| Intro | Nigerian actor and film actor (1953-1992) |
| Was |
Actor Film actor |
| From |
Nigeria |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 23 August 1953, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Death |
22 December 1992, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (aged 39 years)
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Bolaji Badejo (born, August 23, 1953, Lagos – died, December 22, 1992, Nigeria) was a Nigerian visual artist and actor who became known as one of Hollywood’s most unlikely on-screen performers in the role of the Alien in Ridley Scott’s 1979 film Alien. He died of sickle cell anemia at the age of 39.