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Joel Okuyo Atiku Prynce is a Ugandan actor, 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.facebook.com/prynce.prynce )〕 model, photographer and lecturer at Uganda Christian University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration (BSWSA) plus Makerere University, the Best Two Campuses in Uganda. His film acting breakthrough came when he was cast as the Devil's reincarnation in Ugandan director Matt Bish's 2007 Film ''Battle of the Souls'', a popular Ugawood Movie. It was based on the real-life story of the director's brother, KFM Radio Presenter Roger Mugisha. Joel is also the President of his own company The Lhynnq-X, Inc. Born in Arua on 4 December 1983 to a Lugbara couple, Major Gabriel Francis Atiku and Yema Drakuru Atiku, his debut villain role won him over five international accolades including Best Supporting Actor at the Balafon Film Festival in Bari, Italy (2008) and 2009's Best Actor in Supporting Role at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Lagos, Nigeria. Other awards include Best Actor at both Ubuntu Village, Colorado (USA) in 2010 and the 2011 Zanzibar International Film Festival () in Tanzania. ==Career== His mother recalls that Joel started acting by copying his father's walking style at age 4 plus things he watched on TV or saw at school. By Primary Five, he had won his first award and kept acting throughout his school experience. Okuyo also joined MITG (Music & Instrumental Training Group), an Arua-based Drama Group that championed European Union AIDS Intervention Programmes in West Nile. Joel has acted in many films and plays, both local and international plus worked with world class directors such as Michael Landon, Jr., Gabriel Range, Adrian McFarlane, Ruman Kudwai, Yuval Shefferman and fellow countryman Matt Bish (Full name: Matthew Bishanga). Joel played roles in feature films like ''State Research Bureau (S.R.B.)''〔(State Research Bureau Wins Big At Uganda Film Festival (''New Vision'') )〕 plus TV Series like ''Locked Up Abroad'', ''Raised Wild''〔(Raised Wild )〕 and ''Lost in Africa''. The Maisha Film Lab short films he acted in after training at Mira Nair's annual film academy include ''On Time (2008)'' directed by Patricia Olwoch, ''Looserpool'', ''Live Joseph'' and ''Estranged'' (where he played a lead role) directed by Sandra Kosse. Other shorts he has featured in include ''Fruits of Love'', ''Journey to Jamaa'' as Lucky, ''Haunted Souls'' and ''A Good Catholic Girl'' directed by Matt Bish (which was included in ''Africa First: Volume Two'', an anthology of five short films from new African filmmakers). He was the face of BlackBerry Curve (MTN Uganda) in 2007. Then in 2009, he became a runway model at V.I.P fashion night in Lagos, Nigeria. He has worked as a model at Vanity Models (Verona, Italy) and Uganda's Gorgeous Fashions. Joel's face also appears in SAB Miller Television, Billboard & Print Media advertisements for beer brands such as Stone Lager in Ghana, Safari Lager in Tanzania and Nile Special Lager in his home country, all directed by Mark Lawrie for The Videolounge. Other TV commercials include Warid Telecom (Congo Brazzaville) directed by Steve Jean; Warid (Uganda), Stanbic Bank and Johns Hopkins University directed by Carolyn Kamya plus Bank of Uganda directed by Matt Bish. He was the first male to appear in the ''African Woman Magazines 'All Lights On' Segment in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joel Okuyo Atiku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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