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Olisa Odele Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1994-11-14

Birthplace:
Lewisham, London, England, UK

Credits:
12 Total Roles

Olisa Odele

Acting

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Biography

Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004-2005).

His early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens. He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin. In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough.

He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys, with his performance described as "regally characteristic".

He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video. He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024.

In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Lady MOVIE Self
2024 National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King MOVIE Isom
2024 Dead Hot TV Peter
2023 Surprised by Oxford MOVIE Fred
2022 Big Boys TV Yemi
2021 Starstruck TV Damien
2021 It's a Sin TV Cassius Chukwu
2019 Down from London TV Robin
2018 Sick of It TV Olly
2018 Mumatar MOVIE Daniel

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