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Ainea Ojiambo (born 20 April 1970), is a Kenyan actor. He is best known for the roles in the films The Constant Gardener, Bullion and Jack Zollo: My Life in Crime.

Personal life

He was born on 20 April 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a father to two children, a boy and a girl.

Career

Before entering popular screen, he worked in several stage plays and that is how his acting career began. In 2004, he was invited to play in the Hollywood film The Constant Gardener directed by Fernando Meirelles. In the film, he played a minor role of a 'Police Driver'. The film was a critical and box office success and earned four Oscar nominations. Then in 2007, he acted in the Kenyan television series Makutano Junction with the role of 'snake'.

After the success of the series, he was later invited to play in two more television serials: Block-D and Noose of Gold. In the soap opera Noose of Gold, Ojiambo played the lead role of 'Ole Mpisha'. The soap was later broadcast for 3 seasons across Africa in the Africa Magic Channel. In 2010, he made his second Hollywood film The First Grader, a biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. In the film, he made a supportive role as an 'Education Official'.

In the following years, he made film appearance in the films, The Rugged Priest, Fundi-Mentals, Nairobi Half Life, Following Jesus, Babuz Babies, Kibera Kid, Closed hands, Stigma, Obohoz, The Rugged Priest, Guerilla Boy, and LoveDoctor. In 2014, he appeared in Ugandan crime drama film Bullion which was nominated to the Oscars with a supportive role.

Filmography

See also

• My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story
• My Life in Crime

References

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2. "Ainea Ojiambo". kenyans. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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5. ^ "FEATURESAPRIL 4, 2014One-on-one with Kenyan Bullion actor Ainea Ojiambo". sqoop. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
6. "Ojlambo". Makutano Junction. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
7. "Ole Mpisha". wapend.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
8. "Ainea Ojiambo". kenya.spla. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
9. whownskenya (30 April 2021). "Ainea Ojiambo Biography, Age, Career And Shooting Incident | whownskenya". whownskenya.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
10. "Will BULLION MOVIE bring Uganda its first OSCAR AWARD?". Big Eye. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
11. "Ainea Ojiambo". IMDb. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

External links

• Ainea Ojiambo at IMDb

• Living people
• 1980 births
• Male actors from Nairobi
• 21st-century Kenyan male actors
• Kenyan male film actors
• Kenyan male television actors