Ekenedilichukwu Ugochukwu Eric Nwenweh,(born February 28, 1985) professionally known as Ken Erics Ugo or simply Ken Erics is a Nigerian film and television actor, writer, producer and musician. He is popularly known for his role as Ugo in the movie ‘The Illiterate’. He is from Anambra State.

Early life

Ken Erics was born in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria on 28 February 1985 and is the sixth of seven children of Eric Chukwuemeka Nwenweh and Grace Ifeyinwa Nwenweh both of Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria. He is of Igbo descent. Erics had his primary education at Binta Mustapha Science Nursery and Primary School, Kano, and his secondary education at Dennis Memorial Grammar School (DMGS) Onitsha, Anambra State. As a young child, Erics showed a passion for the arts and this culminated in his admission to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, where he graduated with a degree in Theatre Arts. He also holds a master’s degree in Theatre and Film studies.

Career

In 2001, as a first-year student in the University, Erics got his first movie role, in the Chris Ubani directed ‘direct-to-DVD movie ‘Holy Prostitute’, where he played a minor role as a medical doctor, with just three scenes. He went on to graduate from the University and began to attend auditions and bagged a few other cameo roles in-home movies. However, his 2012 portrayal of “Ugo” in the movie “The Illiterate” endeared him to audiences and opened up more opportunities for him in the Nigerian movie industry.

As a writer, Erics first published work “Cell 2” has gained attention and has been used in a number of Nigerian tertiary institutions for stage productions and academic purposes.

In 2014, Erics won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the City People Entertainment Award, as well as the Best Lead Actor at the Afrifimo Awards in the United States. In 2015, he

In 2017, Erics won the City People Entertainment Awards 2017 for Best Actor of the Year and was also nominated for the Golden Movie Awards in 2018 for Best Supporting Actor.

In December 2018, Ken Erics released his first music single Inozikwa Omee. He got his fans applauding his debut single. The sensational tune accompanied with very melodious vocals is a clear indication Ken Erics is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Awards

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result
2014	City People Entertainment Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ken Erics	Won
2014	Afrifimo Awards (USA)	Best Lead Actor	Ken Erics	Won
2015	Golden Icons Movie Awards (GIAMA) 2015 Awards	Best Actor in a Lead Role	Ken Erics	Nominated
	Golden Icons Movie Awards (GIAMA) 2015 Awards	Best ‘on-screen duo’	Ken Erics and Kiki Omeili	Nominated
	City People Entertainment Awards	Best Actor	Ken Erics	Won
	Afrifimo Awards (USA)	Best ‘on-screen duo’	Ken Erics	Nominated
2017	City People Entertainment Awards	Best Actor	Ken Erics	Won
	Nollywood Ambassadors Awards	Best Actor of the Year	Ken Erics	Won
2018	Golden Movie Awards (GMA) 2018	Best Supporting Actor	Ken Erics	Nominated
2019	South-South Achievers Awards (SSA) 2019	Male Actor of the Year	Ken Erics	Won

Filmography

Movie Roles

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2002	Holy Prostitute	Doctor	Chris Ubani	Cameo Role
2006	Silence of the gods	Onyegbula	Teco Benson	Home Video
2007	Eran and Erak	Oliver	Theodore Anyanji	Feature Film
2010	Evil intention	Santos	Ugezu j Ugezu	Feature Film
2011	Gold not Silver	Nwokolo	Tchidi Chikere	Feature Film
2011	A Better Tomorrow	Izu	Michael JaJa	Feature Film
2011	Days of Gloom	Izu	Michael JaJa	Feature Film featuring John Dumelo, Olu Jacobs and Chioma Chukwuka
2012	The Illiterate	Ugo	Silvester Madu	Feature Film
2013	Release me oh Lord	Osita	Ifeanyi Ogbonna	Feature Film
2014	Father Muonso	Father Elijah	Vincent De Anointed	Feature Film
2014	Burning Bridges	Louis	Okechukwu Oku	Feature Film
2014	Sugarcane	Azuka	Obinna Ukeze	Feature Film
2015	Trials of Igho	Igho	Chris Eneaji	Lead/Feature Film
2015	Echoes of Love	Prince	Ugezu j Ugezu	Feature Film
2015	Omalicham	Jeremiah	Ugezu j Ugezu	Feature Film
2016	Almost Perfect	Nonso	Desmond Elliot	Feature Film
2016	Within these walls	Francis	Uche Jombo	Feature Film
2016	Valerie	Joe	Taiwo Shittu	Feature Film
2016	The Vengeance	Jeff	Goodnews Erico Isika	Feature Film
2016	Okafor’s Law	Chuks A.k.A Fox	Omoni Oboli	Feature Film featuring Blossom a Chukwujekwu, Richard Mofe Damijo, Omoni Oboli
2017	Crossed Path	Jesse	Frank Rajah Arase	Feature Film featuring Okawa Shaznay, Frank Artus & Emem Inwang
2017	What Lies Within	Brian	Vanessa Nzediegwu	Feature Film with Michelle Dede, Tope Tedela, Kiki Omeili
2017	Omugwo	Raymond	Kunle Afolayan	Feature Film featuring Patience Ozokwo, Ayo Adesanya, Omowunmi Dada
2017	Body Language	Lancelot	Moses Inwang	Feature Film featuring Ramsey Nouah, Tana Adelana
2017	The Bridge	Augustine	Kunle Afolayan	Feature Film featuring Chidinma Ekile, Demola, Adedoyin, Zach Orji
2017	Fate of Amanda
2018	You Are My Light	Samson	Vincent D Anointed	Feature Film produced by Ken Erics and featuring Yvonne Jegede, Ebele Okaro
2019	Love Melody	Obiora	Ability Tagbo	Feature Film produced by Ken Erics and featuring Rachael Okonkwo
2019	Ordinary Fellows	Ekene	Lorenzo Menakaya and Ikenna Aniekwe	Feature Film featuring Wale Ojo, Chiwetalu Agu and Somadina Adinma
2021	Perfect marriage	Keny	Basil
2021	What happened at St James	Marc	Adebesin
2021	Maniac	James	Abinibi

Television Roles

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2005	Webs		Livinus Otteh	TV Series
2015	Growing Old	Chidi	Chris Eneaji	TV Series
2020	Jenifas Diary	Nosa	JJC skills	TV Series

Stage Plays

Title	Role	Writer
Hopes of the Living Dead	Hacourt Whyte	Ola Rotimi
Trials of Oba Ovoramnwen	Consular	Ola Rotimi
Hangmen Also Die	R.I.P	Esiaba Irobi
Childe International	Chief	Wole Soyinka
Everyman	Everyman	Obotunde Ijimere
Grip Am	Ise	Ola Rotimi
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh	Prof Ogun	Esiaba Irobi

Discography

Selected singles

Year	Title
2018	Inozikwa Omee
2019	Thank You, Baba
2019	Mama
2019	Sugarcane
2019	Pretence
2019	Anom Gi N’aka
2019	Love is life
2020	Kilode
2021	Obim