“I’m the biggest actor in Africa” – Timini Egbuson

Timini Egbuson, a Nigerian movie star, has dubbed himself the biggest actor to emerge from the African continent.

The Nollywood ‘bad boy’ stated that he has been acting regularly for 15 years, has never ‘fallen off’, and has inspired many new actors.

He boasted during a guest appearance on the Menisms Podcast, claiming that before joining the Nigerian movie industry, there were no starring roles for young performers, but he changed that narrative.

Timini stated that the confluence of all his successes in Nollywood over the last 15 years is enough to declare him Africa’s biggest actor.

He said; “I have been acting for 15 years consistently. I’ve never had a time off or fall off for 15 years consistently. I believe that I genuinely opened up the way for a lot of new school young actors. I also believe that I opened up the leading male young actor category.

And I said that very humbly because when I joined Nollywood, there were no lead roles for young men. You either had to be an old man or a lady. All the young men that were acting were playing minor roles.

Nobody was actively writing lead roles for young men. If you put everything that I’ve accomplished together, I believe that I am the biggest actor in Africa.”