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It’s time for the fellows on my listing and it’s the fourth yr of my doing this. Thanks to all who’ve been following this specific phase yearly and urging me on to stick with it.
2016 had various new actors who had been fairly good in some films. There had been some good actors from the outdated inventory too who had an excellent yr. However, one needed to prune all the way down to this listing after tediously sifting by way of a shortlist. There are some names I ought to give Special Mention, who didn’t make the listing for purely technical causes on my template however who stood out in their very own proper in appearing fares in 2016. Sambasa Nzeribe, a comparatively new actor is one to be careful for. Daniel Ok Danielhad a great yr too, even successful a few main awards for ‘Best Actor’. OC Ukeje had a great outing too in addition to a unbelievable stage actor known as Patrick Dibuah.
Kudos as soon as once more to these names talked about.
The templates for arriving at my Best 5 Actors in 2016 are the identical as used for the Best Actresses yearly; Characterisation, Interpretation, Visualisation and Enunciation
NUMBER 5: KUNLE FAWOLE
The means of an actor to dwell a personality out onscreen or on stage is one of many examined conditions for giving diadems to that individual. But the power of that actor to persuade us that he’s that character, the place he makes it tough for us to attract a line between suspension of disbelief and grudging admiration, is the hallmark of a unbelievable actor. And Kunle Fawole is simply that. At least, he’s greater than convincing in his position as Ruffy Jackson in the Africa Magic sequence ‘Hush’. Playing the position of a political thug with a delicate spot has endeared him to tens of millions of viewers and it’s not simply because he performs it so properly that he’s on my listing. I noticed him play the lead position in a current film the place he was completely a far cry from Ruffy and spoke with good articulation and was fairly intense. In any case, this man is a delight to look at as Ruffy Jackson and relying on how ‘Hush’unravels its remaining denouement, it wouldn’t be a nasty concept for the Producers to create a spin-off comedy prequel or sequel for that character. It actually wouldn’t.
NUMBER 4: WALE OJO:
It could be a disservice to Nollywood if Wale Ojo is just not talked about in this listing or every other listing of high actors who excelled in 2016. In ‘The CEO’, Wale Ojo confirmed why he’s a pure onerous working actor and why maybe a number of years stint in the United Kingdom plying his commerce as an actor and honing extra abilities, have counted for him. His nuances, position interpretation and wonderful articulation in his position ‘The CEO’ stood him out as one of many high actors in 2016. I discover that he’s regularly climbing up the rung to play the main roles too for his age vary. He brings some cool into appearing and interprets his personal approach. Good effort.
NUMBER 3: GREGORY OJEFUA
Gregory, to me, is one thing of a pleasant paradox as an actor. He’s each a shock and a thrill. Rarely does an actor come up on he scene, with such an unassuming facade and shock the world with the ability of interpretation akin to Gregory Ojefua does. I’ve seen him give commendable switches from comedian roles to severe ones in a number of films in 2016 and he was rattling good! In‘Just Not Married’, he performs a continually consuming and near-wordless Oaf who’s of a Stolen Cars Syndicate and he performs that position with such seriousness as he shovels dollops of amala down his throat which will get everybody laughing. In ‘The Arbitration’, he switches to a cool and correct character witness, which comes off to me as a product of his private analysis. In ‘Surulere’, he performs the conceited, pain-in-the-ass boss who takes delight in inflicting verbal torture on his staff. And it was actually in ‘Surulere’ that Gregory appeared to inform the world that he’s a silent drive to reckon with. Last yr, I watched him in a brief film the place he performed the position of the Biafran War Lord, Colonel Odimegwu Ojukwu and his interpretation and characterisation had been wonderful! Something about Ojefua jogs my memory of a cross between James Earl Jones and Kevin James, two Hollywood actors and I feel we might be seeing a lot of this man for a very long time.
NUMBER 2: RAMSEY NOAH
It appeared like Ramsey Nouah was on a hiatus in 2016 till I watched ’76, an Izu Ojukwu film and he re-iterated my inventive arguments about Old Wine in a New Skin at all times tasting good. In ’76, Ramsey performs a navy officer in the barracks, who’s inadvertently roped right into a coup plot towards the navy head of state. Far faraway from his standard Lover Boy roles, we see Ramsey in this film bringing out his easiest and taking part in his character to the hilt. The character calls for emotional excessive factors in numerous tilts in the film and Ramsey does an excellent job in sustaining the main focus and visualisation of that position. I daresay that this film would by some means re-invent the actor in Ramsey Noah and maybe get him to discover depths which he is aware of he can attain however which can not have been adequately experimented with these previous years. He’s an actor with nice vary.
NUMBER 1: RICHARD MOFE-DAMIJO
Picture Courtesy of RMD’s Instagram web page
It’s uncommon for any actor to go off the scene for eight years or extra and return with a bang wherever in the world. It’s much more tough when that actor plies his commerce in Nollywood. But Richard Mofe-Damijo did it in 2016.
With his starring position in ‘Hush’, RMD wowed an outdated fan base and harnessed a brand new technology of followers, principally swooning followers too. Playing the position of Bem Tsenugo, an unassuming however lethal Fashion Designer in the sequence, RMD exhibits us why he has had endurance as an actor with charisma all these years. It is just not solely in ‘Hush’ that RMD reveals his a lot improved prowess although. In the films ‘3 Wise Men’ and ‘Dinner’ in addition to ‘The Grudge’, he displays an fascinating vary which supplies us extra perception why he’s a display screen legend in his personal proper. Then in the film ‘Oloibiri’, RMD provides an unforgettable portrayal as a Niger Delta militant, a task he reportedly needed to drop a few pounds for.
Interestingly. RMD continues to be a Box Office attraction nearly each Nollywood Producer would need to have in their films, as he has proved to himself as one to chop throughout demographics. If just for the re-invention of his profession once more in 2016, he will get my Number One Vote however then he didn’t simply re-invent himself, he got here at it with some extent to show in his appearing.
Few actors have such grace and allure onscreen. And even fewer have the massive enchantment and clout he instructions on and off display screen.
He is tops for 2016. Congratulations.
Written By: Charles Novia
Charles Novia is an award-winning avant garde Nollywood Filmmaker, writer, tradition critic, social commentator and media entrepreneur.
