# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-okuyo-atiku
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:46:08.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-okuyo-atiku"
name: "Joel Okuyo Atiku"
slug: "joel-okuyo-atiku"
description: "Joel Okuyo Atiku Prynce is a Ugandan actor, model, photographer and lecturer at Uganda Christian University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration (BSWSA) plus Makerere University, the Best Two Campuses in Uganda. His film acting breakthrough came when he was cast as the Devil's reincarnation in Ugandan director Matt Bish's 2007 Film Battle of the Souls, a popular Ugawood Movie. It was based on the real-life story of the director's brother, KFM Radio Presenter Roger Mugisha. Prynce is also the President of his own company The Lhynnq-X, Inc. Born in Arua on 4 December 1983 to a Lugbara couple, the late Lt.Colonel Gabriel Francis Atiku and Yema Drakuru Atiku, his debut villain role won him over five international accolades including Best Supporting Actor at the Balafon Film Festival in Bari, Italy (2008) and 2009's Best Actor in Supporting Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Lagos, Nigeria. Other awards include Best Actor at both Ubuntu Village, Colorado (USA) in 2010 and the 2011 Zanzibar International Film Festival [ZIFF] in Tanzania. Ugandan newspaper The Observer labelled Okuyo Africa's Brad Pitt."
tagline: "Ugandan actor, model, photographer and lecturer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel_Okuyo_(Right)_in_Nigeria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1983-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.41
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.072642666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joel Okuyo Atiku"
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    title: "جويل أوكويو أتيكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چويل اوكويو اتيكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joel Okuyo Atiku"
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  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Okuyo_Atiku"
    title: "Joel Okuyo Atiku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6213802"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump