Tarila Thompson

Tarila Thompson

Tarila Emmanuel Thompson (born February 14, 1968) is a Nigerian actor, director, filmmaker, writer and musician. Thompson began his career in 1993 and is credited for his role in pioneering the English-speaking movie industry in Nigeria known as Nollywood. Thompson is known for Love without Language (1993), Die Another Day (2004), Passion and Pain (2004) and Church Business (2006). After taking a break from filming, Thompson came back in 2012 to shoot his latest film In the Creek, a film which has been tagged Africa's most expensive export. The film talks about the pains of the Niger-Delta people in Nigeria. As a musician, he is the owner of El-Montage Records, a music record label.

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