Nick Monu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nick Monu
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 25, 1965(1965-03-25)
Age	59
Birthplace	Lagos
Country	Nigeria
Birth City	Lagos State
Horoscope	Pisces

Nick Monu Biography

Nick Monu is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on March 25, 1965 in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Nick Monu, a Nigerian actor, director and dramatist was born 25 March 1965.

He was a producer and director in “Sonette XCIV”, starring Sir Alan Bates, in

1999. In 2002, he also directed the short film “Split Ends” – Cruzon Cinema in Soho. In 2009, he directed the “Swamp Dwellers”, by Wole Soyinka.

Since 2004 Monu has appeared in many German-speaking cinema and film productions, for example in 2004 in “Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall”, in 2005 in “Gefangene”, 2006 in the Tatort-series “Schattenspiele” and “Tod aus Afrika” as well as in “Kommissarin Lucas – German Angst”, in 2007 in “Nachtschicht [de] – Blutige Stadt [de] ” and “KDD – Scham” and in 2010 in “The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott”.

Since 2005 he is married to the Austrian designer Simone Monu and has three children.

1998 saw him return to London for a brief time and he played the lead roles in “Oroonoko”, The honest whore, and Merchant of Venice at The Globe Theatre. This was the beginning of his television and film career. He starred in BBC’s EastEnders and Holby City, T.L.C. and The Whistle Blower, as well as the films Stigma, White Hawk, and Stigma.

Nick Monu Net Worth

Nick Monu is one of the richest Film Director from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nick Monu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After attending American University in Washington, D.C., as well as Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London, from 1987-1989, he was selected to be part of Anton Tschechow’s theatre play “Uncle wanja”, at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia.

He began his acting career in the UK in 1990 as a freelance actor. His productions included “Wind in the Willows”, 1991 to 2011, at the Royal National Theatre, and “Talking in Tongues”, 1992 to 1992 at the Royal Court Theatre. “Blues for Mr. Charlie”, 1992 to 1993 at the Manchester Royal Exchange. He was a member the Berlin Schaubuhne Ensemble from 1994 to 1997 and played the lead parts in such productions as “Hotel Orpheu”, Orestes”, Symposium, and “Die Sprache der Vogel”.

2001 he started with a series of performances in the opera Entführung aus dem Serail at the Wiener Volksoper as “Bassa Selim”. In 2002 he moved between Vienna and London, starring as “Othello” and “King Headley” at the Tricycle Theatre. In 2003 he joined the Ensemble of the Wiener Burgtheater and starred in productions like “Was Ihr wollt”, “7 Sekunden oder in God we Trust”, “Die Ziege”, “Don Carlos”, “Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach” and “Sofasurfin”. 2006 he appeared once again as “Bassa Selim” at the Opera de Marseille, marking his first stage début in France.

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In spiring 2013 he directed another play in Germany, “Happy days” by Samuel Beckett, at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, with its opening in April

2013. Thereafter he became the curator of the established African Art Gallery matombo in the old town of Salzburg, where he has curated shows of traditional and modern African Art. 2015 he held a reading based on Opera Wonyosi of Wole Soyinka as part of the opening of the Salzburger Festspiele within the gallery.

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Nick Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Nick Monu celebrates birthday on March 25 of every year.

Nicholas Monu was born as the fourth child and second son of the Monu prince of Asaba, Obiora Monu, accountant and CEO of Obiora Monu & Co. in Lagos, and Mrs. Florence Monu (née Oluwo), teacher at the Corona School in Lagos. He spent his first childhood years in Nigeria, until he and his family left the country owing to the Biafran War. For a short while, the family lived with an uncle who was at that time the designated Nigerian ambassador to Germany and thereafter Italy. Later he attended St. Andrew’s School in Eastbourne and Millfield Senior School in Somerset. Besides an elite European education, he was educated in singing, sport and arts.