---
name: "Bolaji Badejo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bolaji-badejo"
fi1m_id: "bolaji-badejo"
imdb_id: "nm0045993"
tmdb_id: 5051
wikidata_id: "Q323185"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 August 1953"
died: "22 December 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:28:16.546339+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bolaji Badejo

## Identity

Bolaji Badejo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bolaji-badejo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bolaji-badejo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0045993
- **TMDB ID:** 5051
- **Wikidata ID:** Q323185
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolaji_Badejo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5051

Actor. Born 23 August 1953 in Nigeria. Died 22 December 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 August 1953, Nigeria
- **Died:** 22 December 1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolaji_Badejo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5051

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) (92)

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## Biography

Bolaji Badejo was a Nigerian visual artist and actor. He is known for his sole acting role as the Alien in Ridley Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film *Alien*.

Born in Lagos on 23 August 1953, Badejo studied graphic design in London after periods in Ethiopia and the United States. He was discovered in a Soho pub by a member of the film's casting team, who noted his height of 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) as suitable for the part.

After filming, Badejo returned to Nigeria in 1980 and opened an art gallery in Lagos in 1983. He died there on 22 December 1992 from complications of sickle cell disease.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cnn.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, as Alien — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alien* (1979), as Alien — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)

## Gallery

- ![Bolaji Badejo](https://film.one/media/person/59545/gallery-51cf36e08c0e.jpg) Bolaji Badejo — Image via TMDB
- ![Bolaji Badejo](https://film.one/media/person/59545/gallery-655861280cb3.jpg) Bolaji Badejo — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bolaji-badejo