1. Tony Okungbowa was the resident DJ for The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2013 when he was replaced by Stephen "tWitch" Boss.
10 Facts About Tony Okungbowa
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Tony Okungbowa returned as a guest on April 28,2014.
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Since 2019, Okungbowa has played Kofo in the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.
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Tony Okungbowa is of Nigerian descent and grew up in Nigeria and London.
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Tony Okungbowa has a degree in drama from Middlesex University in Middlesex, London.
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Tony Okungbowa moved to New York City in 1992 to do post-graduate work at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute; he left for Los Angeles in 1998.
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show featured a DJ to provide musical accompaniment, a role Tony Okungbowa began in 2003 and continued until the end of season three of the show in 2006, when he left to further his acting career.
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Tony Okungbowa was replaced at the beginning of season four by Jon Abrahams, who is an actor.
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Tony Okungbowa returned to DJ full-time for the sixth season which began September 8,2008.
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Tony Okungbowa was executive producer of and acted in the film Restless City which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2011.