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Olisa Odele

Person
0
Popularity
12
Credits
1994
Born
(31 years old)
UK
Origin

Biography

Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004-2005). His early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens. He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin. In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough. He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys, with his performance described as "regally characteristic". He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video. He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024. In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One.

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1994-11-14

Place of Birth

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Movies (4)

Poster image of National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King

National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King

2024
0
Movie
Poster image of Surprised by Oxford

TV Shows (8)

Poster image of My Parents Are Aliens

My Parents Are Aliens

1999
6.6
TV Show
Poster image of It's a Sin
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Surprised by Oxford

2023
6.1
Movie
Poster image of Mumatar

Mumatar

2018
5
Movie
Poster image of Lady

Lady

2025
0
Movie

It's a Sin

2021
8
TV Show
Poster image of Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

2015
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of Big Boys

Big Boys

2022
7.5
TV Show
Poster image of Starstruck

Starstruck

2021
6.8
TV Show
Poster image of Sick of It

Sick of It

2018
6.6
TV Show
Poster image of Dead Hot

Dead Hot

2024
7.8
TV Show
Poster image of Down from London

Down from London

2019
0
TV Show