Tope Tedela

Tope Tedela Biography / Profile

Temitope Christopher Tedela (popularly known as Tope Tedela) was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a yoruba family from Ekiti State. He is a Nigerian actor and producer.

Tope Tedela Age

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Tope Tedela Early Life

Tedela grew up in Lagos and attended Lagos State Model College, Meiran, Lagos for his secondary education. He earned a degree in Mass Communication from University of Lagos.

Tope Tedela Career

While studying at University of Lagos, Tedela was cast in his screen debut as Julian in the family TV Series Edge of Paradise. He stopped acting for a while in order to concentrate on his studies; while in school and shortly after graduation, Tedela worked as an on-air personality at UNILAG FM. He made a return to star as lala in his first leading role in the feature film A Mile from Home. At one time, Tedela a news anchor at the NTA. He acted in several notable stage performances.

In 2015, Tope Tedela starred in A Soldier’s Story and Out of Luck. Tedela’s role as metrosexual Kyle Stevens-Adedoyin in the 2016 comedy film Suru L’ere earned him many rave reviews. Tedela starred in these well-received films in 2017, the epic King Invincible, the comedy-crime/heist film Ojukokoro and the action-drama Slow Country. He made his producing debut with the drama thriller film What Lies Within. It was co-produced with Paul Utomi and Venessa Nzediegwu, and it features Michele Dede, Ken Erics and Ebere Okaro among others.

Tope Tedela Personal Life

Tedela is currently single. In an interview with the Sun, declared that marriage was the last thing on his mind at the moment, as he has other projects to tackle before officially bringing a woman into his life.. According to him, "Marriage is not my priority right now. I have other things I have planned out before marriage. I don’t want to rush into things I can’t handle." He is currently one of the richest and most influential actor in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $3 million.

Tope Tedela Awards

Tedela has received several awards for his work including Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award, Nigeria Entertainment Award, Best of Nollywood Award, Nollywood Movies Award, Golden Icons Academy Movie Award and Express Star Award. He was also honoured after playing the lead role in the 2013 award-winning action-drama film, A Mile from Home.