BREAKING: Olu Jacobs Dies at 84
He was not on the list.
Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84. His son, Olusoji Jacobs, announced his death in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, saying the family was grateful for his life and asking the public.
His son, Olusoji Jacobs, announced his death in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, saying the family was grateful for his life and asking the public to respect their privacy.
“It is with gratitude to God for a life well lived and fought, that we announce the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and uncle. The Lion of Lufodo.
Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs (MFR).
Olu Jacobs was one of Nigeria’s most prominent veteran actors, with a career spanning theatre, television and film.
He was also a film executive and a major figure in the development of Nigeria’s contemporary film industry.
The late actor was widely recognised for his commanding
performances and roles across Nigerian and international productions, earning
him a lasting place in the country’s entertainment history.
Actor
Victims (2017)
Victims
Baba Deolu
2017
Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, O.C. Ukeje, Kenneth Okolie, Deyemi
Okanlawon, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Zainab Balogun, Toni Tones, and Ini Dima Okojie
in The Royal Hibiscus Hotel (2017)
The Royal Hibiscus Hotel
5.3
Richard
2017
Unveil
2017
One Fine Day (2015)
One Fine Day
2015
Dry (2015)
Dry
7.6
Speaker
2015
Oloibiri (2015)
Oloibiri
5.2
Timipre
2015
The Antique (2014)
The Antique
Oba Akpen
2014
Bloody Ring (2014)
Bloody Ring
Osuma
2014
Potomanto (2013)
Potomanto
7.6
Bankole
2013
Covert Operation (2013)
Covert Operation
2013
Tears for Breast Milk
(as Olu Jacob)
2013
Nne: The Jewel of Ukelu Kingdom
2012
Adesuwa (2012)
Adesuwa
Ezomo
2012
Heroes & Zeros (2012)
Heroes & Zeros
Chief Ikudabo
2012
A Better Tomorrow
Video
Ethelbert
2011
A Better Tomorrow 2
Video
Ethelbert
2011
Amnesty
Video
Alhaji Gambo
2011
Days of Gloom
Video
Ethelbert
2011
Days of Gloom 2
Video
Ethelbert
2011
Royal King
Video
2011
Royal King 2
Video
2011
Sacred Lies
7.2
Video
Theodore
2011
Sacred Lies 2
Video
Theodore
2011
Sacred Lies 3
Video
Theodore
2011
Sacred Lies 4
Video
Theodore
2011
The Seekers
Video
Chief Tonye
2011
The Seekers 2
Video
Chief Tonye
2011
White Chapel
8.7
Video
Chief Tonye
2011
White Chapel 2
Video
Chief Tonye
2011
Bitter Generation
Video
Mr. Oskos
2010
Bitter Generation 2
Video
Mr. Oskos
2010
Bitter Generation 3
Video
Mr. Oskos
2010
Bitter Generation 4
Video
Mr. Oskos
2010
Evil Manipulation
Video
Ezumezu
2010
Mike Ezuruonye, Nonso Diobi, and Sochima Ezeoke in Palace
Slave (2010)
Palace Slave
Video
2010
Palace Slave 2
Video
2010
Palace Slave 3
Video
2010
Palace Slave 4
Video
2010
Power of a Kiss
Video
Chief Smith
2010
Power of a Kiss 2
Video
Chief Smith
2010
Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Enebeli Elebuwa, Stella Damasus,
Desmond Elliot, Ngozi Ezeonu, Omoni Oboli, and Sylvia Oluchy in Bent Arrows
(2010)
Bent Arrows
Mr. Johnson
2010
A Weeping Soul
Video
2009
A Weeping Soul 2
Video
2009
Forest of Tears
Video
2009
Forest of Tears 2
Video
2009
Forest of Tears 3
Video
2009
Forest of Tears 4
Video
2009
Last Mogul of the League
Video
Chief Kolade (as Olu Jacob)
2009
Last Mogul of the League 2
Video
2009
League of Gentlemen
Video
Chief Kolade
2009
League of Gentlemen 2
Video
2009
Royal Tears
Video
2009
Royal Tears 2
Video
2009
Sound of Pain
Video
2009
Sound of Pain 2
Video
2009
Tears of Hope
Video
2009
Tears of Hope 2
Video
2009
A Can of Worms
Video
2008
A Can of Worms 2
Video
2008
Ngozi Ezeonu in Beauty and the Beast (2008)
Beauty and the Beast
Video
Prince Maurice
2008
Ngozi Ezeonu in Beauty and the Beast (2008)
Beauty and the Beast 2
Video
2008
Ngozi Ezeonu in Beauty and the Beast (2008)
Beauty and the Beast 3
Video
2008
Hidden Treasure
Video
King
2008
Hidden Treasure 2
Video
King
2008
Mirror of Beauty 2
Video
2008
Perfect Temptation
Video
Chief Obielum
2008
Perfect Temptation 2
Video
Chief Obielum (as Olu Jacob)
2008
Piece of My Soul
Video
2008
Piece of My Soul 2
Video
2008
Piece of My Soul 3
Video
2008
Sister's Love
Video
Douglas
2008
Sister's Love 2
Video
2008
Sister's Love 3
Video
2008
Sister's Love 4
Video
2008
Smoke & Mirrors (2008)
Smoke & Mirrors
Alhaji Sanni
2008
The Return of Ogidi
Video
King Duru
2008
The Return of Ogidi 2
Video
2008
Throne of Tears
Video
Udensi
2008
Throne of Tears 2
Video
2008
Total Love
Video
Sir Louis
2008
Total Love 2
Video
Sir Louis
2008
African Soldier
Video
King Duru
2007
African Soldier 2
Video
2007
Burning Kingdom
Video
2007
Burning Kingdom 2
Video
2007
Eewo orisa
Video
Abore
2007
Eewo orisa 2
Video
2007
Final Kingdom
Video
2007
Final Kingdom 2
Video
2007
Greatness
Video
King
2007
Greatness 2
Video
2007
Kingdom Apart
Video
Igwe
2007
Kingdom Apart 2
Video
2007
Lost in the Jungle
Video
King Lanco
2007
Lost in the Jungle 2
Video
2007
Mountains of Evil
Video
2007
Mountains of Evil 2
Video
2007
Odudu Kingdom
Video
Igwe
2007
Odudu Kingdom 2
Video
2007
Odudu Kingdom 3
Video
2007
Old Testament
Video
2007
Old Testament 2 (2007)
Old Testament 2
Video
2007
Royal Destiny
Video
2007
Royal Destiny 2
Video
2007
Secret Pledge
Video
2007
Secret Pledge 2
Video
2007
Show Me Heaven
Video
Dominic
2007
Show Me Heaven 2
Video
2007
Show Me Heaven 3
Video
2007
Slave to Lust
Video
2007
Slave to Lust 2
Video
2007
The Cabals
Video
2007
The Cabals 2
Video
2007
The Prince and Me
4.3
Video
2007
Warrior's Heart
Video
Igwe
2007
Warrior's Heart 2
Video
2007
Olu Jacobs, Genevieve Nnaji, Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke, Muna
Obiekwe, John Paul Nwadike, Ikechukwu Onyeka, Emeka Kevin Igwemba, and Barbara
Ukattah in Warrior's Heart 3 (2007)
Warrior's Heart 3
Video
2007
Mirror of Beauty
Video
2007
Dancing Heart
Video
Nwakerendu
2006
Dancing Heart 2
Video
2006
End of Battle
Video
2006
End of Battle 2
Video
2006
Jealous Heart
Video
2006
Jealous Heart 2
Video
2006
One-Bullet
Video
2006
One-Bullet 2
Video
2006
Royal Doom
Video
2006
Royal Doom 2
Video
2006
The Prince and Me 2
4.8
Video
2006
21 Days with Christ
Video
2005
21 Days with Christ 2
Video
2005
A Time to Die
Video
2005
A Time to Die 2
Video
2005
Before the Sunrise
8.7
Video
Chief Eno
2005
Before the Sunrise 2
Video
Chief Eno
2005
Eagle's Bride
Video
Igwe Ojukwu
2005
Eagle's Bride 2
Video
2005
Lonely Heart
Video
2005
Lonely Heart 2
Video
2005
Omaliko
Video
2005
Omaliko 2
Video
2005
One God One Nation
Video
Brahman
2005
One God One Nation 2
Video
2005
Only Love
Video
Igwe
2005
Only Love 2
Video
2005
Opin irin ajo
Video
Chief Ogundepo
2005
Opin irin ajo 2
Video
2005
Real Love 2
Video
2005
Real Love 3
Video
2005
Royal Palace
Video
(as Olu Jacob)
2005
Soul on Fire
Video
2005
Soul on Fire 2
Video
2005
The God to Serve
Video
2005
The God to Serve 2
Video
2005
To Love a Stranger
Video
2005
To Love a Stranger 2
Video
2005
Ultimate Crisis
Video
2005
Women in Power
Video
Prof. Collins
2005
Women in Power 2
Video
2005
Arsenal
8.9
Video
2004
Arsenal 2
Video
2004
Dear Sister
Video
Maxwell
2004
Eye of the Gods
Video
2004
Eye of the Gods 2
Video
2004
House Party
Video
2004
House Party 2
Video
2004
Turn Table
Video
2004
Turn Table 2
Video
2004
Ago kan oru
Video
Chief Olootu
2003
Fear of the Unknown
Video
2003
Mission to Africa
Video
2003
Private Sin
7.7
Video
Chief Briggs
2003
Private Sin 2
6.7
Video
2003
Real Love (2003)
Real Love
8.9
Video
2003
The Kingmaker
4.8
Video
2003
Unconditional Love
Video
2003
Keeping Faith: Is That Love? (2002)
Keeping Faith: Is That Love?
8.7
Video
2002
The Last Vote
Video
Chief Ike
2001
Aba Riot
Video
1999
Aba Riot 2
Video
1999
Cursed from Beyond
Chief Raymond
1999
Endtime
Video
1999
Ijele
Video
Eze
1999
Oganigwe
Video
Igwe
1999
Twins of the Rain Forest
8.4
Short
1999
Obstacles
Video
1998
Rapture (1998)
Rapture
Video
1998
Onome
1996
Iva
Video
Yakut
1993
Owuro Lojo
TV Series
Gynaecologist
1993
Vigilante (1988)
Vigilante
Chief
1988
Walter Matthau and Wladyslaw Komar in Pirates (1986)
Pirates
6.0
Boomako
1986
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
5.1
Col. Nsogbu
1985
Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today
7.8
TV Series
Mr. Jones
1984
1 episode
Still Life
TV Movie
Dr. Nicholas
1984
Olu Jacobs in The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983)
The Witches and the Grinnygog
7.6
TV Mini Series
Mr. Alabaster
1983
4 episodes
Julie Dawn Cole and Janina Faye in Angels (1975)
Angels
6.6
TV Series
Musa LadipoBilly
1976–1983
3 episodes
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
Rumpole of the Bailey
8.4
TV Series
David Mazenze
1983
1 episode
The Mad Death (1983)
The Mad Death
6.8
TV Mini Series
African Doctor
1983
1 episode
The Third Eye (1983)
The Third Eye
7.0
TV Mini Series
Mr. Alabaster
1983–1985
Squadron (1982)
Squadron
7.2
TV Series
President Gadin
1982
2 episodes
Till Death... (1981)
Till Death...
7.0
TV Series
TV Engineer
1981
1 episode
Christopher Walken in The Dogs of War (1980)
The Dogs of War
6.3
Customs Officer
1980
Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, and Pamela
Stephenson in Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
Not the Nine O'Clock News
7.9
TV Series
1979
3 episodes
Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson, and Martin Shaw in The
Professionals (1977)
The Professionals
8.0
TV Series
Sylvester
1979
1 episode
William Holden, Michael Caine, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif,
Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, and Beverly Johnson in Ashanti (1979)
Ashanti
5.4
Commissioner Batak
1979
Jackanory (1965)
Jackanory
7.2
TV Series
Storyteller
1978
5 episodes
The Tomorrow People (1973)
The Tomorrow People
7.2
TV Series
General Papa Minn
1978
2 episodes
1990 (1977)
1990
7.4
TV Series
Alan Msawi
1978
1 episode
The Crezz (1976)
The Crezz
8.2
TV Series
Geoffrey Ademola
1976
1 episode
Centre Play (1973)
Centre Play
6.7
TV Series
Obi Arinze
1976
1 episode
Geoffrey Keen in The Venturers (1975)
The Venturers
TV Series
Mbela
1975
1 episode
Stratford Johns in Barlow at Large (1971)
Barlow at Large
6.5
TV Series
Motamba
1975
1 episode
Anthony Booth, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, and Una
Stubbs in Till Death Us Do Part (1965)
Till Death Us Do Part
7.4
TV Series
TV Repair Man
1974
1 episode
Spyder's Web (1972)
Spyder's Web
7.0
TV Series
First Soldier
1972
1 episode
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and Bill Oddie in The
Goodies (1970)
The Goodies
7.7
TV Series
1971
1 episode
Self
Madinah Ali and Ken Smart in 5TH NAFCA: African Oscar (2015)
5TH NAFCA: African Oscar
8.2
TV Special
Self - Nominee
2015
The World About Us (1967)
The World About Us
8.1
TV Series
Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
1 episode
Archive Footage
À l'abordage - L'aventure de pirates
Video
Self - BoomakoSelf (archive footage, uncredited)
2009
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