Akai Osei - Actors, Timeline and Childhood
Akai Osei's Personal Details
Akai Osei is a British teenage actor, dancer, rapper, and singer
| Information | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birthday | April 12, 1999 |
| Nationality | British |
| Famous | Black Actors, Black Singers, Dancers, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Rappers |
| Group of people | Black Men |
| City/State | London |
| Siblings | Ashanti Osei-Mansfield |
| Known as | Akai Milan Osei-Mansfield |
| Birth Place | Lambeth, London |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | Rico Mansfield |
| Mother | Jennifer Osei |
| Sun Sign | Aries |
| Born in | Lambeth, London |
| Famous as | Actor |
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Who is Akai Osei?
Akai Osei is a British teenage actor, dancer, rapper, and singer, best recognised as winner of the first series of the British dance competition ‘Got to Dance.’ He started dancing professionally as a toddler; he reportedly draws inspiration from Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Diversity, and Flawless. After ‘Got to Dance’ in 2010, Osei forayed into acting in films and television. He featured in minor roles in British films like the 3D dance comedy-drama ‘StreetDance 3D’ and its sequel ‘StreetDance 2,’ and the 3D children's adventure comedy ‘Horrid Henry: The Movie,’ before landing up with the lead role of Jaden in the film ‘All Stars.’ He performed as Nero Johnson, in series 3 of the British comedy drama and musical children's TV series ‘4 O'Clock Club,’ and since series 4, his character has been evolved into an important one. He has presented the popular British children's entertainment TV program ‘Friday Download.’ He has also appeared as a regular cast member of a spin off from ‘4 O'Clock Club’ titled ‘4 O'Clock Files,’ and as a contestant on the children's game show ‘Horrible Histories: Gory Games.’ Other endeavours of Osei include featuring in the songs ‘Unorthodox’ by Wretch 32, and ‘We Dance On’ by ‘N-Dubz.’
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Childhood & Early Life
He was born Akai Milan Osei-Mansfield on April 12, 1999, in Lambeth, London, UK, to Rico Mansfield and Jennifer Osei. He has a sister called Ashanti Osei-Mansfield.
There is hardly any information on his early life and education except the fact that he got into dancing at a very early age, and started dancing professionally as a toddler.
Career
At around 10, Osei took part in the first series of the British dance competition ‘Got to Dance,’ originally titled ‘Just Dance.’ The show was aired on Sky 1 in the UK and Ireland. The auditions of its premiere series took place in London, Manchester and Edinburgh during October 2009. The competition was held in January-February 2010 with Davina McCall as presenter and Ashley Banjo, Adam Garcia, and Kimberly Wyatt as judges.
On February 14, 2010, Osei left behind other contestants, including Matthew Koon, The Box, Emily, MJ Latin, and Jukebox Juniors, to emerge as the winner of the first series of ‘Got to Dance’ earning a prize money of £100,000.
Following this success and early recognition, he stepped into the world of acting. He featured as Dancing Kid in ‘Shopping Mall’ along with George Sampson and members of the dance groups ‘Diversity’ and ‘Flawless’ in the British 3D dance comedy-drama film ‘StreetDance 3D,’ also known as ‘StreetDance.’
Osei featured in the music video of the eleventh overall single of the British hip hop group ‘N-Dubz’ titled ‘We Dance On,’ which released on May 20, 2010. The song was marked as the lead single of the group’s third studio album, ‘Love.Live.Life,’ and also included as the second single of the soundtrack of the film ‘StreetDance 3D.’
‘StreetDance 3D’ released on May 21, 2010, in the UK. It emerged as the highest grossing UK production released that year earning £11 million at the box-office against a budget of £3.5 million.
During mid-2010, he featured on the British children's TV program ‘Blue Peter.’ That year, he also featured in a commercial for ‘Ministry of Sound Street Dance CD’ as well as in the ‘Streets Ahead’ annual dance show in ‘London 2010,’ where several dance crews and schools featured.
The music video of the song ‘Unorthodox ‘ by English hip hop artist ‘Wretch 32’ that had vocals from British recording artist ‘Example’ featured cameos from Osei, singer Yasmin and rappers Chipmunk and Scorcher. Directed by Ben Newman and first released on YouTube on March 1, 2011, the music video featured Osei dancing on a rooftop.
He essayed the role of Talent Show Contestant in the Nick Moore directed British 3D children's adventure comedy film ‘Horrid Henry: The Movie,’ which released in the UK on July 29, 2011 and in the US and Canada on December 22, 2012. Marked as the first British children’s film shot in 3D, the film garnered $10.1 million worldwide.
He appeared as a judge of the Disney Channel talent show called ‘Shake It Up Dance Dance’ in July 2011. That year, he received the ‘Young Achiever Award’ at the ‘BEFFTA Awards.’
The sequel of ‘StreetDance 3D,’ titled ‘StreetDance 2,’ a 3D British dance drama film that released on March 30, 2012, in the UK, featured him in the role of Junior.
In 2013, he appeared in episode 61 of the first season of the British lifestyle show ‘Whats Cooking?.’ That year, he landed up with the lead role of Jaden in the Ben Gregor directed British film ‘All Stars,’ also called ‘StreetDance: All Stars.’ The film also featured Theo Stevenson and Ashley Jensen in starring roles.
He started playing the character of Nero Johnson, a series regular, in the British comedy drama and musical children's television series ‘4 O'Clock Club’ from series 3 of the show that premiered on December 20, 2013. His brilliant portrayal earned him a BAFTA award nomination for Best Children's Performer in 2014. He also featured in the regular cast of a spinoff of ‘4 O'Clock Club’ titled ‘4 O'Clock Files’ reprising the role of Nero Johnson. The show was aired on CBBC between December 14 and 19 in 2014.
His character of Nero in ‘4 O'Clock Club’ evolved into a main one from series 4 of the show, which started airing on January 28, 2015. The character was featured for the last time in episode 4 of series 7 of the show titled ‘Farewell’ that aired on February 14, 2018.
Meanwhile, the BAFTA award winning British entertainment TV program for children, ‘Friday Download,’ featured him as stand-in presenter (in studio) in its Series 8 that aired from October 4, 2014 to December 13, 2014 and as main presenter in Series 9 that was broadcast from April 25, 2015 to July 31, 2015.
In 2016, he featured as a contestant along with Isabel Clifton from Hetty Feather and Karim Zeroual and Hacker T Dog from CBBC HQ in the children's game show ‘Horrible Histories: Gory Games’ in its celebrity special episode that marked the 15th episode of series 4 of the program.
He played King Charles II in episode 8 of Season 3 of the British television comedy series ‘Drunk History’ in 2017.
He featured in Pied Piper – A Hip-Hop Dance Revolution, a street dance hip hop show by award-winning hip-hop dance company ‘Boy Blue Entertainment.’
He has also joined the hip hop/musical ‘Into the Hoods’ created by ZooNation, a London-based hip hop dance troupe.
Personal Life
Not much information is available regarding romantic associations and dating status of this talented performer who presently resides in London.
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Akai Osei biography timelines
- // 12th Apr 1999He was born Akai Milan Osei-Mansfield on April 12, 1999, in Lambeth, London, UK, to Rico Mansfield and Jennifer Osei. He has a sister called Ashanti Osei-Mansfield.
- // Oct 2009 To Feb 2010At around 10, Osei took part in the first series of the British dance competition ‘Got to Dance,’ originally titled ‘Just Dance.’ The show was aired on Sky 1 in the UK and Ireland. The auditions of its premiere series took place in London, Manchester and Edinburgh during October 2009. The competition was held in January-February 2010 with Davina McCall as presenter and Ashley Banjo, Adam Garcia, and Kimberly Wyatt as judges.
- // 2010During mid-2010, he featured on the British children's TV program ‘Blue Peter.’ That year, he also featured in a commercial for ‘Ministry of Sound Street Dance CD’ as well as in the ‘Streets Ahead’ annual dance show in ‘London 2010,’ where several dance crews and schools featured.
- // 14th Feb 2010On February 14, 2010, Osei left behind other contestants, including Matthew Koon, The Box, Emily, MJ Latin, and Jukebox Juniors, to emerge as the winner of the first series of ‘Got to Dance’ earning a prize money of £100,000.
- // 20th May 2010Osei featured in the music video of the eleventh overall single of the British hip hop group ‘N-Dubz’ titled ‘We Dance On,’ which released on May 20, 2010. The song was marked as the lead single of the group’s third studio album, ‘Love.Live.Life,’ and also included as the second single of the soundtrack of the film ‘StreetDance 3D.’
- // 21st May 2010‘StreetDance 3D’ released on May 21, 2010, in the UK. It emerged as the highest grossing UK production released that year earning £11 million at the box-office against a budget of £3.5 million.
- // 1st Mar 2011The music video of the song ‘Unorthodox ‘ by English hip hop artist ‘Wretch 32’ that had vocals from British recording artist ‘Example’ featured cameos from Osei, singer Yasmin and rappers Chipmunk and Scorcher. Directed by Ben Newman and first released on YouTube on March 1, 2011, the music video featured Osei dancing on a rooftop.
- // Jul 2011He appeared as a judge of the Disney Channel talent show called ‘Shake It Up Dance Dance’ in July 2011. That year, he received the ‘Young Achiever Award’ at the ‘BEFFTA Awards.’
- // 29th Jul 2011 To 22nd Dec 2012He essayed the role of Talent Show Contestant in the Nick Moore directed British 3D children's adventure comedy film ‘Horrid Henry: The Movie,’ which released in the UK on July 29, 2011 and in the US and Canada on December 22, 2012. Marked as the first British children’s film shot in 3D, the film garnered $10.1 million worldwide.
- // 30th Mar 2012The sequel of ‘StreetDance 3D,’ titled ‘StreetDance 2,’ a 3D British dance drama film that released on March 30, 2012, in the UK, featured him in the role of Junior.
- // 2013In 2013, he appeared in episode 61 of the first season of the British lifestyle show ‘Whats Cooking?.’ That year, he landed up with the lead role of Jaden in the Ben Gregor directed British film ‘All Stars,’ also called ‘StreetDance: All Stars.’ The film also featured Theo Stevenson and Ashley Jensen in starring roles.
- // 28th Jan 2015 To 14th Feb 2018His character of Nero in ‘4 O'Clock Club’ evolved into a main one from series 4 of the show, which started airing on January 28, 2015. The character was featured for the last time in episode 4 of series 7 of the show titled ‘Farewell’ that aired on February 14, 2018.
- // 2016In 2016, he featured as a contestant along with Isabel Clifton from Hetty Feather and Karim Zeroual and Hacker T Dog from CBBC HQ in the children's game show ‘Horrible Histories: Gory Games’ in its celebrity special episode that marked the 15th episode of series 4 of the program.
- // 2017He played King Charles II in episode 8 of Season 3 of the British television comedy series ‘Drunk History’ in 2017.
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Akai Osei's FAQ
What is Akai Osei birthday?
Akai Osei was born at 1999-04-12
Where is Akai Osei's birth place?
Akai Osei was born in Lambeth, London
What is Akai Osei nationalities?
Akai Osei's nationalities is British
Who is Akai Osei siblings?
Akai Osei's siblings is Ashanti Osei-Mansfield
Who is Akai Osei's father?
Akai Osei's father is Rico Mansfield
Who is Akai Osei's mother?
Akai Osei's mother is Jennifer Osei
What is Akai Osei's sun sign?
Akai Osei is Aries
How famous is Akai Osei?
Akai Osei is famouse as Actor
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Akai Osei's twitter is http://www.twitter.com/akaiofficial/