Pete Edochie

Chief Pete Edochie, (born March 7, 1947) is a Nigerian actor.[3] Edochie is considered one of Nigeria’s most talented actors, being honored with an Industry Merit Award by Africa Magic and Lifetime Achievement by Africa Film Academy[4] Once an administrator and broadcaster,[5] he came into prominence in the 1980s, when he played the lead role of 'Okonkwo' in a Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s all-time best-selling novel, Things Fall Apart. Edochie descends from the Igbo people of Nigeria and is a Catholic.[6] In 2003, he was honored as a Member of the Order of the Niger by President Olusegun Obasanjo.