THE PROFILE: RICHARD MOFE - DAMIJO

Our pick today on THE PROFILE is Richard Mofe Damijo (popularly known as RMD, born 6 July 1961) is a Nigerian actor and politician. Mofe-Damijo was married to the late May Ellen Ezekiel, a foremost Nigerian journalist popularly known as MEE. After MEE's death in 1996, Mofe-Damijo married again, this time to former Jumoke Adegbesan. He has five children in total; four from his current marriage and one from his previous marriage with MEE.

Mofe-Damijo was born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. He attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education and studied Theatre Arts. In 1997 Mofe-Damijo returned to the university to study law at the University of Lagos and graduated in 2004.

After graduating from the University, Mofe-Damijo took part in a television soap opera in the late 80's called Ripples. Before then, he had a stint with Concord Newspapers and Metro Magazine as a reporter. Out of Bounds was the first film for which he received a writer/producer credit.In 2005 at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards Mofe-Damijo won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Mofe-Damijo was former commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta state, Nigeria.

RMD has starred in several movies including; Diamond Rings, Out of Bounds, Freedom, When God says Yes, The richest man, and the popular "30 days in Atlanta" among others.
The catchy thing about the popular actor is that he "slays" any time any day. His taste in fashion is the "bomb.com for me"  *laughs* He is always classy.
Veteran actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo is one handsome man and he has shown been stylish has nothing to do with age.

As written by Dareen