Most of these actors and actresses have gained so much fame and wealth from acting, living what is believed to be a comfortable life, with their great net worths.We will look at the top richest actors and actresses in Ghana in and how far they have gone in their acting careers.
When it comes to movies in the entertainment category, the Ghanaian movie industry, Ghallywood, has been one of the leading movie industries in Africa. This article covers the list of the top richest actors and actresses in Ghana, their biography and net worth.
1. Majid Michel – Net Worth – $1.5 million
Majid Michel will be the richest actor in Ghana in 2021. The prolific Ghanaian actor was born on September 22, 1980, in Accra, Ghana, by a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother alongside his nine siblings.
Majid Michel started his acting career during his secondary school days in Mfantsipim secondary school, joining his drama club. In the drama club, he was once awarded the Best Actor in Emancipation Day in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Majid Michel started his first professional acting when he did an audition for a Super Model Agency through the help of a neighbour who introduced him to the agency.
He was featured in the television series Things We Do for Love in the modelling programme, where he got the nickname Shaker. After a massive success in his modelling work, Majid Michel moved on to the main acting, where he played a leading role in the movie Divine Love alongside Van Vicker and Jackie Appiah.
The movie brought them huge success and fame, spreading their name throughout Ghana and other parts of Africa.
Since breaking into the Ghallywood movie industry, Majid Michel has acted in many movies, which has earned him so much wealth. Today, he is rated one of Ghana’s top ten richest actors and actresses in 2021.
His movies include The Game, Bursting Out, 4 Play, 4 Play Reloaded, A Sting in a Tale, Silent Scandals, Passion of the Soul, Crime to Christ, Royal Battle, Divine Love, Gangster and many more.
He also won the 2012 African Movie Academy Award as the Best Actor In Leading Role, which helped increase his net worth to a huge amount beating all Ghanaian actors and actresses in the list of richest actors and actresses in Ghana 2021.
2. Van Viker – $1.3 million
Van Viker is the second richest actor in Ghana in our list of the top richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021. Joseph Van Vicker, popularly known as Van Viker, is a Ghanaian actor and movie director born on August 1, 1977, in Accra, Ghana, West Africa.
He started as a radio presenter at Groove 106.3 FM and Vibe 91.9 FM. He was also a television presenter for TV3 Ghana and Metro TV.
In his debut movie Divine Love, Van Viker broke into professional acting as a supporting actor to Majid Michel. The film also featured Jackie Appiah, who all made their professional debut.
After successful acting in their debut, Van Viker made his way into the Ghanaian movie industry, taking lead roles in many movies, especially in the male romantic lead role.
He has played a leading romantic role with Jackie Appiah and many others. His firmness and talent have earned him so much wealth to become one of the richest actors in Ghana.
After gaining more popularity in Ghallywood, Van Viker took a step forward to increase popularity in Nollywood. He has also acted a leading romantic role in Nollywood with Chika Ike, Oge Okoye, Tonto Dikeh, Stephenie Okereke and many others.
His fame in Nollywood has also fetched him more wealth. Van Viker has also won many awards that have brought him so much money to become one of the richest actors in Ghana.
His awards include NAFCA’s Best Actor in a Leading role 2015, 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards as Best Actor Drama/Series, 2016 Nigeria EntertainmentAwards Best Actor Africa/Non-Nigerian, and Kumawood Awards est Collaboration.
3. John Domelu – $1.2 million
John Dumelo makes it to our list of the top ten richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021 as the third richest actor in Ghana. John Dumelo has steadily gained popularity in Ghollywood since he entered the movie industry in the early 1990s.
In Accra, Ghana, John Dumelo was born on February 3, 1984, by John Dumelo Snr and Antoinette Dumelo.
During his school days at Achimota School in Accra, Ghana, he was part of a drama club. In his drama club, he won the prize of Fliers Guy in Motown.
John Dumelu’s first professional movie, Baby Thief, was released when he was schooling at the Christ the King school.
After his school days, John Dumelu continued his acting career and was featured in many movies, Blind Lust, Chelsea, Suncity, Crime Suspect, Double Cross, End of Mirror of Life and End of Brides War.
Other of his many movies are End of the Maidens, Final Innocent Sin, Ghetto Queen, Gold Not Silver, Hearts of Men, Hero, Holy Secret, Humble Hero, Hunted House, If God Be for Us, Letters to my Mother and many more.
His movies have made him very famous and rich (in fact, one of the richest actors in Ghana in 2021). Most of his fans like his acting very much due to his passion and seriousness when acting.
Acting has brought many good things to John Dumelo as he has won many awards that have pushed him to become the third richest actor in Ghana presently.
His awards include Afro Australian Movies and Music Awards’ African Most outstanding Actor 2011, Ghana Movie Awards Best Actor in Leading Role and 2017 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou’s as the Best Actor West Africa.
His awards also contributed to his vast wealth and pushed him to the top of Ghana’s richest actors and actresses in 2021.
4. Chris Attoh – $1.2 million
Chris Attoh is the 4th richest actor in our list of the top ten richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021. Chris Attoh is a Ghanaian actor, producer, and TV presenter born on May 17, 1979, in Ghana. He was popularly known as Kwame Mensah in the Nigerian soap opera Tinsel, where he started his career.
Chris Attoh has acted and directed many movies in Ghana and Nigeria, Flower Girl, Journey to Self, Single and Married, Bad Luck Joe, Scorned, Life and Living It and Esohe.
Other movies he has featured include Love and Cancer, Love and War, Moving On, Closure, International Affairs, Lotana, The Rangers, Shadows Rising, Sinking Sands, One More Day, The In-laws, Potato Potato, Kintampo and many more.
Currently, Chris Attoh acts at MTV Africa’s Shuga, acting and directing some of the episodes in the series after departing from Tinsel in 2013.
Chris Attoh has won many awards in the movie industry, Universal Achievement’s Best Actor, City People Entertainment Awards’ Best Actor, Africa Viewers Choice Award’s Best Actor.
5. Yvonne Nelson – $900,000
Yvonne Nelson is the 5th richest actor in our list of the top ten richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021. Yvonne Nelson is a Ghanaian actress, model, and producer born on November 12, 1985, in Accra, Ghana.
Yvonne started her acting career in the movie Princess Tyra and Playboy. After her debut movie, she moved on to act in many films in Ghallywood, 4Play Reloaded, Any Other Monday, The Black Taliban, Crime Suspect My Cash Adventure, My Loving Heart.
Others include Obsession, One Night In Vegas, Passion of the Soul, Plan B, The Playboy, Pool Party, Deadly Passion, Deadly Plot Heart of Men, House of Gold, If Tomorrow Never Comes, In April, Keep My Love, Local Sense and many more.
Yvonne had also increased her popularity in Africa, acting with the most famous actors and actresses in the Nigerian Nollywood production. All these have raised her wealth and helped her become the 5th richest actress in Ghana’s top ten richest actors and actresses in 2021.
Yvonne Nelson has won many awards that have helped her reach such a mile as the 5th richest actor in the richest actors and actresses in 2021.
Her awards include Joy Nite Fm Awards as Stars Best Actress, 2010 Ghana Movie Awards as Favorite Actress, City People Awards’ Best Ghanaian Actress, 2015 Ghana Movie Awards’ Best Actress – Leading Role.
6. Kofi Adjorlolo – $850,000
Indeed, it is not a surprise that Kofi Adjorlolo is among the top richest actors in Ghana. He is, in fact, the sixth richest actor in Ghana and one of the oldest (born on March 23, 1956, in Keta, Ghana).
He started his career as a musician playing songs in Ghana before moving to Nigeria to join a musical group called Joromi fame owned by Victor Uwaifo.
After some years in Nigeria as a Joromi fame member, he returned to Ghana to create his music group named Osagyefo band. In 2003 Kofi Adjorlolo joined the Ghanaian movie industry.He was featured in his debut movie, The Chosen One. After making his successful debut, Kofi Adjorlolo gained so much firm.
He was featured in many movies, which has helped him become one of the richest actors in Ghana and make it to the top ten richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021.His movies include Wipe My Tears, Agony of Christ, Princess Tyra, My Mother’s Heart, That Night, Crime Suspect, Family Album, Somewhere in Africa, Ties that Bind and many more.
Having done well in the Ghanaian movie industry, he has been nominated on four different occasions as the Best Actor in a Supporting Role and once as Best Actor in a Lead Role at the Ghana Movie Awards.
7. David Prince Osei – $850,000
David Prince Osei is the 7th richest actor in Ghana according to our list of the top ten richest actors and actresses in Ghana in 2021. On December 6, 1983, David Price was born in Ghana, West Africa.
He attended Accra high school at his secondary school level, and in his high institution, he studied English, Sociology and Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana.
After his university days, he joined thr Ghanaian movie industry before becoming a producer and movie director. He has been featured in many movies in Ghana and Nigerian Nollywood.
He has also been featured once in an American movie, The Dead. He was known for deadly romantic acting and has been described as a rough guy.
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