibling Jethro
Odunlade Adekola Biography

Odunlade Adekola Net Worth

Popular actor Odunlade Adekola who is not only into acting but several occupations has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million. He has made up to this through his acting, directing, producing movies, and signing endorsement deals

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In addition, this has made him one of the richest and most influential actors in Nigeria.

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Childhood and Education

Odunlade Adekola is a superlative actor who was born and brought up in Lafenwa, Abeokuta, Ogun State, into a devoted Christian family on the 31st of December, 1978. He is a native of Otun Ekiti in Ekiti State.

Odunlade Adekola started his education in St. John’s primary school and later enrolled in St. Peter’s college Abeokuta where he obtained his West African School Certificate (WAEC). Afterward, he proceeded to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) where he earned a National Diploma Certificate (ND). Subsequently, in 2018, Odunlade Adekola was said to have bagged a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the prestigious University of Lagos.

Also, He is from a family of two children of which he is the eldest of the children born to his parents, Mr & Mrs. Odunlade.

Actor Odunlade Adekola Age

Actor Odunlade Adekola who was born on the 31st of December, 1978 is presently 43 years old and will be clocking 44 on the 31st of December, 2022.

Career


Odunlade Adekola is a member of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) and he was motivated by his church audience when he first started acting in church with one of his friends, Tunde and this encouraged him into professional acting.

Furthermore, his friend introduced him to a theatre group, they usually meet for rehearsals, there Odunlade Adekola was able to showcase his talent which stole everyone’s heart.

There in the group, Odunlade Adekola attentively started learning some ethics of the movie industry luckily for him, he met with some invited veterans who asked him to join a theatre association. Later in January 1998, he became an authentic member of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners.

Since then, the handsome actor started featuring in movies, he featured in a movie titled ‘Faworaja’ by Bolaji Amusan popularly known as Mr. Latin. Thereafter, he played a lead role as the State Governor in a movie titled ‘Asiri Gomina wa’ in 2003 which was produced by the late Ishola Durojaiye alias Alasari, which led him to prominence and rose him to fame.

Today, Odunlade Adekola is now a veteran Yoruba and Nollywood actor with numerous awards, he has featured in over 300 movies.

Music

In addition, Odunlade Adekola had ventured into the music industry in 2015, December and he has produced some interesting songs which include:

  • Omo Babe, 2018
  • Oju Olorun, 2018
  • Arike, 2019.

Aside from that, the superstar is known to have formed soundtracks to a lot of movies which include ‘Emi Ni Ire Kan’, ‘Saamu Alaajo’, ‘Pepeye Meje’ and so on.

Also, the prominent actor has a platform named ‘Odunlade Adekola Film Production OAFP’ which he has created so as to build talented and intelligent thespians. He is a brand ambassador to numerous brands such as Globacom, Goldberg, etc.

In addition, In 2018 he became an ambassador to Revolution Plus Property, and in 2019, he was endorsed by Ayoola Foods.

Movies

The lively actor, whose dynamism has been the anthem humming on the lips of everyone has starred, produced, directed, and scripted numerous movies both Yoruba and Nollywood. To enumerate, some of Odunlade Adekola’s movies are:

  • Asiri Gomina Wa (2003)
  • Ile Afọju (2019)
  • Alani Pamolekun (2015)
  • The Vendor (2018)
  • Mufu Oloosha Oko (2013)
  • Oyenusi (2014)
  • Kabi Ọ Osi (2014)
  • Emi Nire kan (2009)
  • Sunday Dagboru(2010)
  • Ẹjẹ Tutu (2015)
  • Monday Ọmọ Àdúgbò (2010)
  • Ma Ko Fún E (2009)
  • Kurukuru (2015)
  • Gbolahan (2015)
  • Oju Ẹni Mala (2015)
  • Aroba (2015)
  • Omo Colonel (2015)
  • Oro (2015)
  • Babatunde Ishola Fólórunsó (2015)
  • Adajo Agba (2015)
  • Adebayo Arẹmu Abẹrẹ (2015)
  • Saamu Alajo (2016)
  • Igbese mi (2016)
  • Iku Lokunrin (2017)
  • Òwìwí (2017)
  • Yeye Alara (2018)
  • Pepeye méje (2018)
  • Ado Agbara (2019)
  • Gbemileke (2019)
  • Agbaje Omo Onile 1,2&3 (2019)
  • Saamu Alajo Comedy Series (2020 till date)
  • The Miracle Centre (2020)
  • Ajibade (2021)

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Awards

Odunlade Adekola, ever since he surfaced, he has been an award-winning actor. He received the Best Actor for the Year, in the 2009 & 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.

He further got The Best Actor In a Leading Role in the 2012 Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA). Afterward, in 2015, he received The Best Actor of the Year again in the City People Entertainment Awards and also the Best Actor (Indigenous) in the Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 2015.

Also, he was nominated as the Movie Personality of the Year (Male) at the 2017 City People Movie Awards. He got the Best Actor, Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2018, and also Best Actor in a Comedy ‘A Million Baby’, African Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

He was also nominated as the Actor of the Year in the 2019 Independent Awards and also the Most Searched Actor, in the 2019 Net Honours Award, 2019.

Moving further, we will read about Odunlade Adekola’s wife.

Odunlade Adekola’s Family

Family is a significant part of Odunlade Adekola Net Worth and Biography, the next section holds Information about Odunlade Adekola’s wife and children.

Wife

Ruth and Odunlade
Ruth and Odunlade

Odunlade Adekola’s wife is Ruth Adekola popularly known as Mummy Dee4. She was born on the 2nd of December in Ekiti state where she grew up and attended her primary and secondary school education.

Furthermore, she went to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) where her husband is an alumnus. She is a devoted Christian and so far has maintained a low profile life despite her husband’s fame.

Marriage

Odunlade Adekola met his wife at a vigil service organized by the church he attended then, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Abeokuta in 1995. It was love at first sight, They were both members of the church and Odunlade made love advances toward her, Ruth wasn’t ready for the relationship at the time due to the fact that Odunlade is an actor so they remained friends for a while before they started dating.

The lovebirds finally got married in 2003 in the same year Odunlade Adekola rose to popularity and now they have four cute boys.

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Children

Odunlade and his wife are blessed with four handsome sons of which their first two sons are grown up and not much is known about them. Their last two sons are Adedotun Adekola, the third son who was born on the 13th of April, 2013 and the fourth son is Adedore Adekola who was born on the 23rd of November, 2015.

Also, these lovely boys have earned their mother the name Mummy ‘Dee4’ because they all have D in their names. They are growing up well protected from the influence of the media.

However, they obviously love their father’s chosen career and might probably want to follow in his footsteps. Besides, they are also outstanding footballers and their father has made it known that whatever career they might choose, he will never have any problem with it because it’s their decision to make and not his.

As we proceed, we will read about Odunlade Adekola’s Father, Mother, and Sibling.

Parents and Siblings

The veteran actor, Odunlade Adekola was born into a well-grounded Christian family. His father’s name is Pastor B.A Adekola who was once a choirmaster at a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at the moment their first child, Odunlade was born and later became the pastor of the same church. He is a servant of God at a parish of Christ Apostolic Church in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Also, Odunlade Adekola’s mother is Deaconess Felicia Adekola who is always ready to pray for the success of her children. Both Pastor B.A Adekola and his wife Deaconess Felicia Adekola are from Ekiti state.

Brother

Jethro Oyekanmi Adekola was born on the 2nd of June. He is Odunlade Adekola’s younger brother, the famous Nollywood Actor, and also an actor himself.

Jethro is married to a beautiful wife. He is a good friend who values and takes care of those who he loves. He also runs a Christian theatre group.

In addition, just like his elder brother, Jethro Oyekanmi spends a lot of time away from his family. Both Yoruba stars Odunlade Adekola and his brother, Jethro Oyekanmi Adekola have a very busy schedule and travel more often to different movie locations.

Summary of Odunlade Adekola Net Worth, Age, Family, and Biography

A quick recap, Odunlade Adekola is a funny and handsome actor with a huge net worth. He has made a whopping net worth of $2.5 million from his several occupations.

Also, Odunlade Adekola’s wife, Ruth Adekola is a devoted Christian and mother of four handsome sons.

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