Sola Fosudo

Film actor and scholar

Actor
dramatist
scholar

Sola Fosudo Listen^ⓘ (born 1958) is a Nigerian prolific dramatist, scholar, critic, film actor and director.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life and career

Sola hails from Lagos State.^[4] He was trained as a dramatist at Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan where he obtained a Master of Art degree in drama.^[5] He has featured and directed several Nigerian films.^[6] He is the head of the Department of Theatre Art, Lagos State University and the university's director of information.^[7]^[8]

Selected filmography

True Confession (1995)
Glamour Girls I (1994)
Rituals (1997)
Karashika (1998)
Strange Ordeal
Iyawo the Alhaji
Family on Fire (2011)
The Arbitration (2016) as Tomisin Bucknor
Forbidden - TV Series (2018-2019) as Gbenga Braithwaite
AMCOP: Clandestine (2019) as Mr. Davis
In Ibadan (2021) as Prof Olasupo
Praise Party (2023)

References

^ "Church honour excites Fosudo". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Nigeria HomePage - Breaking News, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News". thenigerianvoice.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ Adebayo, Tireni (2016-08-13). "Nollywood actor, Sola Fosudo condemns the Industry in new interview..." Kemi Filani News. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
^ "I'm not a Nollywood person". The Vanguard.
^ Olawale Adegbuyi. "MOVIE VETERANS: NIGERIAN FILM ICONS ON PARADE – Part 2". The Movietainment Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "I've not been on set for a year –Sola Fosudo | Newswatch Times". Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
^ "Nigerian News and Newspapers Online". www.newsng.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
^ "Nigeria News Post". nigeriannewspost.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.