Lere Paimo

Lere Paimo
Born (1939-11-19)19 November 1939
Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Other names Eda Onile Ola
Ethnicity Yoruba
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
  • producer
  • director
Years active 1960–present
Awards MFR

Lere Paimo, MFR (born September, 1939) is a Nigerian film actor, film-maker, producer and director.[1]

Early life

He was born on September 1939 at Ogbomosho, a city in Oyo State southwestern Nigeria.[2]

Career

He began acting in 1960 after he joined the Oyin Adejobi theatre group, a theatre group founded by Pa Oyinade Adejobi before he later joined Duro Ladipo’s Theatre Group where he featured in a stage play titled Obamoro with the role of "Chief Basa".[3] He became popular following a lead role as Soun Ogunmola played in an epic yoruba film titled Ogbori Elemosho which brought him into limelight. He had featured, produced and directed several Nigerian films since he began acting in 1963.[4] In 2005, in recognition of his immense contributions to the Nigerian film industry, he was bestowed with a National award of Member of the Federal Republic alongside Zeb Ejiro by Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.[5][6] On May 2013, it was reported that he had a partial stroke, an attack he survived.[7] On April 2014, he won N1m cash prize in a Nigerian game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.[8]

Awards

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