Pete Edochie — Profile
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| Full name |
Pete Edochie |
| Date of birth |
March 7, 1947 |
| Place / Origin |
Anambra State, Nigeria |
| Notable screen persona / roles |
Versatile actor known for playing kings, chiefs, patriarchs, and modern urban characters across stage, television and film.
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| Contributions to Nollywood |
- Longtime actor, producer and director ; influential in both Igbo and English cinema.
- Mentor to younger actors and active in industry organisations and advocacy.
- Helped popularise Igbo-language storytelling in modern Nigerian film.
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| Selected filmography (highlights) |
- Things Fall Apart (early/TV stage production)
- Rituals (classic occult film ; example of his strong cinema work)
- Egg of Life (example English-language film credit)
- Lionheart (sample title)
- Many other stage productions, TV dramas and feature films across decades.
Note: this list is illustrative, he has a very large filmography spanning decades.
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| Awards & recognition |
Recipient of the MON, AMAA Lifetime Achievement, multiple Nollywood honors.
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| Family / personal |
Married, father to children who are also active in show business (several of his children are actors/entertainers).
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