Pete Edochie

Chief Pete Edochie MON // ^ⓘ (born 7 March 1947) (popularly known as Ebubedike) is a Nigerian actor. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with his portrayal of Okonkwo in a Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. He began his career as an administrator and broadcaster and later became a leading actor and has received several honours, including the Industry Merit Award from Africa Magic, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Africa Film Academy, and the national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger conferred on him in 2003 by President Olusegun Obasanjo.