Bayo Akinfemi.

About Bayo Akinfemi

Bayo Akinfemi is a Nigerian film and television actor, and film, television, and theatre director. He is best known for portraying Goodwin Aderibigbe Olayiwola, one of the main characters in the CBS sitcom series Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–2024), also directing two of its episodes. He was also nominated twice for the Gemini Award in the best actor category for his roles as Moses, one of the mains characters in the CBC drama miniseries Human Cargo in 2004, and as Suliman Adeen, an episodic secondary character in the CBC crime drama series The Border in 2008. Akinfemi also appeared in the feature films The Tuxedo (2002), and Bulletproof Monk (2003), and in the television series Criminal Minds (2015), Survivor's Remorse (2015), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016). He also directed two Nigerian-made films, the 2011 romantic mystery film Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark, and the 2014 drama film Busted Life. Akinfemi is also a theatre director. Originating from Ilesa, Nigeria, he is currently based in Los Angeles in California, United States, and previously lived and worked in Toronto, Canada. Akinfemi is an assistant professor of theatre practice in acting at the USC School of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.