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Hanks Anuku: Five ‘Top Secret’ You Probably Did Not Know About

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku has been in the news lately, although for controversies, which is very likely considering the role he played during his active years in the industry.

Undoubtedly, Hanks was one of the most bright and successful actors who did a lot for the Nigerian film industry during his prime, and there are some things a lot of his fans do not know about him due to the different and contradictory information written about the actor.

In this article, we would be looking at some interesting and not so known fact about the actor.

1. Hanks date of birth is the 27th of August 1960. His place of birth is Ibadan, Oyo state. Hanks Anuku has the Igbo tribe origin. The actor is proud of his roots and highly respects African culture.

2. Hanks was brought into the limelight with the debut movie ‘Skeleton’ which brought him the greatest fame is ‘Senator.’

3. The actor left Nigeria during the peak of his career in the 2000s for what he had termed “the turmoil, anarchy, and crisis” as his reasons for emigrating.

 4. The actor is married and blessed with children. Occasionally, the 62-years-old actor flaunts his family on his social media, and looking at some of the pictures, it can assume that Hanks is very happy with his family.

5. The actor is known for the gangster and villain role he plays in most of the movies he features in, and so far has more than one hundred and fifty movies.

Chukwuani Victoria is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist who's passionate about storytelling with years of experience in the industry. She holds a BSC in Biology and also obtained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos. She likes to read, research, hang out with her friends and play scrabbles.