A Glimpse At Nollywood Star, Chiwetalu Agu’s Threshold, Background And Net Worth

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Christian Ogbonna Chiwetalu Agu is a veteran Nollywood actor and comedian. He is very famous for his fluency in the Igbo dialect and his slangs in his movies. Chiwetalu Agu was born on March 05, 1956 in Enugu, Nigeria.

He attended Municipal Council School, Ogui and Saint Luke’s Primary School, Ogui for his primary education. He attended the College of Immaculate Conception, Uwani for his secondary education and gained his WASSCE certificate there in 1977.

The famous actor, later, obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts in 1981 at Munchen College, Germany.

Chiwetalu Agu started developing his talent in movie industry at a young age. He observed his one year national youth service in Jos.

After his service, he staged up tons of performances with his group, ‘the Inspirers Theatre Group’ which he formed in 1983. He also worked at NTA, Enugu after which he ventured into acting full time as a career.

Chiwetalu Agu featured in the movie Things Fall Apart, the popular novel written by  Late Chinua Achebe, Sunrise, Old School and a lot others.

He has worked alongside famous celebrity stars like Ireti Doyle, Patience Ozokwor widely known as Mama G, Pete Edochie and lots more.

Due to his skills and professionalism, he was recognized as the Nollywood developer by Professor Femi Shaka of the University of Port Harcourt.

At the time of compiling this feature, the comic actor’s Net Worth is $800,000.