Olisa Odele
Born: 1994-11-14 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
2024
- Dead Hot as Peter
- National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing King as Isom
2023
- Surprised by Oxford as Fred
2022
- Big Boys as Yemi
2021
- It's a Sin as Cassius Chukwu
- Starstruck as Damien
2019
- Down from London as Robin
2018
- Black Earth Rising ... (Actor's Assistant)
- Sick of It as Olly
- Mumatar as Daniel
2015
- Chewing Gum as Ola
1999
- My Parents Are Aliens as C.J.