Early Life, Education and Ethnicity

Cameroonian veteran actor, producer and senior biomedical scientist, Otia Vitalis Suh was born on 8 of November 1967; he grew up in Tole, located in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, and he hailed from Menchum Division of the North West Region. His childhood was spent on a CDC plantation, and he later went on to study at Bishop Rogan College in Buea.

While in Bishop Rogan College, Otia Vitalis was member of a drama club, which gave him the urge to continue acting after high school.

Acting Career

The actor, who is also a director and producer, has appeared in more than 50 movies and three TV shows, including 4th Generation, Hidden Dreams, Saving Mbango, Daniella the Slave Girl, Love Trap, Dzemakou, Samba, Maestro and Broken which is on Netflix. He earned nominations and recognition in the Film Industry for putting Cameroon on the map.

Pioneer in the Cameroonian film Industry, Otia Vitalis founded the Red Feather Award which is out to promote Cameroon Culture in Entertainment.

Aside from being an actor, he was also a professional medical laboratory scientist at the research unit of the university of Yaounde I.

Following his studies, he joined the Medical Service at the HEVECAM Agro-Industrial complex in Kribi. He then moved to Nigeria for further training, and after completing it, he came back to Cameroon in 2004.

The iconic actor passed away in Yaounde on June 9, 2024, at the age of 57.

Born on the 17th of September 1987 in Wum , KANG is a multi award winning film actor and producer. He went to primary and secondary school in his hometown Wum and later moved to the university of Buea where he graduated with a B.sc in accounting. Later on he traveled to Belgium where he got a Master of Arts in Governance at Ceris.

He is also referred to as the king of the Cameroon film industry. His colleagues often nickname him Method Actor because of his deep and intense connection with the characters he play.

He has won many awards as best actor and has many nominations. His multi task nature makes him adapt excellently well to any role he is to play. He has worked with many nollywood actors and also has Hollywood actors that he looks up to for example Denzel Washington. Some of his productions are :Ekei, Far, Decoded and others. He lives between Washington DC in the US and Cameroon. Kang Quintus is considered as one of Africa’s best actors.

One cannot talk about Kang Quintus without mentioning his incredible work The Fisherman’s Diary, because of how unique and interesting the movie is; also make it the first ever Cameroonian movies to be featured on Netflix. The movie is what took the Cameroon film industry to another level of greatness, before Quintus could get done with the movie , he stayed in limbe for three months continuously just to observe how the fishermen behave, so as to give the story a natural and real sensation. Fortunately, he succeeded immensely and got what he deserved. The set had about five directors.

Kang Quintus other business ventures include the multi-million LIONS GATE by Kang Quintus situated in Bonamoussadi, Douala; which includes restaurant, nightclub, party hall and guest house. Kang Quintus’ net worth is estimated at $1 million that’s 557 million francs CFA.