Biography
Nominated 2024's Best Supporting Actor at the recently concluded Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), Greg "Teddy Bear" Ojefua is a multiple award-winning Nigerian Screen, Stage & Voice Actor, a Voice Over & Dubbing Artiste, a Compere, Producer, Casting Director and Translator who has picked roles from both extremes of the age range, switching effortlessly from characters in their late 30s to as old as those in their 60s and displaying expert versatility as he shuttles amazingly from comic to serious roles. He holds the totem as the only actor to have ever played the role of the legendary African warlord "Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu" in a film, twice!
Fascinated so much by the make believe world since he was a child that at 8 he could recite 2-3 paragraphs of Julius Ceasar, Macbeth and other Shakespearian Classics. In 2009 he took part in the TV Show 'Don't forget the Lyrics', after that he attended an audition and got cast for his first role on TV, a series titled 'Winds of Change' directed by Kalu Anya and produced by Lilian Okoro. Since then he has featured in many notable TV, Cinema, Stage and Internet productions such as: The Encounter, A Tribe Called Judah, Black Harvest, This is Lagos, The Other Side of History, Behind the Wheels, The Arbitration, It's Her Day, Surulere, The Women, Horn Free Day, Tinsel and Up Creek without a Paddle, to mention a few. while his rich voice graces animations like Jay Jay: The chosen One, Emeka's Money, Halima's Vote and more, numerous commercial ads, and announcements.
As a model he starred and featured in a number of pan Africa and local commercials on TV, print, press and E-press like: LG Evercool Refrigerator Advert, Stanbic IBTC Debit Card Advert, OLX Biggie Advert, MTN Betatalk Advert, Nigerite 3X cement Advert, Oleum Oil Advert, e.t.c.
He has also bagged other awards such as; * Best Actor 2024 - Nigerian Electronic Media Content Exhibition and Awards (NEMCEA) *Best Actor 2023 - Africa Intentional Film Festival (AFRIFF) *Best Actor (English) 2017 - Maya Awards Africa (MAA) *Best Actor 2017 - Lake City Film Festival (LCFF) *Fast Rising Model Actor 2016 - Nigerian Models & Achievers Awards (NMAA) *Best Supporting Actor 2016 - Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF)
and has also made it to the nomination and honour list of many notable industry bigwigs like;
*Nominated Best Actor in a Drama 2017 - Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) *Nominated Best Supporting Actor 2017 - Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) *Nominated Best New Actor of the Year ( English) 2017 - City People Movie Awards (CPMA) *Nominated Best New Actor of the Year 2017 - West African Citizens Awards (WAFRICA) *Nominated Big Discovery Of The Year 2017 - Ghana-Naija Showbiz Awards (GNSA) *No 3 on Jara TV's 5 Fast Rising Actors 2016 *No 3 on Charles Novia's top 5 actors of the year 2016 *No 2 on PulseNG's 7 Best actors of the year 2016 amongst others.
Greg believes he stands out because of his uniqueness, deep voice, extra-large physique, easy going nature and playful spirit. He always strives for perfection. He is patient, focused, versatile and success driven. He is very cheerful, adventurous, inquisitive and willing to surmount boundaries yet explored, very unbiased and open when tackling issues, believes in doing all he does the best way possible, loves to have healthy, intelligent and enlightened discussions.
A strong advocate of anti-corruption and positive change with appearances in numerous anti-corruption productions and also a member of the Celebrity Drug Free Club of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
He is also an Events Compere, Voice over Artiste and translator (English to Pidgin and vice versa), hails from Igueben LGA in Edo State and holds a B.Sc. in Business Management and Administration from the Adekunle Ajasin University, a Master Class in Acting Certificate from MultiChoice Talent Factory and an Advanves Diploma in Network Engineering from NIIT. He speaks English, Nigerian Pidgin, Esan and Yoruba.
