Femi Adebayo is a famous Yoruba actor. Let’s take a look at 10 things we bet you didn’t know about him.
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1. Femi was born in December 1972 in Ebute Meta, Lagos. He, however, is a native of Ilorin, in the state of Kwara.
2. He is the second son of veteran Actor Adebayo Salami, aka Oga Bello.
3. His mother, Alhaja Risikat, is the first wife and owner of Ejide Films. The actor in a birthday message told him how much he loves her.
4. He is a qualified attorney. Reciting about choosing to act over being a lawyer, Femi, in an interview, said; As a qualified lawyer, I can go to court at any time. But it is important to note that the law’s professional ethics do not allow you to be a lawyer if you are doing other business. This is simply because they believe that, as a lawyer, you should have enough time to prepare your case if you want to represent your client in court so as not to mislead him for justice to be done. . If I stop acting, I can exercise full time. But at the moment I am not a practicing lawyer.
5. He is the owner of the J-15 School of Performing Arts film school located in Ibadan, Oyo State.
6. Femi earned her first law degree from the University of Ilorin before chairing the University of Ibadan to also pursue her Master of Law degree.
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7. Femi started his acting career in 1995.
8. He is the father of three children – a daughter and twins.
9. Femi also has younger brothers in the film industry – Sodiq and Tope.
10. One of the hard things he had to do was slap his dad on set. In your words; “I’ve been given scripts where I have to slap my dad on set and as an actor. He slapped me countless times on set. While acting, I didn’t. I see him more like my dad; we have to play our roles well. He coached me and is my boss in the industry. He taught me not to be afraid every time I meet a bigger actor or someone like him on set, but when the director says stop, I bow to him and I ask for his forgiveness.