Olisa Odele

Olisa Odele

Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022-2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004-2005). His early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens. He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin. In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough. He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys, with his performance described as "regally characteristic". He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video. He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024. In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One.

  • Title: Olisa Odele
  • Popularity: 0.5254
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1994-11-14
  • Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK
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Olisa Odele Movies

  • 2023
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    Surprised by Oxford

    Surprised by Oxford

    6.05 2023 HD

    Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man she starts to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, and love.

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  • 2018
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    Mumatar

    Mumatar

    5 2018 HD

    Mumatar is an original comedy short film about Sandra – a single mum who struggles to adjust when her only child leaves home. After witnessing a bullying incident at the school where she works as a cleaner, Sandra draws inspiration from computer game avatars, dons a homemade costume and becomes a real life local superhero ... Mumatar!

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  • 2024
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    National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King

    National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King

    1 2024 HD

    It’s summertime in Memphis, Tennessee and the annual Hot Wing Contest is about to roll through. Cordell has his sights set on the crown this year, with the support of his partner Dwayne and friends, Isom and Big Charles. Together, they are The New Wing Order, and they’re serving wings worthy of ‘kangs’. Cordell’s culinary crew are getting ready to fire up his new mouth-watering ‘finna-be first-place’ recipe, when the arrival of an unexpected guest throws some extra heat up in the kitchen on prep night. As the temperature rises and the sauce boils over, it seems a first-place trophy and a grand cash prize aren’t the only things Cordell risks losing. Can he take the heat, or will he have to get out the kitchen?

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  • 2025
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    Lady

    Lady

    1 2025 HD

    Lady Isabella, aspires to be in the spotlight, and local talent show 'Stately Stars' provides her a break. However, high pressures and a loss of self lead to a surreal situation on her grand estate.

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  • 1999
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    My Parents Are Aliens

    My Parents Are Aliens

    6.6 1999 HD

    Young orphans, Mel, Josh and Lucy, can't believe their luck when they are fostered together under one roof. But just when it looks like they have the chance of a relatively normal life, they discover their new parents are aliens from planet Valux!

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  • 2021
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    It's a Sin

    It's a Sin

    7.919 2021 HD

    A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

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  • 2019
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    Down from London

    Down from London

    1 2019 HD

    Billy and Crispin attempt to remedy their relationship the only way they know how - by ignoring their troubles and distracting themselves with trips out of London.

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  • 2021
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    Starstruck

    Starstruck

    6.768 2021 HD

    A drunken New Year's Eve hook-up becomes far more complicated for Jessie when she discovers her one night stand is actually a film star.

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  • 2015
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    Chewing Gum

    Chewing Gum

    7.071 2015 HD

    The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!

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  • 2022
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    Big Boys

    Big Boys

    7.5 2022 HD

    Big Boys is a silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the “spectrum of masculinity” who become best mates at Brent Uni Freshers Week 2013.

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  • 2018
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    Sick of It

    Sick of It

    6.633 2018 HD

    A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.

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  • 2024
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    Dead Hot

    Dead Hot

    7.8 2024 HD

    5 years ago, Elliot came home to find his soulmate Peter had vanished—with nothing left behind but his finger in a puddle of blood. Still living with Peter's twin Jess, they don't know if he ran away, was kidnapped or worse. Elliot tries moving on, and after a magical date with wonderful Will, that seems possible. But when shit hits the fan, Elliot and Jess know they need to find out the truth.

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  • 1970
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    Dead Hot

    Dead Hot

    6.431 1970 HD

    As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

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