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here''' new article content ... Residence Lagos, Nigeria Nationality Nigerian Ethnicity Yoruba/Igbo [ 1 ]  Occupation Actor/Director  Spouse(s) Victoria Elliot<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"> [ 2 ] </a> Desmond Elliot (born Desmond Oluwashola Elliot; 4 February 1974) is a Nigerian actor and director, and politician<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"> [ 3 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"> [ 4 ] </a> who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap operas. He won best supporting actor in a drama at the 2nd <a href="/wiki/Africa_Magic_Viewers%27_Choice_Awards" title="Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards">Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards</a> and was nominated for best supporting actor at the 10th <a href="/wiki/Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards" title="Africa Movie Academy Awards">Africa Movie Academy Awards</a>. He was elected as a lawmaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency, in the April 11, 2015 Nigerian General Elections Contents <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"> 1 Early life </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"> 2 Career </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Politics"> 3 Politics </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Personal_life"> 4 Personal life </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Filmography"> 5 Filmography </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Television"> 6 Television </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#References"> 7 References </a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#External_links"> 8 External links </a></li> </ul> <span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life [ <a href="/w/index.php?title=Desmond_Elliot&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a> ] Elliot was born to a <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> father from <a href="/wiki/Olowogbowo" title="Olowogbowo">Olowogbowo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo</a> mother from <a href="/wiki/Illah" title="Illah">Illah</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oshimili_North" title="Oshimili North">Oshimili North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta State</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-HFM_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HFM-1"> [ 1 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"> [ 5 ] </a> because of this, Elliot has described himself as being a <a href="/wiki/Pan-Africanism" title="Pan-Africanism">Pan-African</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"> [ 6 ] </a> He received his primary education at Air Force Primary School and later attended St John's College, both in <a href="/wiki/Jos" title="Jos">Jos</a>. In 2003 he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University" title="Lagos State University">Lagos State University</a> where he studied Economics.<sup id="cite_ref-refer1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refer1-7"> [ 7 ] </a> Career [ <a href="/w/index.php?title=Desmond_Elliot&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a> ] Elliot was influenced by a friend to become an actor.<sup id="cite_ref-refer1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refer1-7"> [ 7 ] </a> He started playing roles in soap operas like Everyday People, One Too Much and Saints and Sinners. He is one of <a href="/wiki/Nollywood" title="Nollywood" class="mw-redirect">Nollywood</a>'s leading actors, having appeared in over two hundred films including Men Who Cheat, Yahoo Millionaire and Atlanta.<sup id="cite_ref-book1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book1-8"> [ 8 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-tribune1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune1-9"> [ 9 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-times_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-10"> [ 10 ] </a> In 2008 Elliot co-produced and co-directed the movie "Reloaded" which received 3 nominations at the <a href="/wiki/African_Movie_Academy_Awards" title="African Movie Academy Awards" class="mw-redirect">African Movie Academy Awards</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"> [ 11 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"> [ 12 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-glo_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glo-13"> [ 13 ] </a> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"> [ 14 ] </a> In 2009 and 2010, Elliot was nominated for the Best Actor category at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"> [ 15 ] </a> Also in 2010, Elliot has been competing to become the ambassador for the Face of Hope Project, a "volunteer-based non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization established to give hope to the hopeless", in which he will work toward fixing "child illiteracy in Nigeria and Africa at large" if he is the victor.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"> [ 16 ] </a> Politics [ <a href="/w/index.php?title=Desmond_Elliot&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a> ] Elliot declared his intentions in September 2014 to run for <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Lagos State House of Assembly">Lagos State House of Assembly</a> under the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">All Progressives Congress</a>. He contested and won the Surulere Constituency in the