Michael Wawuyo

Michael Wawuyo Sr is a Ugandan actor and special effects artist. He is notable for his big screen roles on Last King of Scotland,[2] Kony: Order from Above, The Only Son, Sometimes in April, The Mercy of the Jungle and small screen roles on NTV's Yat Madit and Power of Legacy.

Michael Wawuyo Sr
Born (1948-11-11) 11 November 1948
CitizenshipUgandan
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Special effects artist
Years active1991 – present
ChildrenMichael Wawuyo Jr.[1]
(Son)
AwardsFull list

Career

Wawuyo broke into the film scene when he played a terrorist soldier in a 1991 Mira Nair directed film Mississippi Masala. He went on to play mostly soldier roles such as an intelligence security officer in Black Blood, a military commander in a 2005 history-period HBO TV Movie film Sometimes in April about the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and an air force commander in The Last King of Scotland, a 2016 Hollywood film about the former Ugandan president Idi Amin.[3][4] He has also acted in many local and regional films like The Mercy of the Jungle, Situka, Kony: Order from Above, The Only Son and The Boda Boda Thieves (Abaabi Ba Booda). He debuted his television role as Achan, on NTV's Yat Madit in 2016. He then played Mr. Batte, the patriarch of the Batte family and the CEO of the family business in a 2019 television series Power of Legacy. He also did work as a special effects and make up artist on films like Felista's Fable, for which he received his first nomination at the 2nd Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards in 2014, The Mercy of the Jungle in 2018 and Imbabazi: The Pardon of 2013.[5]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2020 The Girl in the Yellow Jumper April 2020 release
2019 Power of Legacy Zacharias Batte SR 2019 ongoing television series
2018 The Mercy of the Jungle Village Chief Rwandan film by Joël Karekezi
2017 Kony: Order from Above About the LRA Rebel leader Joseph Kony
2016 Yat Madit Achan Aired on NTV Uganda from 2016-2017
The Only Son Dad
2015 King of Darkness James - Airport store man
Situka Muwadada
The Boda Boda Thieves Goodman
2014 Bullion Produced by Henry H. Ssali and directed by Phillip Luswata
2013 Luzira:Escape From Uganda Inspector Michael Morais Malayalam thriller movie directed by Rajesh Nair
Imbabazi: The Pardon Kalisa Rwandan film by Joël Karekezi
The Felistas Fable Kuku
2012 Bye Bye Mzungu Waswa Short
2006 The Last King of Scotland Air Force Commander Hollywood Production starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin, Kerry Washington as Kay Amin and James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan
2005 Sometimes in April RAF Soldier #8 HBO TV Movie about Rwandan genocide of 1994
1991 Mississippi Masala Soldier on Bus Mira Nair directed film

Awards & Nominations
Year Nominated work Association Category Result Notes
2017 Uganda Film Festival Awards Judges' Choice Award Won Honorary Award
2014 Felista's Fable Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCAs) Make Up Artiste of the Year Nominated [6]

References
  1. Oluka, Esther. "The Wawuyos get their act together". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. Kalungi Kabuye. "Ugandans in the Last King of Scotland". New Vision. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. Cyprian Musoke. "Top Ugandan actors to star in Amin film". New Vision. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. Okello, Raphael. "Uganda’s star who has acted in four international movies". New Vision. New Vision. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. "Uganda’s star who has acted in four international movies". New Vision Uganda. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. "Will Michael Wawuyo bring the Award home?". New Vision Uganda. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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