Timini Egbuson: I think I’m Africa’s biggest actor
The actor also disclosed that he planned to pursue a career in film directing.
In a recent episode of the Menisms Podcast, Nigerian actor Timini Egbuson declared himself to be the biggest actor in Africa.
Egbuson claims that one of the reasons he can confidently call himself the best is because of his fifteen years of expertise in the Nigerian cinema business. “I genuinely believe if you put everything that I have done and everything that I have been able to accomplish, I believe that I’m the biggest actor in Africa,” he stated.
With his roles in Elevator Baby and Tinsel, as well as MTV Shuga: Naija, he won the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) for Best Actor in a Drama. Most recently, he starred in the highest-grossing Nigerian film, A Tribe Called Judah.
Additionally, he disclosed that he has been able to assist other prominent male actors in becoming the stars that they already are. “I think that I really opened up the way for a lot of new school young actors,” he said. Additionally, I think I created the category for leading male young actors. Since there were no main roles available for younger [men] when I first joined Nollywood, because you had to be an old man or a young hottie to be considered for big roles in Nollywood when I began. Lead roles for young guys were not being aggressively written by anyone.
He claims that many prominent male actors in the business have benefited from his contacts and assistance at some point.
“I have completed projects for any well-known person you can name in your head. However, the issue and error they commit is that, rather than leaving with an attitude of appreciation, You are unaware of it since they are not discussing it or expressing gratitude for this Og, which is the reason why. Instead, they are asking me what I must do to compete when they come here.
Egbuson also announced that his directorial debut will be coming soon, confirming his transition from acting.
