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Udoka Oyeka is a Nigerian-American actor, director, and producer known for his impactful storytelling in Nollywood. Born in Dallas, Texas, he moved to Nigeria at age two and...
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Director • Actor
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Nigeria
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Sep 25, 1983 (42)
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Gwoza (2025)
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Udoka Oyeka is a Nigerian-American actor, director, and producer known for his impactful storytelling in Nollywood. Born in Dallas, Texas, he moved to Nigeria at age two and later returned to the U.S. to earn an accounting degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. A theater elective ignited his passion for acting, leading him to study at the Theresa Bell Actors Studio. Oyeka's directorial debut, ZR-7: The Red House Seven (2011), was followed by acclaimed works like Down and Out and Living Funeral, both earning Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards nominations. His filmography includes Three Thieves (2019) and The Razz Guy (2021).
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Sep 25, 1983
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42 years old
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Dallas, Texas, United States
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Akinyemi Sebastian Akinropo
Director
2 shared titles
Gwoza • Coming from Insanity
Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy
Writer
2 shared titles
The Razz Guy • Three Thieves
Norbert Young
Actor
2 shared titles
No Good Turn • Living Funeral
Okechukwu Ukeje
Actor
2 shared titles
Gwoza • The Department
Onyebuchi Franklin Odurukwe
Actor
2 shared titles
Kofa • The Razz Guy
Abba Makama
Director
1 shared title
Three Thieves
Adeolu Adefarasin
Actor
1 shared title
Coming from Insanity
Afeez Oyetoro
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Kofa
Jul 2025
Prime Video
Bami, a woman who fled forced marriage and built a new life in Lagos. After a tragic insurgent attack in her hometown, she returns, loses her husband and risks everything to rescue a kidnapped girl, finding healing through courage.
Oct 2022
Prime Video
Eight people, four men and four women wake up in a dark room. They are dressed in their underwear and apart from knowing their names; they have no memories of who they are, where they are and why they are there. There is confusion and mutual suspicion as they come to terms with their predicament. When an armed man comes into the room and picks them out, one after the other, they struggle to remember, believing that in their memories lies a way to escape.
Mar 2021
Netflix • Kava
The movie follows the story of a senior executive whose arrogance and highhandedness earns him a curse that makes him lose his ability to speak proper English ahead of a crucial international business merger deal. He must either find a way to lift the curse and secure the deal or resign to his fate.
Oct 2019
Prime Video
Due to a case of mistaken identity, three dissatisfied friends are contracted to commit a seemingly simple theft. Even worse, the man originally contracted for the job is on the hunt for them. Things unfold and they just might be adding kidnapping to the list of crimes they are committing. With a comedic twist to it all, it’s a wonder how they end up as heroes of the day.
Jun 2019
Netflix • Prime Video
Coming from Insanity tells the story of 12-year-old boy Kossi with virtuoso level insight, who was trafficked into Lagos from Togo. He winds up with the Martins, as an houseboy and grew to become a member of their family. He later teamed up with some other friends to make his own money and that put him on the radaar of the EFCC
May 2016
YouTube
A gruesome Boko Haram terrorist attack has destroyed the police station and the market of a small town in Northern Nigeria. In charge of an overcrowded emergency unit of a rundown hospital, Dr. Gbenga and his staff are doing all they can to help the victims, when a young man suspected to be one of the terrorists is brought in. The town's Chief of Police demands immediate jungle justice but Gbenga must keep everyone's values in check especially his own.
Jan 2015
YouTube
The film tells the story of a secret department in a business conglomerate, as its gang members blackmail top executives into selling their companies to the leader of the conglomerate. Two lovers however opt out of the organization, but the group wants her back for one last job. She accepts against her husband's will, who consequently decides to sabotage the department in order to save their marriage.
Jul 2013
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Set in the backdrop of delusional stability, a young girl battling with breast cancer in the last days of her life, arranges a farewell for her family to help ease their pain; a celebration of life... A living funeral