Saheed Balogun Biography; life, wife, children

 Tagged as the Nigerian James Bond during the early part of his acting years, the popular actor has been in the industry for over 20years. Saheed Balogun is a popular Nigerian actor, director, and producer who is well-loved and admired by many Yoruba movie lovers. I will be giving you a short biography of his.

Saheed Balogun was born on the 5^th of January in the year 1967, he is said to be born in Kwara state, but he grew up in Oyo state specifically in the city of Ibadan, there is not enough information about his family or background in public but it is known that he was able to acquire western education at least to the tertiary level, he also schooled in Oyo state.

Saheed began exercising his passion in acting at a very young age; he appeared on nation television (NTA) by the age of 11, where he featured in Young Today television program.
His first movie was in City Girls, it was in this movie he made his first full appearance, this happened in 1988. After this movie he has appeared in over 80 movies, he has also solely produced some movies which became blockbusters and won many numerous awards.

Just as much as Saheed endeavored to be the best in his career, he tried to put in much effort in his relationships but they didn’t end up as planned, he has married twice, both marriages produced 2 children each, so he has fathered 4 children. One of the marriages was between a colleague in the movie industry, he and the popular Fathia Balogun married for 12years.

So far so good Saheed has been successful in his choice of profession; this has made him one of the most sorts after for some particular movie role. Saheed continues to be active in the movie industry be it being a producer of the movie or a starred actor in the movie, and we love to see more of him in the future.

Writer: Idowu Elizabeth

Editor (s): Idowu Elizabeth & Kabirat Awe

Publisher: Awe Olufunso