Olisa Odele

Acting

Olisa Odele

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Nov 14, 1994 (30 years old)

Olisa Odele

Known For

National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King
2h 32m
Movie 2024

National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King

It’s summertime in Memphis, Tennessee and the annual Hot Wing...

Dead Hot
TV Show 2024

Dead Hot

5 years ago, Elliot came home to find his soulmate...

Surprised by Oxford
1h 47m
Movie 2023

Surprised by Oxford

Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the...

Big Boys
0h 24m
TV Show 2022

Big Boys

Big Boys is a silly, sweet comedy about two boys...

Mumatar
0h 10m
Movie 2018

Mumatar

Mumatar is an original comedy short film about Sandra –...

Biography

Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004-2005). His early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens. He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin. In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough. He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys, with his performance described as "regally characteristic". He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video. He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024. In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One.