{"id":4927,"date":"2022-05-10T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?post_type=biography&p=4927"},"modified":"2022-05-23T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:45:39","slug":"deyemi-okanlawons-biography","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Deyemi Okanlawon\u2019s Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early Life and Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon, an Aircraft Engineer father, and Mrs. Adeyinka Okanlawon a baker and entrepreneur. He attended Taikenny Nursery and Primary School in Lagos for his primary school education and had his secondary education at International School, Lagos. He then proceeded to study Chemical Engineering at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. He has served as a former baker and sales marketing executive. He also obtained a Certificate in Acting for Film, from the New York Film Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The career of Deyemi Okanlawon started at age 5 when he had his first experience in acting when he featured in an \u2018end-of-year\u2019 play while in primary school. Also, while at the age of 9, Okanlawon was featured in a nationally syndicated Television commercial with\u00a0Kunle Bamtefa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, While he was at the University of Lagos, Okanlawon became an active member of the drama groups Gf(x) (Harvesters Company), Xtreme Reaction and Snapshots (Covenant Christian Centre).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2the 010 movie ZR-7, Deyemi Okanlawon made his feature film debut in a short film titled A Grain of Wheat. He furtherly went on to feature in many more short films and co-produced some. By 2012, he became popular for his numerous appearances in a series of short films and web series including Blink, 6:30 pm, and Knock Knock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, in 2013, he focus on acting full-time movies and has since then featured in over 50 films. He has also appeared in OLX and GLO Television commercials as well as music videos for Waje and Aramide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that same 2013, he was awarded the Best Actor in a Short Film at the In-Short film festival for his role as a psychotic husband in the thriller, Blink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marital Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In January 2013, Okanlawon got married to his wife Damilola.  Also, on 10th<\/sup> day of July, 2016, Okanlawon and his wife Damilola welcomed their first child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Movies, TV shows\/ feature films<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2022       Blood Sisters      Kola       Biyi Bandele       Netflix original limited series<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021       King of Boys: The Return of the King<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020       Rise of the Saints<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019       Pandora’s Box                                   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Two Weeks in Lagos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017       The Royal Hibiscus Hotel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016       Desperate Housegirls 2 & 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Tobi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It\u2019s about your husband<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Madam Caitlyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Asawana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015    Dowry II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If Tomorrow Never Comes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Road To Yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            All of Me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Undercover Lover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014    Dowry I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Lekki Wives III<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            A Place Called Happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Perfect Imperfection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Friends and Lovers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            A Few Good Men<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Vanity\u2019s Last Game<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013    Kpians: The Feast of Souls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            +Kpians Premonition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Gidi Up II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Obvious<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021       6:30PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Journey To Self<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Blink<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Gidi Up Season 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011       Dependence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010       ZR-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Grain of Wheat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Nominations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Year<\/th>Event<\/th>Prize<\/th>Recipient<\/th>Result<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2022<\/td>Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards<\/td>Best Actor in A Comedy<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (Omo Ghetto: The Saga )<\/td>Pending<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/td>Best of Nollywood Awards<\/td>Best Supporting Actor \u2013English<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (Levi)<\/td>Nominated<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/td>GMA Awards<\/td>Best Actor, African Collaboration<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (No Man’s Land)<\/td>Won<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td>Best Actor in a Drama Series<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (An African City)<\/td>Nominated<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td>Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards<\/td>Revelation of the Year<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (If Tomorrow Never Comes<\/em>)<\/td>Won<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>GMA Awards<\/td>Best Actor, African Collaboration<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (If Tomorrow Never Comes<\/em>)<\/td>Won<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>In-Short Film Festival<\/td>Best Actor in a Short Film – Supporting Role in an English language film (Married but Living Single)<\/td>Deyemi Okanlawon (Blink<\/em>)
<\/td>		Won<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>In-Short Film Festival<\/td>Best Short Film<\/td>Blink<\/em><\/td>Nominated<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA)<\/td>Best New Media Online Video<\/td>Kpians Premonition<\/em><\/td>Won<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>AFRINOLLY<\/td>Best Animation<\/td>In Iredu<\/em><\/td>Won<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Social Handles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: deyemitheactor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @_deyemi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[822],"class_list":["post-4927","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-acting"],"yoast_head":"\nDeyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Naijabiography Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-23T14:45:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/\",\"name\":\"Deyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-10T16:20:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-23T14:45:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1800,\"caption\":\"Deyemi Okanlawon\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Biographies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Deyemi Okanlawon\u2019s Biography\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"description\":\"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. Explore the online encyclopedia with many biographies, history, culture articles, video, Quiz\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Naijabiography Media\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png\",\"width\":193,\"height\":32,\"caption\":\"Naijabiography Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Deyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography","description":"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Deyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography","og_description":"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.","og_url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/","og_site_name":"Naijabiography Media","article_modified_time":"2022-05-23T14:45:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1800,"url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/","name":"Deyemi Okanlawon Biography | Movies | Age | Wife | Naijabiography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp","datePublished":"2022-05-10T16:20:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-23T14:45:39+00:00","description":"Deyemi Okanlawon was born and raised in\u00a0Lagos State, which falls in the Southwestern part of Nigeria, to the family of Mr Adeyemi Okanlawon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/deyemitheactor_278817004_147548244436021_2756282069144547813_n-1.webp","width":1440,"height":1800,"caption":"Deyemi Okanlawon"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/deyemi-okanlawons-biography\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Biographies","item":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Deyemi Okanlawon\u2019s Biography"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/","name":"Naijabiography Media","description":"Sharing stories about people, events and culture. Explore the online encyclopedia with many biographies, history, culture articles, video, Quiz","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#organization","name":"Naijabiography Media","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Webp.net-resizeimage.png","width":193,"height":32,"caption":"Naijabiography Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/4927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"biography_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography_category?post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}