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My main man popularly called RMD was born on July 6, 1961,educated at Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School, Okpara Waterside, via Sapele in the old Bendel State, now Delta State. Afterwards, he proceeded to the University of Benin to study Theatre Arts. Shortly after leaving school in 1983, he cut his acting teeth in Ripples, a television soap opera in the 1980s. While many looked forward to seeing him on the weekly soap which ran for eight years because of his scintillating performance, later events proved his best was yet to come.If he sizzled in Ripples, he literally became a household name in Checkmate, another weekly soap opera on national television. After the soap was rested in 1993, he re-surfaced in home videos which boomed thereafter. Mofe-Damijo's face adorning a film jacket is enough to guarantee huge sales return. Men love to watch him act in movies too because he reflects what they have or crave for. Ladies love to watch him not only because of his exceptional acting skills but also because of his good looks, and charisma.He alter worked with concord newspaper which later proved valuable as he met his late wife-Mee in the course of his duty. During his first marriage to late Mee Mofe-Damijo, a foremost Nigerian journalist, he worked briefly with her when she founded Classique magazine. Soon after, he quit Classique to publish Mister magazine, now defunct. After Mee's death, in 1996, he remarried in 1999 to Jumobi, a former television and radio presenter. He has five children. His greatest passion, however, is acting on stage. It is more challenging, spontaneous and involves direct audience participation. From the time he was a student, he has acted in several stage productions. And till date, he still loves the stage.He consistently looks for ways of expressing himself better and better. He returned to school in 1997 and he enrolled at the University of Lagos to study Law,he is now qualified as a lawyer.Through a relentless pursuit of professionalism in Nollywood and an innate ability to do common things in an uncommon manner, Richard Mofe-Damijo has emerged the actors' actor.Having starred in numerous movies he is one of Nigera's highest earning actors. The number of awards he has received from both Nigeria and the international community shows that he deserves to be known as one of the best actors in Nigeria.RMD is a talented actor, an achiever, a role model and embodiment of the Nigerian dream.