Full Name: Jide Kosoko
Date of Birth: 12 January 1954.
Ethnicity: Yoruba.
Place of Birth: Lagos Island, Lagos State.
Nationality: Nigerian
Marriage status: Married.
Languages: English, Yoruba.
Occupation: Actor, Film-maker and Film Director.
Prince Jide Kosoko is a veteran Nigerian actor, director and producer. He was the President of Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP). He acts both Yoruba and English language movies.
Jide Kosoko was born on January 12, 1954 in Lagos, Nigeria to a royal family, hence his traditional title of Prince or Omoba in Yoruba.
He had his first taste of acting in 1964 when he was just 10 years old. It was in a television production titled Makanjuola, produced by Ifelodun Travelling Theatre. He was called into the production by chance. It happened that one of his neighbours, an old actor named Dele Toyibo, was a member of the travelling theatre. They incidentally wanted to have a production on television-LTV Bar Beach.
They needed a boy of Kosoko’s age to play the lead role. Dele urged Kosoko to audition for the role. He eventually got the part and stayed with the troupe for another eight years before forming his own group, The Jide Kosoko Theatre Group in 1972.
Kosoko is also a notable movie director. He has produced over four blockbusters including Olorire and Arewaokunrin. He was even chosen by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to produce a docu-drama on climate change. The production titled Battle for life is still in the production process.
He has also endorsed many consumer products. The most popular one being the Chivita advert where he appears on billboards and on television.
Jide Kosoko is married to Henrietta Kosoko and their daughter is Sola Kosoko a Nollywood actress and a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University
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