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Chiké Okonkwo was born on March 18, 1982 and is 42 years old now.
Birthday: March 18, 1982
How Old - Age: 42
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Chiké Okonkwo - Biography
Chiké Okonkwo was born on March 18, 1982 in Kingston upon Thames, England. He is an actor and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), The Program (2015) and Derailed (2005).Trivia (4)British-born of Nigerian parentage.Was one of 10 selected from 10,000 actors in the BBC's Acting Talent Scheme in 2001.Was a member of the UK's National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) from 1999 - 2002. Other NYMT Alumni include Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller, Jamie Bell and Ben Barnes.Obtained a First Class Degree (BSc) in Business Computing from the University of Surrey, graduating in July 2003.Chiké Okonkwo (born 18 March 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying PC Clark in New Tricks and DC Callum Gada in Paradox. He currently stars as Lee Truitt, the love interest of the title character on the BET series "Being Mary Jane".BackgroundBorn and brought up in Kingston upon Thames, Okonkwo is of Nigerian descent. He attended Tolworth Infants/Juniors School and Southborough High School in Kingston, and later turned down a number of places at the UK's leading drama schools in order to pursue a university education, gaining a First Class degree in Business Computing from the University of Surrey, graduating in 2003. After completing his studies Okonkwo pursued an acting career full-time.CareerOkonkwo was one of ten actors selected from twelve thousand applicants for the BBC Talent Scheme in 2001, leading to his first professional acting role in Holby City. He trained at the National Youth Theatre, and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre between 1999 and 2002. Okonkwo is the patron of the Kingston-based International Youth Arts Festival.Okonkwo's stage credits include Oklahoma!, Into the Woods, Fixer, As You Like It, In Time and A Matter of Life and Death. He spent a year performing at the National Theatre, where he appeared in several productions including Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.Okonkwo's film work includes Derailed (2005), Animal (2005) and Spirit Trap (2005). He has also appeared in the short films Tooting Broadway Flatmates and Knock Off.On television, Okonkwo has made guest appearances in episodes of Holby City, Silent Witness, Casualty, M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team and Roman Mysteries. He also appeared in Blood and Oil, a BBC Two drama about the oil conflict in the Niger Delta. Okonkwo played the lead roles of PC Clark in the pilot and first series of New Tricks, and DC Callum Gada in Paradox.Okonkwo is a long-standing member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) performing in their 50th Anniversary season in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and most recently in Gregory Doran's critically acclaimed production of Julius Caesar (play) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York in 2013.He co-starred in The Birth of a Nation, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.
