Benjamin Onyango
Benjamin Alfred Onyango Ochieng, numukinnyi wa firime ukomoka muri Kenya akaba atuye Muri Amerika, ukora cyane mubikorwa bya firime ya Hollywood. Azwi cyane kubera uruhare muri firime Tears of the Sun, God's Not Dead and Beautifully Broken . [1]
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Ubuzima bwite
[hindura | hindura inkomoko]Yavukiye mu gace ka Ofafa Jericho mu burasirazuba, i Nairobi, muri Kenya, nk'umwana wa kabiri mu muryango w'abavandimwe barindwi. [2] Se yari Christopher Ochieng naho nyina yari Eudiah Achieng Ochieng. Benjamin yatangiye amashuri abanza muri Ofafa Jericho Primaire hanyuma Ofafa Jericho Secondary School. Igihe Benjamin yujuje imyaka 18, yahawe akazi na se muri British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd (BAT) nyuma yimurirwa ku mwanya w’umwanditsi mu ishami ry’imishahara aho yakoraga imyaka 4. Hanyuma yimuriwe mu ishami rya mudasobwa maze akora imyaka ibiri. [3]
Nyuma yaje kwinjira muri kaminuza mpuzamahanga yo muri Amerika (USIU) yiga ibijyanye no gucunga amakuru (MIT). Kugira ngo akomeze kwiga, Benjamin yimukiye muri USIU, San Diego muri Amerika. [4] Kuva aho, yimuriwe muri kaminuza ya Californiya, Stanislaus i Turlock, muri Californiya. Hanyuma mu 1992, yarangije Impamyabumenyi ya Bachelor of Science muri Computer Science. [3]
Umwuga
[hindura | hindura inkomoko]Amaze kurangiza amashuri, yimukiye i Hollywood, muri Californiya aho yize ibijyanye n'umuziki no gukina. Yakoranye nitsinda rya Funk Rock 'PFO' nyuma yimyaka mike ahitamo kuba umukinnyi wabigize umwuga. Hamwe n'iki gitekerezo, yatangiye kugaragara muri firime nyinshi zerekana ndetse na tereviziyo zizwi cyane zo muri Amerika nk'ibitaro bikuru, The Shield na X-dosiye mu 1999. Hagati aho, yakinnye muriThe God’s Not Dead Trilogy franchise as well as Tears of the Sun, Heavenly Deposit, Beautifully Broken, Father Africa, The Boy, Road to Redemption, Default, Kwame, Chains, Thunder Chance, The Disciple, American Crude and The Termina .
Yabaye kandi umukinnyi wijwi kandi atanga ijwi rye kuri firime na tereviziyo zirimo; Isura Yanyuma, Umujinya 7, Constantine, Ijoro Mumurage Muzehe I & III, Imashini Yamamaza Imashini, Intangiriro, Umunsi Isi Yagumyeho, Primeval, Ligue Yabanyacyubahiro Bidasanzwe, Inzira ya 911, Mighty Joe Young na E-ring .
Usibye gukina, ni n'umwanditsi ufite inguzanyo zo kwandika zizwi zirimoThe Wives (TV Series); Dysfunctionally Organized (Web Series); Mind Tricks and Curse of Devil’s Mountain (Shorts), Cheza and Original Man (Films)..
Amashusho
[hindura | hindura inkomoko]| Year | Film | Role | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The X-Files | Second African Man | TV Series |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Colonel Emanuel Okeze | Film |
| 2004 | The Terminal | African Man with Wife and Child | Film |
| 2005 | The Shield | Store Clerk | TV Series |
| 2006 | General Hospital | Father | TV Series |
| 2007 | The Anatolian | Security Officer | Film |
| 2008 | The Disciple | Doctor | Film |
| 2008 | American Crude | Toomy | Film |
| 2008 | Kwame | Kwame Opoku | Short film |
| 2009 | Chains | Buhle | Short film |
| 2009 | Resident Evil 5 | Majini | Video Game |
| 2010 | Thunder Chance | General | Short film |
| 2010 | Mind Tricks | Joe Manning | Short film |
| 2011 | Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D | Majini | Film |
| 2011 | Curse of Devil's Mountain | Mr. Dean | Short film |
| 2011 | Bosco's Guitar | Radio Announcer & Male Attackers (voice) | Short film |
| 2012 | Chapter One | Mao Aka Bendrix | Short film |
| 2013 | MISSInformed | Father | Short film |
| 2013 | Trusts and Estates | Waiter | Documentary short |
| 2014 | God's Not Dead | Reverend Jude | Film |
| 2014 | Default | Edward | Film |
| 2014 | Hollywood Street | Salem | Film |
| 2015 | The Boy | The Healer | Short film |
| 2015 | The Other Tribes | Onyango | Film |
| 2015 | The Black Pot | Guest | TV Series |
| 2016 | Madame Esmeralda and the Audition | Benvolio | Film |
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Reverend Jude | Film |
| 2016 | Dysfunctionally Organized | Street Preacher | TV Series |
| 2016 | Road to Redemption | Tribal Councilman 2 | Film |
| 2017 | Oscar | Samuel Braxton | Film |
| 2017 | Father Africa | Dr. Haki | Film |
| 2018 | God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | Reverend Jude | Film |
| 2018 | Beautifully Broken | William Mwizerwa | Film |
| 2018 | A Minor Variation | Figs | Short film |
| 2019 | Godforsaken | Ezekiel | Film |
| 2019 | Freshman Year | Chukwumah | Film |
| 2019 | Heavenly Deposit | Nigel | Film |
| 2019 | The Wives | Otieno | TV Series |
| 2021 | God's Not Dead: We The People | Reverend Jude | Film |
| TBD | My Friend | James Ellis | Film |
references
[hindura | hindura inkomoko]- ↑ https://mubi.com/cast/benjamin-a-onyango
- ↑ https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/buzz/kenyan-hollywood-actor-benjamin-onyango-in-town-380440
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://medium.com/@denislesak/benjamin-benji-onyango-one-on-one-with-gods-not-dead-star-5bfb51087971
- ↑ "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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