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Olisa Odele

Acting
1994-11-14
Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.
Known For 12 titles
My Parents Are Aliens (1999) subtitle poster
My Parents Are Aliens
1999 TV
as C.J.
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Starstruck (2021) subtitle poster
Starstruck
2021 TV
as Damien
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Chewing Gum (2015) subtitle poster
Chewing Gum
2015 TV
as Ola
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It's a Sin (2021) subtitle poster
It's a Sin
2021 TV
as Cassius Chukwu
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Big Boys (2022) subtitle poster
Big Boys
2022 TV
as Yemi
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Sick of It (2018) subtitle poster
Sick of It
2018 TV
as Olly
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Dead Hot (2024) subtitle poster
Dead Hot
2024 TV
as Peter
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Down from London (2019) subtitle poster
Down from London
2019 TV
as Robin
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Lady (2026) subtitle poster
Lady
2026 Movie
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Surprised by Oxford (2023) subtitle poster
Surprised by Oxford
2023 Movie
as Fred
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National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King (2024) subtitle poster
National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King
2024 Movie
as Isom
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Mumatar (2018) subtitle poster
Mumatar
2018 Movie
as Daniel
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