still continues to model and pursue her
acting career.
K ipsang ’
R otich
He is also a Star Wars‘
star. He is the Kikuyu
voice behind Nien
Nunb in the movie
Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the
Jedi. However, his voice role in the
movie is not credited.
He was born in 1958 in Eldama Ravine,
and he is only known for his role in
Star Wars in the Hollywood. He has
since abandoned the film industry for
business.
B enjamin
O chieng ’
The Kenyan-born
actor is well-known
for his role in X-Files
as second African
man, Marty Zagon. He has a soft spot
for Swahili lines.
He holds more than 20 titles to his
filmography that include a voice actor
in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.
Ochieng’ has also worked in movie
crews as a sound editor and a writer.
He has also directed two short films:
Mr. Brewers Difficult Day (2011) and
MISSInformed (2013).
C harles G itonga
M aina
The 42-year old giant
(6’10”) shot into
fame in the movie
The Air Up There
where he played the
role of Saleh, a basketball star who is
taught the “Jimmy Dolan Shake and
Bake,” a basketball move that led his
team to victory.
He also guest-starred in the episode
‘Lostland’ of the television series
SeaQuest DSV, as Professor Obatu and
his ancestor Deucalion.
In real-life, Maina is a record-holding
basketball player in the US. He
attended his college studies at Lynn
University on a basketball scholarship
from 1997 to 1999. He still holds
the Lynn University record for most
blocks in a single game (11), which he
achieved against Barry University on
December 7, 1998. He left the country
(US) to try out for a team in Greece
and was unable to return to the US
due to visa problems. Since then, he
has returned to Kenya.
K iran S hah
and D eep R oy
The two have Indian
roots but were
born in Kenya at
around the same
time. However,
they immigrated to India and Britain
respectively at some stage of their
lives.
Kiran has 31 titles in his filmography
including The Lord of the Rings Trilogy,
The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia,
Titanic, and Alice in Wonderland.
On the other hand, Roy has more
than 46 titles on his name among
them being the Star Wars Episode
V: The Empire Strikes Back, Mafia!,
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, A
Man Apart, Weekend Warriors among
others.
Both actors have dwarfism with Roy
being 4 feet 4 inches tall and Kiran
Shah at 4feet 2inches.
O liver L itondo
Oliver is a Kenyan
actor born in
Kakamega. He
studied in the United
States and was a
TV presenter (BBC
and Deutche Welle) before venturing
into acting. He also worked at KBC
and KTN as an anchorman. Litondo
is known majorly for his role starring
Kimani Maruge in the movie The First
Grader. He has also starred in Sheen:
Queen of the Jungle, Ivory Hunters,
The Search for the Nile and The Bush
Trackers.
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