# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nkanya-nkwai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:41.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nkanya-nkwai"
name: "Nkanya Nkwai"
slug: "nkanya-nkwai"
description: "Nkanya Nkwai is an English-speaking Cameroonian film actor, director and producer. He was recognized in 2014 by the Écrans Noirs in Yaoundé, Cameroon in the movie Viri as best actor, making him the first Anglophone Cameroonian to merit such an award. He is the producer of the movie Nightfall  featuring Nollywood actor Clem Ohameze and Cameroonian star Epule Jeffrey."
tagline: "Cameroonian actor"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1982-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.734701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5209801/"
    handle:    "nm5209801"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkanya_Nkwai"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33979056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2812442"
    title: "Nkanya Nkwai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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