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Brian Omondi Ogola Genard or simply credited as Brian Ogola, is a Kenyan film, stage and television actor He has been acting professionally since 2012.




Early life



Ogola was born in December 1989 and raised in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. He attended Unity Primary School and later St. Mary’s School, Yala, where he completed his High school education. He became interested in theatre while in high school. He auditioned for shows as he studied at the Technical University of Kenya and at Kenya Institute of Management, where he studied business administration, accounting and sales and marketing. At the same time, he performed in church plays and musicals around the city in 2009.




Career


In 2012 under the coaching of David Morin of Slingshot Productions, Ogola won an "actors monologue challenge". He made appearances in local tv shows such as Mwangaza, Love 101 on KTN, Block D and Lies That Bind. In 2014, he was cast as a leading man, Abel Simba, in the soap opera Jane and Abel.
In 2015, he was cast as Anto in the movie Kati Kati, which was nominated at the 90th Academy Awards as Best Foreign Language Film. The film won the 2017 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmaker Award and 2017 Africa Movie Viewer’s Choice Awards for East Africa.
In 2017, he starred in the short film Neophobia, the only African movie chosen for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for best film supporting actor at the East African Riverwood Awards for his role in the movie. The same year, he appeared in the Too Early for Birds historical plays, based on the blog Owaahh and as Mark in the film 18 Hours written and directed by Njue Kevin. The film won Best Overall Movie in Africa in the 6th Annual Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards 2018 (AMVCAs).
In 2018, Ogola played Mutua in the action crime movie Poacher. The film was selected as a finalist at the Hollywood #Just4Shorts festival and was also selected to screen at the World of Film International Festival Glasgow'2018. The same year he was cast in the film Lusala.




Filmography






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References






External links


Brian Ogola at Actor.co.ke

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Brian Ogola
• Jane & Abel
• Lusala
• Crime and Justice (Kenyan TV series)
• Poacher (film)
• 18 Hours
• Too Early for Birds
• Kati Kati
• Lies that Bind
• Disconnect (2018 film)