Timini Egbuson

Timini Egbuson is a Nigerian actor, producer, and digital creator.

Timini Egbuson
Born
James Timini Egbuson

Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Alma materUniversity of Lagos
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Digital Creator
Years active2009-present
Known forElevator Baby, Shuga, Fifty, Skinny Girl in Transit, Manhunting with Mum, Tinsel ,Sophia
RelativesDakore Akande (sister)
Websitewww.timiniegbuson.com

Biography

Timini was born in Bayelsa state and is the younger brother to notable actress, Dakore Akande.[1] He got his primary school education from Greenspring Montessori, The Afro School and St Catherine's. He attended Adebayo Mokuolu College, Lagos. He studied Psychology in the University of Lagos.[2] He graduated in the year 2011. He started his acting career in 2010, on M-net's soap opera Tinsel. At the 2020 AMVCA awards timini won the Best Actor in a drama for his role in Elevator baby.[3]

In April 2020, he joined several actors like Jemima Osunde, Nick Mutuma and Lerato Walaza along with several actors from Kenya , South Africa , Nigeria and Cote D ’Ivoire to help with the campaign to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. It was achieved through a 60 -part mini - series of MTV Shuga which was initiated in order to raise awareness in the global fight to flatten the COVID -19 curve.[4]

Filmography

Films

TV Shows

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref
2017 City People Award Best New Actor of the year Nominated [5]
Best of Nollywood Awards Revelation of the Year –male Won [6]
2019 The Future Awards Africa Prize for Acting Won
2020 AMVCA awards Best Actor in a Drama(Movie/TV series) Won [3]
Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actor in a Lead role – English Nominated [7]
2021 Net Honours Most Popular Actor Won [8]

References
  1. "Timini Talks about his sister". the nation.
  2. "WHO IS TIMINI EGBUSON? BIOGRAPHY/PROFILE/HISTORY OF NOLLYWOOD ACTOR TIMINI EGBUSON". dailymedia.com. Daily Media.
  3. "Africa! Here Are Your Winners at the 7th AMVCAs". Africa Magic - Africa! Here Are Your Winners at the 7th AMVCAs. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. "Timini Egbuson, Jemima Osunde, others fight COVID-19 in MTV Shuga Alone Together". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  5. "City People Releases Nomination List For 2017 Movie Awards - City People Magazine". citypeopleonline.com. 8 September 2017.
  6. "BON Awards 2017: Kannywood's Ali Nuhu receives Special Recognition Award". Daily Trust. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  7. "Behold hot steppers and winners at BON awards 2020". Vanguard News. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  8. "Net Honours - The Class of 2021". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 2021-07-21.


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