Akin Omotoso

Biography

Akin Omotoso is a Nigerian film director, writer, and actor born in Nigeria in 1974. He grew up in Ile Ife, Osun State, before emigrating to South Africa with his family in 1992. The University of Cape Town graduate earned a diploma in speech and drama and went on to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry, earning a Fleur du Cap Award for Most Promising Student in 1995.