Yemi Solade Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

Profiling Yemi Solade

Biography

Yemi Solade (born 30 January,1960) popularly also known under the title Yemi Solade is a captivating actor and veteran.

He’s pretty well-known among Yoruba film-goers and is well-known among the Nollywood film industry due to his role in films like Widow, Voiceless Scream, and Elevator Baby…

Yemi Solade was considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern Nigerian film industry. He has also appeared in movies like Madam Dearest, Pasito Deinde, Iriri Mi, Bread Winner, and Thunderbolt.

Early Life & Education

Yemi Solade was born in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria on January 31, 1960. The man is Yoruba by blood and is a Christian.

His mother is from Oron in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria while his father is out of Egba located in Ogun State, in western Nigeria.

During his early days in Lagos State, Yemi Solade grew up at Adeniran Ogunsanya, along Ogunlana Drive.

Yemi Solade was a St. Acquilla Primary School pupil prior to going to Birch Freeman Secondary School for his secondary education. After an attempt to earn his A’level certification abroad failed the student continued her studies in OSCAS. Oyo State College of Arts and Science (OSCAS) while he enrolled to take taking the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam.

Additionally, he was enrolled at the famous University of Ife (which is today Obafemi Awolowo University O.A.U) under the guidance of the famous professor Wole Soyinka.

After finishing with a degree in Dramatic Arts from O.A.U, He went to Ahmadu Bello University to pursue a master’s degree in public Administration. Yemi Solade also received an Anthropology and Sociology degree from the University of Leicester, U.K. He is also an alumnus

of International Relations of the O.A.U.

Yemi Solade completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, where he taught at Ramat Polytechnic.

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Age

Yemi Solade was born on the 31st day of January 1960. He is 42 years old.

Children

How many children does Yemi Solade own? Yemi Solade has 2 kids who are a boy and a girl. They are Kofoworola Ariyinke Solade and Fela Solade.

Career

Yemi Solade began acting at Festac 77, an Arts and Culture Festival that was held in 1977, at the time he aged 17. As a young Surulere boy He was the title of the best dancer of Lagos State for three years consecutively and was a representative of Africa in international dance contests held in Spain. He made his first appearance on stage in a 45-minute monologue known as “Crazy Youngie” as he played the part of a driver and passenger.

After his graduation, Yemi Solade was a lecturer at polytechnics and universities like the Ramat Polytechnic, the University of Maiduguri, and Kaduna Polytechnic. Then, he went to Kaduna where he was the Assistant Director of the Kaduna society for music and theatre, which was an entertainment hub established by the deputy British High Commission.

Yemi Solade later spent time with his family at O.A.U in 1993 after which he was appointed the Artistic Director of Professor Ola Rotimi‘s theatre company. He directed his first Yoruba film, titled Oju Inu (Insight), and was directed by Wale Adenuga who is the current director for the PEFTI Film Institute. His team was the first to present the film at the Muson Center, but the film was not able to make it beyond that point because of financial problems.

Yemi Solade has also been featured in all Wale Adenuga Tv series, including Papa Ajasco, Super Story, This Life, and Odd World. But, he’s most loved for his performance in movies like The Widow, Voiceless Scream along with Elevator Baby.

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Personal Life

Spouse

Yemi Solade is married to a beautiful lady, Hannah Marsh Solade who he first met while filming Wale Adenuga‘s television show The Super Story. He got married to Hannah Marsh Solade after divorce from his first wife who was one of the Shohuarab women who was religious woman.

Yemi Solade spoke out on the radio that her parents planned to Islamise the young man. His wedding to Hannah Marsh Solade has two children who are a girl and a boy known as Rola Solade along with Femi Solade.

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Filmography

• Madam Dearest
• Pasito Deinde
• Iriri Mi
• Bread Winner
• Thunderbolt
• My Experience
• Shadows
• Gbagede
• The Other Woman
• Borokini as Olasupo Omoseni

TV Series

• This Life
• Super Story
• Papa Ajasco
• Old World.

Controversies

In June 2021 Yemi Solade received criticism for backing the Nigerian government’s ban on Twitter.

Yemi Solade to the annoyance of a number of Nigerian citizens has defended the ban of the president on Twitter and said that it was the government’s most appropriate decision. However, he did not apologize or changed his opinion on the issue.

Net Worth

Yemi Solade has become famous in the Nigerian film sector, Nollywood. He is among the very first actors who laid the foundations in the field, particularly in the Yoruba version.

He is employed to help build his vast knowledge of cinematics and movie directing. He was the founder of TAMPAN (Theatre Artists and Movie Professionals Association in Nigeria) with Adebayo “Oga Bello’ Salami, Jide Kosoko as well as Dele Odule in the year 2009.

Yemi Solade is also The president of The Shakers Foundation. His net worth is estimated at US$500,000, based on numerous sources.

Social Media

Yemi Solade is a regular social media Instagram user who has more than 331k followers. In addition, he’s involved on different social media platforms like Facebook as well as Twitter.

• Instagram:@realyemisolade
• Twitter: @yemisolade
• Facebook: Yemi Solade