The actor also disclosed his plans to pursue a career in filmmaking as a director.
In a recent Menisms Podcast episode, Nigerian actor Timini Egbuson declared that he is the biggest actor in Africa.
Egbuson says he can confidently call himself the best because of his fifteen years of experience in the Nigerian film industry.“I genuinely believe if you put everything that I have done and everything that I have been able to accomplish, I believe that I’m the biggest actor in Africa,” he expressed.
With his roles in Elevator Baby and Tinsel, as well as MTV Shuga: Naija, he won the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) for Best Actor in a Drama. Most recently, he starred in the highest-grossing Nigerian film, A Tribe Called Judah.
Additionally, he disclosed that he has been able to assist other prominent male actors in becoming the stars that they already are. According to him: “I believe that I genuinely opened up the way for a lot of new school young actors. I also believe that I opened up the leading male young actor category. Because when I joined Nollywood there were no lead roles for like younger [man], you either had to be an old man or like a young babe… No one was actively writing lead roles for young men.”
He claims that many prominent male actors in the business have benefited from his contacts and assistance at some point.
“Any big name that you can think of in your head, I have done it for them. But the problem and the mistake that they make is they come out here, and instead of them to come out with the mentality of gratitude. And that’s why you don’t know about it because they are not talking about it and they are not coming out from a place of gratitude for this Og. Rather, they are coming out here, with what do I need to do to compete”.
Egbuson also announced that his directorial debut will be coming soon, confirming his transition from acting.
