The Nollywood popular Actor Jim Iyke has gone completely bald for a new movie role. The famous actor took up the role of Col. Mayowa, a bald-headed ex-military veteran for a new movie.
‘Well we bleed for the art. ?’ he said as he shared videos, that showed the moment his hair was shaved, to reveal a bald look.
James Ikechukwu Esomugha, popularly known as Jim Iyke, is a Nigerian actor in Nigeria’s movie industry (popularly called Nollywood) and one of the stars of the movie Last Flight to Abuja alongside Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Hakeem Kae-Kazim.
He was born on September 25, 1976, in Libreville, Gabon. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Okolue, whose last name changed to Esomugha from ogwugwu villages in Enugu Agidi town of Anambra State. He is the only boy in a family of eight children. He completed his secondary school education in F. G. C. Kwali Abuja from 1985-1991.
Jim Iyke studied at the University of Jos, Plateau State where he got a diploma in Banking and Finance and then a B.Sc. in Philosophy.
Jim Iyke began acting in 2001. He’s one of the highest paid actors in Nollywood. and has appeared in over 150 films. He started a movie production company, Untamed Productions in 2007. Jim Iyke began his own music label, Untamed Records. He produced a first album, titled “Who Am I?” featuring some of Nigeria’s top musicians such as TuFace Idibia, and Sound Sultan.
The controversial video of Iyke’s purported ‘deliverance’ at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations, led by Pastor T.B. Joshua went viral and led to an intense debate on social media. The ‘evil spirit’ supposedly confessed that it was behind Iyke’s inability to get married.
