Happy Birthday: Kunle Afolayan Turns 41!

Today happens to be the birthday of one of Nigeria’s biggest filmmakers and actor, Kunle Afolayan.

Kunle Afolayan is 41 and was born into a family that had a strong movie background.

His father is Ade Love (Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan), popular theater and film director and actor in the 70’s and 80’s.

In 2005 after studying at the New York Film Academy he released his first movie The Figurine in 2009.

Today, Kunle Afolayan can be regarded as one of the leading movie directors in Nigeria if not the most prominent out of them all.

His other movies are Phone Swap, and October 1.

He is married to Tolu Afolayan with 3 kids.