NOLLYWOOD ACTOR MICHEAL ISOKPAN BIOGRAPHY/PROFILE/HISTORY

Micheal Isokpan is a Nigerian film Actor, Who hails from Edo state,  best known as one of the founding figures of Nollywood Cinema.
In 2008, He started his carrier, ever since He has been  Playing lead roles in the film industry 
The Film which he played a lead role  in (POLICE STORY) He was casted as one of the gallant crack team member, Which is A Federal government commissioned project, AS directed by Lancelot oduwa imasuen, To see beyond what the average Nigeria see's in the Nigeria police force!
starring- Desmond Elliot - shegun arinze,Micheal Isokpan, And lots more
His films feature unexplored aspects of the African experience including tribalism, witchcraft, crime, poverty, religion, and folk beliefs. Micheal Isokpan has worked in the film industry since 2008 mainly as a film Actor He currently lives in Lagos.
Selected Filmography Beyond Your Sight (police story)  Tinsel (2016 ) My Choice (2016) Deep Inside (2015)Other Side Of A Coin (2015)Girls are not smiling (2016)  Singles Only In Abuja  (2016) E'fine Boy  (2014)Invasion 1897 (2012) A.T.M(2015)Pure hearts. In Between The Lines.Sun Burn



Micheal Isokpan's success in the movie industry did not come by accident. And he would gladly tell you that. He believes strongly in the maxim; experience is the best teacher. And his experience, acquired over several years of sustained practice in the performing arts, has served him very well. He is a very busy man in the movie industry, where he spends days, weeks and often times, months, Acting new movies. For his efforts, he sobriquet himself, “The Spartacus”.
BUT HOW DID IT BEGIN? “I started acting when I was nine years old and acted in several productions throughout my secondary school”, he revealed. Not one that gives in to double speaking, Finished my School, That was in the old Bendel State. He featured prominently and regularly in some of the best Movies and radio programes in the then Bendel State. “I acted in The INVASION 1897, produced by the Guv'nor (LANCELOT ODUWA IMASUEN) For WELLS ENTERTAIMENT he said.

Having begun as a kid actor, it did not take long for him to discover his talent. He joined the ACTOR GUILD OF NIGERIA, which according to him is the most professional association in Nigeria .  I joined the ACTOR GUILD OF NIGERIA.  in (2009) 

But it was in Benin City the break- through began for him. Isokpan has also been in a production with  ICESLIDE FILMS and FEVER TELEVISION (I.F.F.T.V.) headquarters,
And AFRICA MAGIC TELEVISION SERIES (TINSEL)

Relating his experience in the home movie sector on how he launched himself into an industry that has brought him fame and perhaps fortune, the Actor said: “from my experiences which I gathered from (I.F.F.T.V.)  it was very easy for me breaking into the movie industry, and coupled with my professional training as an actor.”
He Acted his first movie in 2006 (BRUTAL HEART). With other prominent Nollywood actors, That was when i first film with  Lancelot oduwa imasuen since then he has been my teacher, Micheal Isokpan has Also been on set with other big Nollywood directors, among s whom are (Andy amenichie D.G.N) (Frank rajah) (Amen Imasuen D.G.N)....And lots more!
 But what inspired him to the theater? “There is no single person that I would say, inspired me.” He asserted adding quite emphatically” ” I think God inspired me. Because from Childhood, I knew my line and l have never derailed”
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Isokpan seems to possess a magic wand for human management and inter-personal relations. Many who have worked with him agreed that he is very hardworking, humble and disciplined artist, as an Actor, he takes his job seriously. But is there any secret behind his seeming success even in the area of organization human and perhaps, resources?
” As I said, I think God inspired me. Also, I discovered that I have Acting skills and motivational prowess”.
ON HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE NIGERIA ARTIST, he said: “some of them are very professional while quite a number still see it as a child’s play”.
Isokpan believes that the movie industry has come
 to stay but that there is no direction, because of lack of sincerity. A lot of people wants to be the only cocks that should be crowing forgetting the dynamism of life. This has kept the industry stagnant. There is a whole lot of retrogression in the sense that instead of going forward, selfishness doesn’t allow us to move forward. Everybody want to be heard at the same time”.
“I think these have prevented government from participating. Because a house divided against itself cannot stand”.
On what he thinks should be done to move the industry forward, against the background of its stunted progress, he said “We have to get more professional in our trade. People must be ready to accept constructive criticism”.
Also,Micheal Isokpan, a founding member of the Actor's Guild of Nigerian (A.G.N.) 
DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRET, BEING IN THE INDUSTRY?   No regret at all. This is my life. Art is my life.And i have also meet people,which gave me the opportunity to act along side other great actors especially HOLLYWOOD ACTOR (RAZ ADOTI)  SO HOW OLD ARE YOU??  “I am in my early thirties, he said, not willing to give his exact age”.
                                HERE ARE SOME  MOVIES HE HAS BEEN IN




Email address: michealisokpan@yahoo.com,

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