Person
Axel Abessolo
From Wikipedia
Axel Abessolo (born Abessollo René Axel; July 20, 1984) is a Cameroonian actor, in Ngoazip, in the Southern Region of Cameroon.
Biography
Education
Abessolo began his primary education at the departmental school EMIA in Yaoundé, before attending the Lycée Général Leclerc in the same city, where he served as president of the school's theatre club and film club. He enrolled at ISDIG, where he obtained his baccalauréat. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences at the University of Yaoundé II in Soa.
Career
In his teenage years, Abessolo auditioned for a short film, in which he performed alongside Yaya Mbile Bitang, a major actress and director in the African film industry. Abessolo's mentor Alain Serge Noa allowed Abessolo to further his career in acting by securing him a role in the 1988 short film titled C'est moi le père (transl. "I am the father"). In 2011, Abessolo returned to acting in the series Harragas, les brûleurs de frontières (transl. "Harragas, the border burners") by Noa.
Abessolo collaborated with several well-known figures in African cinema, including Jean-Phillipe Cros, Émil Abessolo-Mbo and Daniel Ndo.
Filmography
Films
2012: L’arme du crime by Francis Tené
2013: Harraga, brûleurs de frontières by Alain Serge Noa
2014: Claire ou l’enfant de l’amour by Mary Noëlle Nyba
2015: L’oeil du cyclone by Sékou Traoré
2015: Orly by Francis Tené
2016: Walls by Narcisse Wandji
2016: La patrie d’abord by Thierry Ntamack
2016: Aissa by Jean Roke Patoudem
2018: Le Deal by Gaby Ruben Ngounou
2019: Innocent by Léa Malle Franck Thierry
2019: LPDBS by Gaby Ruben Ngounou
2019: Mon sang by Blaise Ntedju
2019: Petit Jo by Daniel Kamwa
2020: La vallée des aigles by Olivier Assoua
2020: Forces Spéciale Africaines (FSA) by Ahed Bensouda
2021: Bangui unité spéciale des victimes by Elvire Adjamonsi
2022: Jericho by Fabrice Bekono
2022: On fait le point by Chantal Youdom
2023: Sans jugement by Gaby Ruben Ngounou
TV shows
2021: Madame monsieur 2 by Ebenezer Kepombia
2022: Madame Monsieur 3 by Ebenezer Kepombia
2023 : La batailles des chéries by Ebenezer Kepombia
Awards
2024: Best Male Performance at the 27th Écrans Noirs Festival
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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