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Date of Birth:
1960-10-10
Place of Birth:
Libreville, Gabon

Zack Orji is a Nigerian actor, director, producer, preacher, and filmmaker known for his role in Nollywood movies Glamour Girls, and Blood Money.

Zack Orji was born in Libreville, Gabon. He grew up in Cameroon, Benin, and Togo where he learned how to speak both English and French fluently. He graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State.

His first movie was in 1991 and was entitled Unforgiven Sin. In an interview with Nollywood Post, Zack Orji shared how he got the lead role in the movie without auditioning. Since then, Orji has starred in different movies and is now a Nollywood legend. He is also a singer and preacher of God's word since he found Christ.

In 2000, Zack Orji made his directorial debut with the movie titled WEB starring himself and Ghanaian actress, Kalsoume Sinare. The movie won Best Collaborative Film in the Ghana Awards of 2001.

He has starred in several Nigerian movies like; Iva, Living in Bondage 1 & 2, Glamour Girls, Karishika, Half of a Yellow Sun, blood sisters, and others Zack Orji is married to Ngozi Orji, and they are blessed with three children. In 2022, he declared that he would support Tinubu for the 2023 Presidential elections.

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