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Joseph Benjamin (born 9 November 1976) is a Nigerian actor, model, singer, Voice-over Artist and television presenter [1] mainly known for co-hosting MTN's Project Fame,[2] a talent reality show, and starring in the movies Tango With Me, Mr. and Mrs., and Murder at Prime Suites.[3][4] He won the African Actor of the Year award at the 2012 African Film Awards.[5] For his role in Married but Living Single, he won the best lead actor at the 2012 Best of Nollywood Awards.

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Joseph Benjamin
Joseph Benjamin in 2008
Born	(1976-11-09) 9 November 1976 (age 45) Lagos State, Nigeria
Occupation	Actor, model, TV presenter, voice-over artist, singer
Years active	1995–present
Children	5

Personal life

Joseph was born on 9 November 1976, to a Kogi State indigene father and an Anambra State mother.[6] Joseph relocated to the United States in 2016, where he currently resides.[7] He identifies as a born-again Christian.[8]

Career

Early career

Joseph made his movie debut in Crossroads, in 1991 (alongside Ramsey Nouah and Sandra Achums); however, his screen debut was earlier, when he appeared at age 12 in the television program Tales by Moonlight on NTA.[9]

Nolly breakthrough and TV personality

Joseph has starred in several television series, including Edge of Paradise, in which he was being "crushed on" by his neighbor's daughter, and Super Story. His definite breakthrough in film came in the early 2010s, with roles in romantic-themed films such as Kiss and Tell, Tango With Me, which was nominated for five Africa Movie Awards, and Married but Living Single. He broke typecasting in 2013 by playing a detective in the 2013 crime thriller Murder at Prime Suites (MAPS), which was inspired by an actual criminal case in Lagos, Nigeria, in which a woman was murdered by someone she met on Facebook.[4][10][11] Shortly after completing MAPS, Joseph joined the cast of Desperate Housewives Africa, the Nigerian remake of the American hit series, playing the role of Chuka Obi, housewife Kiki Obi's wealthy and domineering husband, opposite Kehinde Bankole.[12] He co-hosted, with Adaora Oleh, MTN Project Fame West Africa between 2009 and 2016, and has appeared in TV and radio commercials.

Singer

Having sung in a choir since his early twenties, Joseph launched a career in professional singing in 2012, collaborating with singer Sabina on the album Merry Christmas that year.[13] A devout Christian, he has since specialized in the gospel and inspirational genre with the singles Joy in 2016[14] and I Pour My Love in 2020. He has stated that he considers himself a musician first and foremost.[15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Ref
2015	Golden Movie Awards	Golden Actor		Nominated	[16][17][18]
2017	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actor in a Lead role - English	Dance to my Beat	Nominated	[19]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Cross Roads
2003	Deadly Misson	Dotun
2009	Jungle Ride	Akin
2009	Spellbound
2010	Kiss and Tell	Iyke	with Monalisa Chinda, Desmond Elliot & Nse Ikpe Etim
2010	Kidnap
2010	Tango with Me	Uzo
2011	Mr. and Mrs.	Ken Abbah	with Nse Ikpe Etim & Barbara Soky
2011	Courier
2012	Married but Living Single	Mike	with Funke Akindele & Joke Silva
2012	Stripped
2012	Torn
2012	Unfair
2012	Darkside
2012	Faith
2012	Contract
2013	Murder at Prime Suites	Agent Ted
2013	First Cut		alongside Lisa Omorodion and Monalisa Chinda
2014	Mum, Dad, meet Sam
2014	Few good Men
2014	Blind Promise
2014	Secret Box
2014	Iyore
2014	Folly
2014	A Few Good Men	Wale	Feature Film directed by Ejiro Onobrakpor and featuring Deyemi Okanlawon
2015	The Grave Dust	Jordan	with Ramsey Nouah & Joke Silva
2015	Omoge Ofege[20]		with Femi Adebayo & Ireti Osayemi
2016	Rebecca	Clifford
2017	Isoken	Osaze
2017	Affairs of the Heart	Eric
2020	Special Jollof

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Deadly Mission
2005	Just Me
2005	Travails of Faith
2005-2006	Edge of Paradise
2005-2006	Young, Single and free
2007	Super story
2007	Bachelors
2007	168 A love Story
2008-2013	Tinsel
2015	Desperate Housewives Africa	Chuka Obi
2019	Green Leaf	Joseph Obi
2019	Last Call	Charles O Marley

References

External links

• Joseph Benjamin at IMDb

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