RMD (Richard Mofe Damijo) – Biography

Full Name: Richard Mofe Damijo

Stage Name: RMD

Place of Birth:  Warri, Delta State, Nigeria

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Date of Birth:  July 6, 1961

Marriage status: Married to Jumobi Adegbesan

Children: 4

Education:  Degree in Theatre Arts from University of Benin & Degree in Law at the University of Lagos.

Languages: English

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Occupation: Actor, Writer/Producer, Politician

Awards: African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2005)

Biography: 
After graduating from the university, Mofe-Damijo took part in a television soap opera in the late 80′s called Ripples. Before then, he had a stint with Concord Newspapers and Metro Magazine as a reporter. Out of Bounds was the first film for which he received a writer/producer credit. In 2005 at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards Mofe-Damijo won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Mofe-Damijo was married to the late May Ellen Ezekiel, a foremost Nigerian journalist popularly known as MEE. After MEE’s death in 1996, Mofe-Damijo married Jumobi Adegbesan. He has four children.

Mofe-Damijo is currently the commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria.