Nollywood Actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, popularly recognized as ‘Jnr Pope’, on Wednesday lost his lifetime in a boat mishap in Anambra.
A filmmaker, Samuel Olatunji, who took to his Instagram page to disclose the sad development stated that the deceased with a few other individuals have been involved in the accident on Anam River when heading to a film area.
Olatunji wrote “Junior Pope passes on.
“Sad working day for Nollywood. 4 actors which includes Jnr Pope fell into Anam River on their way to locale and their bodies have been recovered.
“What a unhappy working day for Nollywood. Our views and prayers are with the household. Numerous sources confirmed this unfortunate improvement to us.”
Junior Pope, in 2006, joined the Nollywood field and begun attending movie auditions as well as acting small people in videos.
He typically played the function of a bodyguard, palace attendant, and servant in flicks.
In 2007, he rose to fame right after acting in the Nollywood blockbuster motion picture, “Secret Adventures”, a motion picture directed by Tchidi Chikere.
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He acted in far more than 150 Nollywood videos such as: “Secret Adventures”, “Mad sex”, “Bitter Generation”, “Vengeance of Bullet”, “The Cat”, “The Generals”, and “Wrong Initiation” among other folks.
In 2010, he received the award for Nollywood Most Promising Actor in Nigeria at the Amusement Factory Awards.
He is known for acting in felony, villain, armed robber, militant and hitman roles in videos together with Emma Ehumadu, Sylvester Madu, Zubby Michael, Jim Iyke, Alaso Wariboko, Gentle Jack, Hanks Anuku, Jerry Amilo.
Other awards he won involve Finest Actor in a Supporting Role at the Africa Magic Viewers Alternative Awards and Very best Actor of the 12 months at the Africa Motion picture Academy Awards among the other people.
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