Happy Birthday Olu Jacobs!!

Happy Birthday Olu Jacobs!! 

Oludotun Jacobs popularly known as Olu Jacobs, is a Nigerian actor who has starred in several British television series and international films.

  Jacobs was inspired to take a chance with acting when he attended one of Hubert Ogunde's annual concert party at Colonial Hotel in Kano. Afterwards, he secured a visa and traveled to England to study acting. He trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts London and starred in various British television shows and series in the 1970s like; The Goodies, Till Death Us Do Part, Barlow at Large, The Venturers, Angels, 1990, The Tomorrow People, The Professionals.

In 1978, he played the role of President Mageeba in Michael Codron's presentation of Tom Stoppard's play Night and Day. In the 1980s Jacobs starred in several international films some of which include John Irvin's war film The Dogs of War, Roman Polanski's adventure-comedy Pirates 1986 and the family-adventure film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 1985. On television he was a cast in TVS's The Witches and the Grinnygog.

Jacobs has starred in over 120 Nollywood films and is married to actress, Joke Silva. The actor was born in July and today he is a year older.



Happy birthday to a great man from us @vibes.ng.