# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kunle-afolayan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:01:07.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kunle-afolayan"
name: "Kunle Afolayan"
slug: "kunle-afolayan"
description: "Kunle Afolayan   is a Nigerian actor, producer, and film director. He is credited for elevating the quality of Nollywood movies through larger budgets, shooting on 35mm, releasing in cinemas, and improving cliché Nollywood storylines. His directing credits include the Aníkúlápó franchise, The Figurine, Phone Swap, October 1, and Citation. Afolayan is the CEO of Golden Effects Pictures, a Nigerian film and production company incorporated in 2005."
tagline: "Nigerian actor, director and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kunle_Afolayan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1975-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.59136533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kunleafolayan"
    handle:    "kunleafolayan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kunleafo/"
    handle:    "kunleafo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Kunle%20Afolayan"
    handle:    "Kunle Afolayan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1875051/"
    handle:    "nm1875051"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كانلي أفولايان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كانلى افولايان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%AC%D5%A5_%D4%B1%D6%86%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Կունլե Աֆոլայան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%84%DB%92_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کنلے افولایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle_Afolayan"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15981681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1428024"
    title: "Kunle Afolayan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump