Given his history in film and television, Pete Edochie is undoubtedly one of the most renowned veterans in Africa's entertainment sector. He is well known for playing innovative and inspiring characters in Nollywood. Edochie rose to fame in the NTA rendition of Chinua Achebe's all-time best-selling book Things Fall Apart, where his outstanding performance brought…
In a recent interview with media sources, the icon, who recently turned 75 and is one of the continent’s most recognised actors with a Lifetime Achievement Award and an Industry Merit Award. Most of what I did, like Ikuku for Nkem Owoh, was the first one I did after Things Fall Apart. When I did Things Fall Apart, it had been translated into over 53 languages, so it introduced me to the entire world. There was nothing like Nollywood. If you read the compliments the president paid me on my 75th birthday, he said that my performance in Things Fall Apart drew the world’s attention to Nigeria.
The highly experienced broadcaster and administrator, who is typically portrayed as the king and father in films, has won praise in particular for grooming future leaders and nurturing skills and abilities like his sons Yul and Linc Edochie, which is one of the reasons he is stereotypically portrayed as such in films.