Kunle Remi, whose birth name is Oyekunle Opeyemi Oluwaremi was born on 18 October 1988, is a Nigerian actor, producer, filmmaker, content creator, host, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and model. He has appeared in Falling, Family Forever, Tinsel, and Aníkúlápó He won the 7th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010. While studying at the New York Film Academy, he was simultaneously hosting an Internet TV Channel, Celebville 360. As a successful venture, he made an appearance at the Academy Awards nomination event in Beverly Hills, his first significant hosting appearance. By 2012, he was already cast in his first movie Heavy Beauty produced by Grace Edwin Okon and directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare. Though he graduated in 2014, he returned and studied filmmaking and directing, which he graduated from in 2015.
The Nollywood actor was born in Benue State on 18 October 1988. His family relocated to Ibadan when he was a child. His parents raised him and his five siblings in a Christian household. As a child, he was a part of his church’s drama group. As a teenager, he discovered a passion for acting and became a youth drama teacher while living in Ibadan.
Once graduated from high school, he studied Fisheries and Wildlife Management at the University of Ibadan. He then attended Sheffield University and studied Tourism and Hospitality Management. Once his degrees were completed, he moved to New York City to study acting, filmmaking, and directing at the New York Film Academy and graduated in 2014.
In 2019 Remi starred in Boys Will Be Boys, released on 14 February, where Mike lies to his soon-to-wed wife about the wild bachelor party that comes back to haunt him. Surprisingly, on the same day, Sin City is released. He and his co-star, Yvonne Nelson, play a couple who decide a vacation is the best way to boost their relationship but are tested in unexpected ways. While he played significant roles in these productions, Gold Statue, released on 17 May 2019, had the actor leading alongside Gabriel Afolayan. Director Tade Ogidan, CEO of OGD Pictures, came out of an eight-year hiatus to see the project through after it was written in 1991.[10] It was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film and won Best Actor in a Lead role, Best Sound, Best Use of Makeup, and Nigerian Costume in a film. As well as, the Best Movie of The Year, Director of The Year and, Best Production Design.
The film follows Wale (Afolayan) and Chike (Remi) who go in search of the treasured “Gold Statue” which is believed to be a deity inherited by their generation. Quagmire, released on 3 December, was another film Remi starred in alongside actress Matilda Obaseki. The actor’s character, Kolade, receives a shocking surprise when his wife invites another woman into their home to spice up their love life. Although mainly for a mother-in-law who wants a grandchild. Considered a great acting piece as he was able to let the “character shine through him.
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