Award winning Nigerian actor, and film producer, Tope Tedela was born Temitope Christopher Tedela on June 5. The first of four children, Tedela attended Lagos Model College, Meiran; and the University of Lagos, Akoka, where he studied Mass Communication.

An experienced broadcaster, Tedela came into limelight as ‘Julian’ in the rested TV series, ‘’Edge of Paradise’’ (2006), and rose to prominence as ‘Lala’ in the 2013 action drama, ‘’A Mile from Home’’, for which he received a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Award; and won the award for Best Actor in A Drama at the 2nd Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award in 2014.

Tedela is known for ‘’Awakening’’ (2013), ‘’Torn’’ (2013), ‘’Lunch Time Heroes’’ (2015), ‘’A Soldier’s Story’’ (2015), ‘’Out of Luck’’ (2015), ‘’The Team’’ (TV series, 2015), ‘’Surulere’’ (2016), ‘’Ojukokoro’’ (2017), ‘’Dognapped’’ (2017), ‘’King Invincible’’ (2017), ‘’Jemeji’’ (Telenovela, 2017), and ‘’Slow Country’’ (2017).

In 2017, Tedela debuted as a producer, and starred in ‘’What Lies Within’’. He is also notable on stage for ‘’Man Talk, Woman Talk’’ (2011), ‘’Diagnosis’’ (2014), and ‘’The Agency’’ (2014).