# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olu-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:48:59.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olu-jacobs"
name: "Olu Jacobs"
slug: "olu-jacobs"
description: "Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs,, known professionally as Olu Jacobs, is a veteran Nigerian actor and film executive. He began his career starring in several British television series and international films. Vanguard described him as one of the \"godfathers of Nollywood\", along with Pete Edochie. Trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, England, Olu Jacobs worked with various repertoire theatres in Britain and starred in some international movies."
tagline: "Nigerian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olujacobs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.22
  momentum:             9.15991635932805
  historical:           11.62247466666667
  currentAttention:     17.58793969849247
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414570/"
    handle:    "nm0414570"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "أولو جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "اولو جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7088788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69565"
    title: "Olu Jacobs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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