Desmond Elliot - Actor

Full Name:
Desmond Oluwashola Elliot.

Stage Name:
Desmond Elliot

Date of Birth:
4 February 1974.

Place of Birth:
Lagos, Nigeria..

Ethnicity:
Yoruba/Igbo.

Education:
B.Sc Economics, Lagos State University

Marital Status:
Married

Occupation:
Actor/Director, Politician..

Twitter: @deselliot
Instagram: @desmondelliot

Elliot was born to a Yoruba father and an Igbo mother; because of this, Elliot has described himself as being a Pan-African. He received his primary education at Air Force Primary School and later attended St John’s College, both in Jos. In 2003 he graduated from Lagos State University where he studied Economics.

Elliot was influenced by a friend to become an actor. He started playing roles in soap operas like Everyday People, One Too Much and Saints and Sinners. He is one of Nollywood’s leading actors, having appeared in over two hundred films including Men Who Cheat, Yahoo Millionaire and Atlanta. In 2008 Elliot co-produced and co-directed the movie “Reloaded” which received 3 nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009.

In 2009 and 2010, Elliot was nominated for the Best Actor category at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Also in 2010, Elliot has been competing to become the ambassador for the Face of Hope Project, a “volunteer-based non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization established to give hope to the hopeless”, in which he will work toward fixing “child illiteracy in Nigeria and Africa at large” if he is the victor.

Politics
Elliot declared his intentions in September 2014 to run for Lagos State House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress. He contested and won the Surulere Constituency in the April 11, 2015 Nigerian General Elections.

Filmography
Black Val (2015)
The Department (2015)[19]
When Love Happens (2014)
30 Days in Atlanta (2014)
Kamara’s Tree (2013)
Kiss and Tell (2011)
I’ll Take My Chances (2011)
Bursting Out (2010)[20]
Holding Hope (2010)[20]
Nollywood Hustlers (2010)[21]
Before the Light (2009)[22]
Edikan[22] Final Tussle (2008)
Guilty Pleasures (2008)
Black Night in South America (2007)
A Better Place (2007)
Caught-Up (2007)
Double Game (2007)
Fine Things (2007)
Ghetto Queen (2007)
Secret Pain (2007)
Men Who Cheat (2006)
A Time to Love (2007) …. Hank
Yahoo Millionaire (2007) …. Jerry
Put It on Me (2006)
Asunder (2006)
Behind the Plot (2006)
Divided Attention (2006)
Efficacy (2006)
Ekaette
Extreme Measure (2006) … Festus

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