Born Segun Padonou Aina on September, 24 1965. A native of Badagry, Lagos State, Arinze was born in Onitsha, Anambra State, to a father of Yoruba descent and a mother of Igbo descent. He attended Victory College of Commerce, Ilorin, Kwara State, and Taba Commercial College, Kaduna. He holds a Bachelor of Art in Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Arinze came into limelight as a music artist with the album, ‘Dreams’ (1992), and rose to prominence as ‘Black Arrow’ in the movie ‘’Silent Night’’ (1996). Arinze is known for ‘’Aba Riot’’ (1999), ‘’King of Money’’ (1999), ‘’Vuga 1&2’’ (2000), ‘’The Battle of Love’’ (2001), ‘’Black Mamba’’ (2002), ‘’More Money’’ (2002), ‘’The Prostitute’’ (2002), ‘’Love My Life’’ (2002), ‘’Love’’ (2003), ‘’Lean on Me’’ (2003), ‘’Ghetto Love’’ (2003), ‘’N150 Million’’ (2003), ‘’The Return’’ (2003), ‘’Power to Bind’’ (2003), ‘’Contractors 1&2’’ (2003), ‘’Love Entangle’’ (2003), ‘’Husband and Wife’’ (2003), ‘’I Will Die for You’’ (2003), ‘’Church Business 1&2’’ (2003), ‘’Mission to Africa’’ (2003), ‘’To Love a Thief’’ (2003), ‘’The Mayors’’ (2004), ‘’Red Hot’’ (2004), ‘’Across the Niger’’ (2004), ‘’N150 Million 2’’ (2004), ‘’Images in The Mirror’’ (2004), ‘’Atlanta 1&2’’ (2004), ‘’Cinderella’’ (2004), ‘’The London Boy 1&2’’ (2004), ‘’Fragile Pain 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Just Me 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’The Bet 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Darkest Night 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Extra Time 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Civil Army 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Emotional Hazard 1&2’’ (2005), ‘’Anini’’ (2005), ‘’Blood on Ice 1&2’’ (2006), ‘’Women in Love 1&2’’ (2006), ‘’Agbefo 1&2’’ (2006), ‘’Heaven’s Grace 1&2’’ (2006), ‘’The Covenant Church’’ (2006), ‘’30 Days’’ (2006), ‘’On Bended Knees 1&2’’ (2007), ‘’Life Bullet 1&2’’ (2007), ‘’Men on Hard Way’’ (2007), ‘’Letters to A Stranger’’ (2007), ‘’Heartbeats’’ (2008), ‘’Blindfold 1&2’’ (2008), ‘’Family on Fire’’ (2011), A Place in The Stars’’ (2014), ‘’A Play Called a Temple Made of Clay’’ (Short film, 2014), ‘’Hazeezat’’ (2014), ‘’Invasion 1897’’ (2014), ‘’Spotlight’’ (2015), ‘’Jaja The Great’’ (2015), ‘’Miscellaneous’’ (2016), ‘’Cajole’’ (2016), ‘’A Time to Heal’’ (2017), ‘’Perfect Strangers’’ (2017), ‘’TATU’’ (2017), ‘’Omoniyun’’ (2017), ‘’The Blogger’s Wife’’ (2017), ‘’Jon Ajai’’ (2017), ‘’Oghenekome’’ (TV series, 2018), ‘’The Bodyguard’’ (2018), ‘’Queen of Queens’’ (2018)

Arinze was married to actress Anne Njemanze, with whom he has a daughter, Renny. He is currently married to Julie Arinze with whom he has three children.