Tony Okungbowa
Tony Okungbowa in 2013
Born	Anthony Victor Okungbowa c. 1967 or 1968 (age 58–59) London, England
Other names	Tony Okungbowa, DJ Tony O.
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Middlesex University
Occupations	Actor, film producer, DJ
Years active	1994–present
Website	tonyokungbowa.com

Anthony Victor Okungbowa (born c. 1967/1968)^[1] is an English-American actor, film producer, and DJ. He was the resident DJ for The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2013 when he was replaced by Stephen "tWitch" Boss. He returned as a guest on April 28, 2014. Since 2019, Okungbowa has played Kofo in the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.

Early life

Okungbowa is of Nigerian descent and grew up in Nigeria and London.^[2] He has a degree in drama from Middlesex University in Middlesex, London.^[3] He moved to New York City in 1992 to do post-graduate work at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute; he left for Los Angeles in 1998.^[1][3]

Career

The Ellen DeGeneres Show featured a DJ to provide musical accompaniment, a role Okungbowa began in 2003 and continued until the end of season three of the show in 2006, when he left to further his acting career.^[4][5] He was replaced at the beginning of season four by Jon Abrahams, who is also an actor. Okungbowa returned in 2007 making occasional substitute appearances. He returned to DJ full-time for the sixth season which began September 8, 2008. He DJ'd for the 2004 Grammy Awards.

His acting roles include guest spots on The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and NCIS: Los Angeles in 2014. He was executive producer of and acted in the film Restless City which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2011.^[6] As of January 7, 2013 or earlier, Okungbowa became a naturalized citizen of the United States.^[7]

Filmography

Discography

References

External links

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• Anthony Okungbowa at IMDb