Akinwale Agbaje: Biography, Movies, Achievements And Net Worth

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, also bearing Adewale Triple A, is a famous British Nigerian actor, director and former fashion model, known for his roles as Simon Adebisi in Oz.

He was born August 22, 1967 in Islington, London, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin who then, were students in the UK.
At the young age of six weeks old, his biological parents gave him up to a white working-class family in Tilbury, Essex alongside two sisters. He grew up there and had his elementary and higher education respectively.

 

Adewale’s Educational Background

Akinnuoye obtained Bachelor’s degree in Law from King’s College London and a Masters in Law from the University of London respectively.
While in the University, Akinnuoye-Agbaje worked in a clothes shop where he had the experience in the world of modelling.

Adewale’s Career

Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model. He eventually joined Hollywood in 1995 where he began acting with a role in the movie, Congo.
He has featured in several Hollywood movies, some of which are:
• Delta of Venus
• Deadly Voyage
• Unstoppable
• The Mistress of Spices
• Killer Elite
• Annie
• Game of Thrones
• Watership Down
• Farming
• The Fix among numerous others.

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Akinwale has also starred in good number of television series, including Red Shoe Diaries, New York Undercover, Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble, Watersheep Down, Lost, Moominvalley, His Dark Materials where he played the role of Commander Ogunwe.

The talented Nigerian-British entertainer has also featured in music videos, most notably:

  • Talk It Over” – Grayson Hugh(1989)
  • “Jealousy” – Pet Shop Boys(1991)
  • “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” – En Vogue(1992)
  • “Love No Limit” – Mary J. Blige (1993)
  • “I Want It All Night Long” – Heather Hunter(1993)
  • “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)” – Dawn Penn (1994)

Akinwaleis very creative and talented with good delivery of roles in movies. His best-known acting roles have been as the imposing convict Simon Adebisi in the 1990s HBO prison series Oz and as Mr. Eko on ABC’s survivor drama Lost.
His film roles include ‘The Bourne Identity’, in which he played a deposed African dictator, Hitu the Police officer in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, and Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Akinwale was also featured in the video for singer-songwriter Grayson Hugh’s hit “Talk It Over”, which was in heavy rotation in 1989 on MTV and VH-1.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s feature directorial debut, Farming, wrapped production in 2017 and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

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In 2009, Akinnuoye was in talks with Marvel Studios to play the superhero Black Panther in a proposed film of the same name.

Awards and Nominations

Akinwale has so far won several awards notably as:
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
• Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
• Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture among many others.

His Personal Life

Akinnuoye-Agbaje marital status is not known, but believed to be in a relationship. He lives in Los Angeles. He is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist association.

Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Net Worth

Akinnuoye-Agbaje has made a big name for himself in the entertainment industry with an estimated net worth of over $1 million dollars.

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