Kalu Ikeagwu
Birthdate	May 18
Occupation	Actor (Nollywood/ Ireland/ England)

Kalu Egbui Ikeagwu is 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...

 who acts on stage

Stage (theatre)

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 or on the silver screen

Silver screen

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. His father, fearing that growing up in England might make Kalu forget his 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...

 roots, introduced him to literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 and make-believe at the age of four.

In secondary school

High school

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, working on science-related prompted him to apply to study English Literature

English literature

English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....

 in university.

He had the opportunity to appear on his first stage play

Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

 by Esiaba Ironsi ("Put Out The Houselights"). He has gone on to act in some of Nigeria's memorable classics, such as Major Lejoka Brown in Ola Rotimi's, "Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again" and as RIP in Esiaba Irobi's "Hangmen Also Die". He went on to perform in various plays at the Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

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s of 95 and 97.

His first movie was as David Salako in Emem Isong's "For Real." A movie which on completion, Kalu exclaimed that if a danfo (lagos metro bus) were to hit him, he would die with a blissful smile on his face. He has gone on to feature in the movies "30 Days", "The Wrong Woman

The Wrong Woman

The Wrong Woman is a 1995 film starring Nancy McKeon, Chelsea Field, and Michele Scarabelli, produced by Pierre David, written by Douglas Soesbe, and directed by Douglas Jackson....

", "Distance Between", "Between Two Worlds", and the Irish film

Irish film

The Irish film industry has grown somewhat in recent years thanks partly to the promotion of the sector by Bord Scannán na hÉireann and the introduction of heavy tax breaks...

 production "Rapt In Éire". Popular TV series include AIT's "Domino" and 168 and MNET's classic "Doctors' Quarters".

Filmography

• 30 Days
• The Distance Between
• Between Two Worlds
• Love my way
• The Wrong Woman
• Fragile Pain
• For Real
• Games Men Play
• Insecurity
• Crisis In Paradise
• War Without End
• My Precious Son
• Pretty Angels
• The Lost Maiden
• Darkest Night
• Freedom Bank
• The Waiting Years
• Ocean Deep

Television:

• Domino
• Doctors' Quarters
• 168
• Circle of three
  Circle Of Three
  Circle Of Three is a series of young adult paperback novels by Michael Thomas Ford under the pseudonym Isobel Bird. It follows the lives of three teenage girls from different social cliques, who come together over a mutual interest in Witchcraft....
  
  

External links

• IMDb.com: Kalu Ikeagwu
• Kalu Ikeagwu's Blog

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