By Patricia Uyeh

Today marks the birthday of Nollywood filmmaker, director and actor, Kunle Afolayan.

He was born into a family of thespians; his father, Ade Love was a popular film director and actor in the 70s and 80s. Kunle Afolayan shoot into limelight after his role in Tunde Kelani movie “Saworoide” released in 1998. He finished from the New York Film Academy in 2005 and went to release a block buster movie “The Figurine” in 2009. He is regarded as one of the leading directors in Nigeria. Other movies to his credit include ” Phone swap”, ”Irapada”, ”October 1”and recently ”the CEO” amongst others.

He is married to Tolu Afolayan and they are blessed with three children.