Kayode Peters
Kayode Peters Adewumi was a Nigerian actor and film, television and stage producer and director.
Life and career
Peters was born in Ibadan, Nigeria on 25 September 1975. Peters started his acting career as a stage actor with Theatre 15, University of Lagos. He studied English at the University of Lagos before earning a master’s in film and television production from the University of Greenwich, UK. He also completed a diploma in digital marketing from a Canadian institution. Peters remained deeply involved in Nollywood and diaspora storytelling, working on a range of short films, web series, and stage productions.Peters died after a long illness in Toronto, on 28 June 2025, at the age of 49.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Nominations and Awards |
| 2015 | Doll House | Woodpecker film festival, New Dehli, India |
| 2016 | Lamine | - |
| 2017 | The Other Wife | - |
| 2017 | Dead Rite | - |
| 2018 | Road to Friendship | - |
| 2018 | The Hired Gun | - |
| 2020 | Bring 'em back | Best short film, TIFF Toronto Canada Best short, NIFF film festival, London Best short film, Indie film festival, Sheffield |
| 2021 | The Real Us | - |
| 2021 | Crazy Grannies | - |
| 2021 | Dream Job | - |
| 2021 | The Perfect Time | - |
| 2021 | 13 Letters | - |
| 2021 | Alaga | - |
| 2021 | Trump Card | - |
| 2021 | Teardrops | - |
| 2021 | Killing Eva | - |
| 2021 | Backlash | - |
| 2022 | Identical Justice | Auber film festival, France |
| 2022 | Survivors | - |
| 2022 | I am Nazzy | - |
| 2022 | The Wife | - |
| 2022 | Ebi | - |
| 2023 | Fatima Aya Mi | - |
| 2023 | Fadekemi | - |
| 2023 | The Exchange | - |