

A Houston, Texas Native, Olly is an alum of the Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts as well as a 2015 YoungArts finalist in theater. Olly Sholotan is a Nigerian-American musical artist, producer and actor. Sholotan trained out of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. As a musician, Olly's work has been featured in various short and feature length projects including "Run Hide Fight" as well as garnered hundreds of thousands of streams across music platforms on his own independent label, Lamintin Records. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Sholotan talked about Carlton’s journey, how he got over being terrified to take the role on, the challenge of winning over audiences, the evolution. Sholotan is coming out next in the upcoming film "Gigi & Nate" penned by David Hudgins ("Friday Night Lights") for director Nick Hamm ("Driven") opposite Marcia Gay Harden, Josephine Langford, Diane Ladd and Jim Belushi. He recently appeared in the 2020 Venice International Film Festival selection, "Run Hide Fight" for Voltage opposite Thomas Jane, Radha Mitchell and Isabel May for writer/director Kyle Rankin. As an immigrant and a child of immigrants, he identifies with the. from Nigeria with his family when he was 10 years old.
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He can be seen starring in Peacock's hit series BEL AIR as Carlton Banks. A graduate of UCLA’s theater and film school, Sholotan moved to the U.S. Olly Sholotan is a Nigerian-American actor, singer, and music producer.
