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Kolade Shasi
Kolade speaking at FOCUS, 2023 [1]
Born
Kolade Shasi [2]

(1986-05-03) May 3, 1986 (age 40)
Manchester, England
Alma materUniversity of West London
OccupationsCasting Director, Producer & Actor
Years active2001 – 2003, 2012–present

Kolade Shasi (born May 3rd 1986) is a British-born, Nigerian Actor, Casting Director and Producer. He is best known for featuring in Jadesola Osiberu's crime drama; The Trade (2023), which premiered in Cinemas on January 13, 2023[3] and premiered globally via Amazon Prime on march 17, 2023 [4] He was the Casting Director for Breath of Life and the Casting Associate for the Netflix Original YA series; Far From Home [5]

Early life and education

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Kolade was born in Manchester, in the County of Greater Manchester to Nigerian parents, and he is of Yoruba Nigerian descent. He is the youngest of four children.

Career

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Actor

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Kolade’s foray into film, was as a teenage actor and his first role was in a Charles Novia film in 2001; Afro, where he played the titular role of a younger Afro with Segun Arinze portraying the older Afro. He took a long hiatus to finish school before returning to acting in 2012.[6] Since then he has featured in a number of movies including The Trade (2023), Ibukun, Kasala, Slow Country,[7][8] Uncommon Events and Ripple Effect.[citation needed] Kolade was nominated for the Best Actor at the In-short International Film Festival, Lagos, in 2015, for the multi-award winning film Blood Taxi.[citation needed]

Casting Director

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Kolade Shasi is one of the top Casting Directors from West Africa, he is a member of the Board of the International Casting Directors Association [9] and the Casting Society, CSA. His Casting Directing credits span over 12 years and over 50 projects including Television Commercials, feature films, short films and music videos. Some of his projects have gone on to win Best Actor awards or break Box Office records[10]. His Casting credits include the Netflix Original YA series; Far From Home, an Amazon Prime Video Original film; Breath of Life, [11] Simi’s music video; Owambe (2017), the Box Office record-breaker; Couple of Days (2016) [12] and the multi-award winning Employee of the Month (2022) [13][14].

Producer

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Kolade has produced over 30 films and advertorials over the years. His film credits include Date Night (2018), starring Adesua Etomi and Deyemi Okanlawon, the Joke Silva-led Bandits (2017), In Sickness and Health (2018) starring OC Ukeje, Beverly Naya and Meg Otanwa, Divorce Settlement (2021), Spite (2022), Worlds Apart (2022) and the multi-award winning Employee of the Month (2022) which has screened at over 20 Film Festivals around the world and winning the Best short film at many of these festivals, including the Best Short Film, emerging Filmmaker at the American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival in May, 2023.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Credited as
Casting Director Producer Actor Role
2001 Afro No No Yes Afro (younger)
2015 Blood Taxi No No Yes Taxi Driver
2016 Couple of Days Yes No No
2017 Slow Country Yes No Yes Pedro
Bandits Yes Yes Yes Mr. Bakare
Nothing But the Truth Yes Yes Yes Alistair
2018 Kasala Yes No Yes Panel Beater
Date Night Yes Yes No
In Sickness and Health Yes Yes No
Ibukun Yes No Yes Akanni
2019 Uncommon Events No No Yes Akala
2021 Divorce Settlement Yes Yes No
Dysfunction Yes No No
2022 Spite Yes Yes No
Worlds Apart Yes Yes No
Employee of the Month Yes Yes No
2023 The Trade No No Yes Wale

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