Osita iheme nigerian actor biography

Nigerian actor (born 1982)

Osita IhemeMFR (; born 20 February 1982)^[1] who hails from Mbaitolu Local Government in Imo State ^[2]is a Nigerian actor, author, film producer and comedian known for his role as Pawpaw in Aki na Ukwa (2002) alongside Chinedu Ikedieze.

Since then, he has starred in several Nollywood productions including 2 Rats (2003), Baby Police (2003), Nollywood Babylon (2008), The Mirror Boy (2011), Christmas in Miami and Aki and Pawpaw (2021).

Iheme was the recipient of the 2007 Africa Movie Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement and was conferred Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), a federal honour by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.^[3]

Early life

Birth and education

Iheme was born on 20 February 1982 in Abia State, located in the southeastern region of Nigeria, although a native of Mbaitoli, Imo State, southeast Nigeria, to a family of five with parents, Herbert and Augustina Iheme.

He had his