Desmond Elliot is a Nigerian actor

Actor

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 and director

Film director

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, who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap opera

Soap opera

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Early life

Elliot was born to a Yoruba

Yoruba people

The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...

 father and an Igbo

Igbo people

Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo, Ebo, Eboans or Heebo are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism...

 mother. Because of this, Elliot has described himself as being a Pan-African

Pan-Africanism

Pan-Africanism is a movement that seeks to unify African people or people living in Africa, into a "one African community". Differing types of Pan-Africanism seek different levels of economic, racial, social, or political unity...

. He received his primary education at Air Force Primary School and later attended St John’s College, both in Jos

Jos

Jos is a city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.The city has a population of about 1.5 million residents. Popularly called "J-town" or "Jesus Our Saviour" by the residents, it is the administrative capital of Plateau State....

. In 2003 he graduated from Lagos State University

Lagos State University

The Lagos State University - also known as LASU - was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence. The university caters for a population of over 61,000, enrolled in full-time and part-time programmes at...

 where he studied Economics

Economics

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Career

Elliot was influenced by a friend to become an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He started playing roles in soap operas like Everyday People, One Too Much and Saints and Sinners. He is one of Nollywood's leading actors, having appeared in over two hundred films including Men Who Cheat, Yahoo Millionaire and Atlanta. In 2008 Elliot co-produced and co-directed the movie "Reloaded" which received 3 nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009. In 2009 and 2010, Elliot was nominated for the Best Actor category at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Also in 2010, Elliot has been competing to become the ambassador for the Face of Hope Project, a "volunteer-based non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization established to give hope to the hopeless", in which he will work toward fixing "child illiteracy in Nigeria and Africa at large" if he is the victor.

Personal life

Elliot is married and has 2 children. He is involved in public relations for Globacom

Globacom

Globacom Limited is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in 4 countries in West Africa namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and...

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Filmography

• Bursting Out (2010)
• Holding Hope (2010)
• Nollywood Hustlers (2010)
• Before the Light (2009)
• Edikan
• Final Tussle (2008) (V)
• Guilty Pleasures (2008)
• Black Night in South America (2007)
• A Better Place (2007)
• Caught-Up (2007)
• Double Game (2007)
• Fine Things (2007)
• Ghetto Queen (2007)
• Secret Pain (2007)
• Men Who Cheat (2006)
• A Time to Love (2007) .... Hank
• Yahoo Millionaire (2007) .... Jerry
• Put It on Me (2006)
• Asunder (2006)
• Behind the Plot (2006)
• Divided Attention (2006)
• Efficacy (2006)
• Ekaette
• Extreme Measure (2006) ... Festus
• Final Point (2006)
• The Greatest Sacrifice (2006)
• King of the Town (2006)
• Love Wins (2006) .... Austin
• Married to the Enemy (2006)
• My Little Secret (2006)
• My Sister My Love (2006) .... Jar
• Naked Sin (2006)
• Romeo (2006)

• Strange Love (2006)
• Supremacy (2006)
• Too Late to Claim (2006)
• Traumatised (2006)
• Unbreakable Affair (2006)
• Up to Me (2006)
• Without Apology (2006)
• The Wolves (2006)
• Zoza (2006)
• A Night in the Philippines (2005)
• 2 Face (2005)
• Behind Closed Doors (2005)
• The Bet (2005)
• Broadway (2005)
• Destiny's Challenge (2005)
• Flying Without Wings (2005)
• Fools in Love (2005)
• Games Women Play (2005)
• Girls in the Hood (2005)
• Hold Me Down (2005)
• It's Juliet or No One (2005)
• Just Me (2005)
• The King's Son (2005)
• Knowing You (2005)
• Men Do Cry (2005)
• My Precious Son (2005)
• My Sister My Child (2005)
• My Sister's Act (2005)
• Now & Forever (2005)
• Orange Groove (2005)

• The Price of Love: Life Is Beautiful (2005)
• Shackles of Death (2005)
• Wedding Gift (2005)
• Wheel of Change (2005)
• Images in the Mirror (2004) .... Deji
• Above Love (2004)
• Atlanta (2004)
• Big Pretenders (2004)
• Cinderella (2004)
• Danger Signal (2004)
• Deep Loss (2004)
• Died to Save (2004)
• Discord (2004)
• For Real (2004)
• A Kiss from Rose (2004)
• Lake of Fire (2004) .... Brother Emmanuel
• Life in New York (2004)
• Magic Moment (2004)
• Melody of Life (2004)
• Missing Angel(2004)
• Passion of Mind (2004)
• Power of Trust (2004)
• Promise & Fail (2004)
• True Romance (2004)
• Great Change (2003)
• Magic Love (2003)
• My Faithful Friend (2003)
• Passion & Pain (2003)
• Tunnel of Love (2003)
• Fire Love (2002)
• Jesu Mushin (2002)

Television

• Everyday People (Soap Opera)
• One Too Much (Soap Opera)
• Saints and Sinners (Soap Opera)

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