He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts in 1981 at Munchen College, Germany.
His usage of specific language slang, phrases, or clichés in many films has made him uniquely a household name in Nigeria and among Nollywood fans in general.
Chiwetalu Agu has featured in over 150 films, like the movie, Things Fall Apart, the popular novel written by the great writer, Late Chinua Achebe
Chiwetalu Agu is listed as one of the outstanding comedians who have contributed to the development of Nollywood comic genres by Prof. Femi Shaka of the University of Port Harcourt.
About 31 years ago, the television soap opera was the order of the day and Agu was featured in Nigerian Television Authority Channel 8 Enugu's Ikoro, produced by Joe Onyekwelu.
He also featured in ETV Channel 50, in soap-opera-like Baby Come Now and Ripples in Lagos, produced by Chico Ejiro's brother, Zeb.
As was the winner in the first-ever Nollywood Movie Awards 2012 for 'the best actor in an indigenous motion-Englishish speaking language' for his role in Nkwocha.
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