Olisa Odele
2.9Acting

Olisa Odele

Nov 14, 1994 - Lewisham, London, England, UK

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2023Surprised by OxfordFred
Movie2018MumatarDaniel
Movie2024National Theatre Live: The Hot Wing KingIsom
TV Show2021It's a SinCassius Chukwu1
TV Show1999My Parents Are AliensC.J.40
TV Show2019Down from LondonRobin1
TV Show2021StarstruckDamien1
TV Show2015Chewing GumOla8
TV Show2022Big BoysYemi18
TV Show2018Sick of ItOlly1
TV Show2024Dead HotPeter6

Crew

Media
TV Show2018Black Earth RisingActor's AssistantCrew