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He is the New Generation Ambassador for Rotary International District 9110 and the author of the book ''INSPIRED 101''. Osita Iheme has starred in over a hundred movies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/osita-iheme-meme-used-by-fenty-beauty-50-cent-a-win-for-nollywood/|title=Is Osita Iheme's meme used by Fenty Beauty and 50 Cent a win for Nollywood?|date=10 July 2019|website=This is africa|language=en-US|access-date=16 November 2019|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013145632/https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/osita-iheme-meme-used-by-fenty-beauty-50-cent-a-win-for-nollywood//|url-status=live}}</ref> Like his on-screen partner [[Chinedu Ikedieze]], Iheme has a small physique, making him different from other actors in the [[Nollywood|Nigerian movie industry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinedu Ikedieze writes to Osita Iheme as he turns 38|url=https://oyogist.com/2020/02/chinedu-ikedieze-writes-to-osita-iheme-as-he-turns-38/|date=21 February 2020|website=OYO Gist|language=en-US|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013143217/https://oyogist.com/2020/02/chinedu-ikedieze-writes-to-osita-iheme-as-he-turns-38//|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Read why actor and Chinedu Ikedieze are friendship goals!|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/osita-iheme-read-why-actor-and-chinedu-ikedieze-are-friendship-goals/5phtk3f|date=3 October 2018|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013145617/https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/osita-iheme-read-why-actor-and-chinedu-ikedieze-are-friendship-goals/5phtk3f/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has evolved in his career from a comedic actor to a multifaceted established actor.<ref name="sun1">{{cite news|url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2005/may/06/showtime-06-05-2005-001.htm|title=.DYNAMITES. That's what we are|last=Cornel-Best|first=Onyekaba|date=6 May 2005|newspaper=Daily Sun|access-date=5 September 2010|location=Lagos, Nigeria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050510225149/http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2005/may/06/showtime-06-05-2005-001.htm|archive-date=10 May 2005}}</ref>

He has evolved in his career from a comedic actor to a multifaceted established actor.<ref name="sun1"/>

Both Chinedu and Osita have been maintaining onscreen and offscreen chemistry which is widely praised by the Nollywood fraternity.

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== Honor ==

To reward his contribution towards comedy genre movies [[Cinema of Nigeria|Nigerian Film Industry]], in 2011 he was awarded the Nigerian National Honor of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) by President [[Goodluck Jonathan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Pictures: Jonathan Decorates Dangote, Others at National Awards in Abuja|url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/11/15/in-pictures-jonathan-decorates-dangote-others-at-national-awards-in-abuja/|date=15 November 2011|website=PM News Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=30 October 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102193019/https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/11/15/in-pictures-jonathan-decorates-dangote-others-at-national-awards-in-abuja/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, he was given the lifetime Achievement award by AMAA (African movie Academy Awards).<ref name="newswirengr.com">{{cite web | url=https://newswirengr.com/2022/06/08/osita-iheme-pawpaw-biography-wife-children-movies-awards-cars-and-more/ | title=Osita Iheme (Pawpaw): Biography, Wife, Children, Movies, and More | date=8 June 2022 }}</ref>

== Influence ==