About Fabian

Fabian Adeoye Lojede is internationally known for his unforgettable role as Bola Abayomi in Jacob’s Cross. Fabian has become the de facto African acting idol celebrated across the whole continent and the diaspora. Jacob’s Cross had a successful run on Canal Plus so he is well known to French audiences as well as to the UK and USA audiences on the Africa Channel. In the USA he’s been invited twice as a celebrity guest to the bi–annual Black theater festival.

He has won rave reviews for his role in Man On Ground; a film he also co-produced. It went on to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and screen at the Berlin Film festival and Dubai film festival.

Fabian was born in Lagos Nigeria, at the age of 5 he moved from his grandparents place in Nigeria to the UK to join his mother and father. He completed his primary education and part of his secondary school education in London. He moved back to Nigeria in 1984 where he completed his secondary school and University getting a Bsc in Psychology from the University of Ibadan.

While at university Fabian performed in plays for friends.

He went into advertising joining the global agency Rosabel Leo Burnett in 1998 as a copy- writer and freelance voice over artist.

Fabian performed as a radio dramatist in Nigeria voicing many radio productions.

He moved to South Africa in December 2003, set up a production company and continued to voice and perform for radio in South Africa and appear in a number of TV commercials.

He moved to the screen with the first Pan African drama series Jacobs Cross in 2007 and played a lead role till the end of the show in 2012.

He has since moved on to feature films playing Femi in Man on Ground and a host of other films.

Fabian also co-owns the production company one take media with Mickey Madoda Dube.