His name is Benjamin Alfred Onyango Ochieng. He is a Kenyan-American actor who is very active in Hollywood film industry. He was born from a family of seven in Ofafa Jericho estate in Eastlands, Nairobi in 1961.When Benjamin finished form four studies from Ofafa Jericho Secondary School, he was hired by his dad at British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd where he worked as a clerk in the Wages and computer Departments for six years.
He later joined USIUniversity to study Management Information Systems . He then furthered his studies at USIUniversity in San Diego, USA. From there, he was transferred to California state University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.After graduation, he relocated to Hollywood where he further studied music and acting. He worked with Funk Rock band ‘P.F.O.’ for few years later decided to be a professional actor.
Benjamin then started to appear in many feature films and popular American television serials such as General Hospital, The Shield and The X-files , The God’s Not Dead Trilogy, Tears of the Sun, Heavenly Deposit, Beautifully Broken, Father Africa, among many others.He also became a voice actor and rendered his voice to the films and television serials including; Last Face, Furious 7, Constantine, Night At the Museum I & III, Machine Gun Preacher, Inception, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Primeval, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen among others.
Apart from acting, he is also a writer with popular writing credits include: The Wives (TV series); Dysfunctionally Organized (Web Series); Mind Tricks and Curse of Devil’s Mountain (Shorts), Cheza and Original Man.
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