If you’re not familiar with Abraham Popoola, you should be. The Nigerian-born actor and director has been making waves with his work on Atlas and Cruella, and it’s only a matter of time before Hollywood comes calling. Here’s what you need to know about this rising star in the world of entertainment. Get to Know Abraham Popoola the Actor and Director Taking Hollywood by Storm
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Abraham Samuel Popoola was born in Nigeria. At 14 years old he emigrated to England with his family, where he studied at a London school for music. His love of acting led him to study drama at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Get to Know Abraham Popoola the Actor and Director Taking Hollywood by Storm
Bio
Abraham is a multi-faceted artist. He first appeared in the motion picture Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) as Vernon Granger. After receiving his MFA from NYU, he played Ivan opposite Edie Falco’s Nina on The Sopranos. In addition to starring in Morbius (2022), he also directed Cruella (2021).
Family
Born in 1996, Abraham is a native of Toronto, Canada. When he isn’t juggling his busy acting schedule with grad school in human rights at Oxford University where he is pursuing his doctorate degree in law (D. Phil.), you can find him teaching children how to act.
Relationship
Abraham became interested in acting when he was studying Business at Mercer University. However, this wasn’t a passion of his that carried over into adulthood. That is until he got an audition for a small role on Empire. He ended up booking the part and from there has been non-stop work as an actor!
Physical info
-Lives in London
-Speaks English, French and Yoruba fluently
-Studied at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
-Inspired by movies like Invictus and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Career
Born in 1994 in London, Abraham was raised by Nigerian immigrant parents who fostered his interest in performing from a young age. After graduating from The Arts Educational School he attended LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). For years he toured internationally with AYO! Compañeros de Ronda including their original production of The Canterbury Tales.
Awards
Only 23 years old and currently working on his third project in his short career, actor and director Abraham Popoola is taking Hollywood by storm. His latest projects include a major role in Marvel’s Morbius (2022) as Vladislav Dvořák as well as co-directing a Disney live-action adaptation of Cruella.
Popoola was born in London but grew up mostly in New York City.
Net worth
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What does this person do?
Abraham’s success is due in large part to his multifaceted skillset. Aside from acting and directing, he writes for shows such as 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), provides voiceover work for popular games like Assassin’s Creed III (2012) and is a critically acclaimed painter who has been exhibited at prestigious galleries all over New York City.
Where are they from?
Born in London, England but raised in Surrey, his move to Los Angeles at the age of 17 was simply because of a girl who is now his wife. Following stints in film production and post-production on an independent film before obtaining his degree from The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.
What led them here?
Abraham was born in Brooklyn to Nigerian immigrants who were adamant that he pursue a career in medicine. Though they would always remind him how lucky he was to be pursuing his dream of acting on stage instead of being locked up in a hospital as a doctor, Abraham’s parents hoped he would graduate with a degree in some form of science so that their son could have more stability. He went on to major in pre-med with an emphasis on theatre at Binghamton University before transferring out of his program during junior year.
Who do they work with?
Since arriving in Los Angeles in 2001, Abraham has had a prolific career working with some of Hollywood’s most respected filmmakers. In addition to a starring role in Morbius (2020), he has also had supporting roles in two film adaptations of John Steinbeck novels – Of Mice and Men (2019) and East of Eden (2019). Recently, Abraham began to focus on filmmaking as well when he wrote, directed and starred in Atlas.
Why should I care?
Abraham started acting in London at 14 years old. Though he was planning on becoming a lawyer, he kept finding himself drawn back to acting. His first film role was as Jason King in Dirty Pretty Things opposite Audrey Tautou and Ben Whishaw. After that he went on to portray James Fraser in Series 1 of Outlander (2014) opposite Caitriona Balfe, Richard Rankin and Tobias Menzies.
Q.&A.
What inspires you? I think honesty inspires me. Honesty about what it is we are here for in this world. Honesty about where we come from. What did you want to be when you grew up? I always wanted to act. I started acting at around 8 years old but then I stopped because my mom didn’t want me to act so she would just take me off of any auditions that would come up, but then she decided that it was time for me to pursue my dreams so now I’m pursuing them full-time and doing exactly what I love.