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name: "Godwin Egbo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/godwin-egbo"
fi1m_id: "godwin-egbo"
tmdb_id: 5404281
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:17:06.277502+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."
---

# Godwin Egbo

## Identity

Godwin Egbo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/godwin-egbo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** godwin-egbo
- **TMDB ID:** 5404281
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5404281

Actor. Born in Lagos, Nigeria.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5404281

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*My Father's Shadow*](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Godwin Egbo, also credited as Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, is a Nigerian actor. He made his screen debut as Akinola (Akin) in the 2025 drama *My Father's Shadow*, directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and written by Davies Jr. and Wale Davies.

In the film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Egbo appeared opposite his real-life brother Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, who played the other lead child role of Olaremi (Remi). The brothers received a nomination for Best Newcomer at the National Film Awards UK.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, i-d.co.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Fi1m 81, as Akinola — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), as Akinola — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)

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