Tope Tedela Biography

Temitope Christopher Tedela is a Nigerian actor and producer. He is often known as Tope Tedela. He has won numerous honours for his works, including the Nigeria Entertainment Award and the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award. International film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival have screened Tedela’s work.

Early Life and Education

Tedela was the first child of his parents, and he was born on June 5, 1984, in Lagos. He is of Ekiti State ancestry. He received his secondary education at the Lagos State Model College in Meiran, Lagos, and graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in mass communication.

Career

Tedela made his acting debut as Julian in the family television series Edge of Paradise while he was a student at the University of Lagos. He took a break from performing for a spell to focus on his education. Tedela worked as an on-air personality at UNILAG FM while he was a student and for a short time after graduating. He came back to appear as Lala in A Mile from Home, playing the lead for the first time. Tedela was once a news anchor for the NTA. He participated in a number of noteworthy theatre productions.

He rose to fame after starring in the award-winning action drama movie A Mile From Home in 2013. Tope Tedela appeared in the films Out of Luck and A Soldier’s Story in 2015. Tedela received a lot of positive reviews for his performance as the metrosexual Kyle Stevens-Adedoyin in the 2016 comedy Suru L’ere.

Tedela starred in three critically acclaimed movies in 2017: the historical drama Slow Country; the action-drama King Invincible; and the comedy-crime/heist movie Ojukokoro. The drama-thriller movie What Lies Within marked his producing debut. Tope Tedela made an appearance in the crime movie Knock Out Blessing in 2018. He also starred in the 2019 film The Lost Okoroshi as the researcher Dr Dauda, which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned largely excellent reviews.

Additionally, he started writing his one-man play, Whumanizer. Tedela also starred in The Ghost and the House of Truth, a suspenseful drama movie. Tedela was chosen to star in the first Netflix original series from Nigeria to be created by the acclaimed filmmaker Akin Omotoso in 2020.

In the Netflix original series Blood Sisters in 2022, he played Dr Adeboye/The Good Doctor.

Personal Life

Tope’s marital status is unknown. His rising fame and wealth in the movie sector made celebrity minders think he was in a relationship.

After a marriage photo of him was posted online, rumours began that the actor was married to Rosaline Meurer, an actress. However, it seemed to have come from a movie project in which they had taken part. In an interview he granted, he said he is not married and marriage is the last thing on his mind, but he wouldn’t mind marrying an actress.

Impact and Influence

Tedela was appointed an ambassador by Global Rights, a global human rights group, in 2016 to launch a nationwide campaign to prevent sexual assault.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Twisted	Sola
2013	Awakening
2013	Torn	Young Olumide
2013	A Mile from Home	Lala/Jude Odaro
2013	Cyanide	Emeka	Short Film
2014	Another Day to Die Young	Comrade	TV Film
2014	Birthday Bash	Scoda
2014	Leeway	Chuks	Short Film
2015	Lunch Time Heroes	Deji	with Omoni Oboli & Dakore Akande
2015	Apostates	Osas
2015	A Soldier’s Story	Major Egan
2015	Out of Luck	Dayo
2016	Suru L’ere	Kyle Stevens Adedoyin	with Rita Dominic
2016	Ojukokoro (Greed)	Sunday
2017	King Invincible	Taari	with Gabriel Afolayan
2017	Slow Country	Osas	with Majid Michel
2017	What Lies Within	Gboyega	Also Producer
2018	Knock Out Blessing	Yomi
2019	The Lost Okoroshi	Dr Dauda
2019	The Ghost and the House of Truth	Barrister Tokunbo
2021	The Therapist		with Rita Dominic and Toyin Abraham

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Edge of Paradise	Julian
2008	My Mum & I	June
2008	Super Story (Omojuwa)	Tesiro
2012	Burning Point
2012	Tweeters	Kunle
2013	Super Story (The Secret)	Tai
2014	Oasis	Oreva
2015	The Team (TV series)	Efe
2016	Jamestown	Lucky
2017	Jemeji	Obi	Chief
2019	Powder Dry	Arthur
2019	Underbelly	Nonso
2022	Blood Sisters	Dr Adeboye/The Good Doctor	A Netflix Original

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
2011	Man Talk, Woman Talk	Emeka
2014	Diagnosis	Emeka
2014	The Agency	Fawaz
2019	The Mistress of Wholesome	Nengak Josiah
2019	The Wives	Lawyer
2019	Whumanizer	Tunde Bridges

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2014	10th Africa Movie Academy Awards	Most Promising Actor	A Mile from Home	Nominated
2014	2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards	Best Actor In A Drama	A Mile from Home	Won
2014	2014 Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role (English)	A Mile from Home	Won
2014	2014 Best of Nollywood Awards	Revelation of the Year (Male)	A Mile from Home	Nominated
2014	2014 Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Most Promising Actor	A Mile from Home	Won
2014	2014 Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards	Best On-Screen Duo	A Mile from Home	Nominated
2014	2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Actor in a Lead Role	A Mile from Home	Won
2014	2014 Nollywood Movies Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role (English)	A Mile from Home	Nominated
2014	2014 Nollywood Movies Awards	Best Rising Star (Male)	A Mile from Home	Won
2014	2014 Express Star Awards	Rising Star	Himself	Won
2016	City People Entertainment Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Suru L’ere	Nominated
2016	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Actor in Supporting Role	Suru L’ere	Nominated
2017	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Slow Country	Nominated
2020	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Supporting Actor –English	Country Hard	Nominated
2022	Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Country Hard	Pending

Net Worth

With a net worth of over $700,000, Tope Tedela is regarded as one of the actors with the fastest rising wealth and most prominent in the Nollywood industry.

Social Media Handle

Instagram: topetedela
Twitter: @topetedela