Actor, theatre director and playwright. Femi Elufowoju, Jr. was born in London to Nigerian parents. Elufowoju, Jr. originally trained as a solicitor before turning to dramatic arts. He worked as an actor for six years and later trained as a Regional Theatre Young Director in 1996 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, before founding the British-African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi in 1997. Elufowoju Jr.'s plays have been produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East and Oval House Theatre.