Actor

I'm from Europe, England, and I actually lived in Italy.

I'm from Europe, England, and I actually lived in Italy.

Grassroots projects are what keep you alive as an actor.

Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.

I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.

Personally, I love Toronto.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

I think that what 'Oz' did is it spawned a great generation of television production. But people know its place in television and just in great dramas. It's the foundation of my career. Most producers, show runners, directors, and casting directors put me in movies based on my performance in that show.

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!

I think the most appealing characters for the audience are the ones that you never know whether to root for them or whether to hate them. That's what keeps people drawn to their television sets.

Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

I've been a huge fan of Quvenzhane Wallis since 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' To me, she's our Shirley Temple, a phenomenal talent, and I wanted to work with her as soon as I saw that movie.

I've never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.

Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner fear: the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.

I'm here to play certain characters and give them a voice that they might not have had. That's my job, and like it or not, that's what I'm here to do.