Benjamin Alfred Onyango Ochieng, is a Kenyan born-American actor, particularly active in Hollywood film industry. He is best known for the roles in the films Tears of the Sun, God's Not Dead and Beautifully Broken.
Personal life He was born in Ofafa Jericho Estate in Eastlands, Nairobi, Kenya, as the second child in a family of seven brothers. His father was Christopher Ochieng and mother was Eudiah Achieng Ochieng. Benjamin started his primary education in Ofafa Jericho Primary School then Ofafa Jericho Secondary School. When Benjamin turned 18, he was hired by his father at British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd (BAT) and later he was moved to a clerk position in the Wages Department where he worked for 4 years. Then he was transferred to computer department and worked for two years.
He later joined the United States International University (USIU) to study Management Information Systems (MIT). For further studies, Onyango moved to the USIU, San Diego in the United States. From there, he transferred to California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, California, graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.
Career After graduation, he relocated to Hollywood, California, where he further studied music and acting. He worked with Funk Rock band 'P.F.O.' for few years later decided to be a professional actor. With this thought, he started to appear in many feature films and popular American television serials such as General Hospital, The Shield and The X-files in 1999. Meanwhile, he starred in The God’s Not Dead Trilogy franchise as well as Tears of the Sun, Heavenly Deposit, Beautifully Broken, Father Africa, The Boy, Road to Redemption, Default, Kwame, Chains, Thunder Chance, The Disciple, American Crude and The Terminal.
He also became a voice actor and rendered his voice to the films and television serials including; Last Face, Furious 7, Constantine, Night At the Museum I & III, Machine Gun Preacher, Inception, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Primeval, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Path to 911, Mighty Joe Young and E-ring.
Apart from acting, he is also a writer with popular writing credits include: The Wives (TV series); Dysfunctionally Organized (Web Series); Mind Tricks and Curse of Devil’s Mountain (Shorts), Cheza and Original Man (Films).
Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1999 The X-Files Second African Man TV series 2003 Tears of the Sun Colonel Emanuel Okeze Film 2004 The Terminal African Man with Wife and Child Film 2005 The Shield Store Clerk TV series 2006 General Hospital Father TV series 2007 The Anatolian Security Officer Film 2008 The Disciple Doctor Film 2008 American Crude Toomy Film 2008 Kwame Kwame Opoku Short film 2009 Chains Buhle Short film 2009 Resident Evil 5 Majini Video game 2010 Thunder Chance General Short film 2010 Mind Tricks Joe Manning Short film 2011 Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Majini Film 2011 Curse of Devil's Mountain Mr. Dean Short film 2011 Bosco's Guitar Radio Announcer & Male Attackers (voice) Short film 2012 Chapter One Mao Aka Bendrix Short film 2013 MISSInformed Father Short film 2013 Trusts and Estates Waiter Documentary short 2014 God's Not Dead Reverend Jude Film 2014 Default Edward Film 2014 Hollywood Street Salem Film 2015 The Boy The Healer Short film 2015 The Other Tribes Onyango Film 2015 The Black Pot Guest TV series 2016 Madame Esmeralda and the Audition Benvolio Film 2016 God's Not Dead 2 Reverend Jude Film 2016 Dysfunctionally Organized Street Preacher TV series 2016 Road to Redemption Tribal Councilman 2 Film 2017 Oscar Samuel Braxton Film 2017 Father Africa Dr. Haki Film 2018 God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness Reverend Jude Film 2018 Beautifully Broken William Mwizerwa Film 2018 A Minor Variation Figs Short film 2019 Godforsaken Ezekiel Film 2019 Freshman Year Chukwumah Film 2019 Heavenly Deposit Nigel Film 2019 The Wives Otieno TV series 2021 God's Not Dead: We the People Reverend Jude Film 2023 Where The River Divides Baba Dennis Film TBD My Friend James Ellis Film
See also List of Black Sails characters
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