Gentle Jack

{{short description|Nigerian actor}} {{Notability|bio|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Gentle Jack | image = | relatives = | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | notable_works = Vuga | caption = }} '''Gentle Jack''' (born 1970) is a Nigerian actor who has featured in many movies, contributing to the growth and development of the Nigerian movie industry.<ref name=Punch>{{Cite news|author=Olushola Ricketts|title=Producers can't afford my fee –Gentle Jack |url=https://punchng.com/producers-cant-afford-my-fee-gentle-jack/ |newspaper=The Punch|date=23 September 2018|accessdate=18 November 2018}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022|reason=content, an interview, does not comment on the growth and development of Nollywood}} He played the title character in the film ''Vuga'', listed in August 2018 as one of the ten most memorable Nigerian film characters of the 90s and 2000s by the magazine ''Pulse''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/10-memorable-nollywood-movie-characters-of-the-90s-and-2000s-id8708086.html |title=10 memorable Nollywood movie characters of the 1990s & 2000s |last=Izuzu |first=Chidumga |newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|access-date=2018-11-10 |archive-date=2018-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133637/https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/10-memorable-nollywood-movie-characters-of-the-90s-and-2000s-id8708086.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Gentle Jack has lived in Lagos for most of his life. In September 2018, he relocated to Port Harcourt.<ref name=Punch/>

== Filmography == * ''Jane Rambo Daughter of the Jungle'' (2018) as Captain Shegun * ''Hitler'' (2007) as Jack * ''The Ghost'' (2005) as Bob<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gentle Jack {{!}} Actor, Stunts, Additional Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2203072/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Vuga'' (2000) as Vuga * ''Blood Money'' (1997) as Bodyguard

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|2203072}}

Category:Living people Category:Nigerian male television actors Category:20th-century Nigerian male actors Category:21st-century Nigerian male actors Category:Nigerian television actors Category:1970 births