Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoel, usually called Boris Kodjoe, is a very popular personality in Europe and the United States, in fact all over the world. It has been estimated that Boris Kodjoe’s net worth has reached 8 million dollars to date. He has earned such a sum as a model and actor. Currently, Boris is still increasing the overall amount of his net worth as an actor. Boris Kodjoe has been active since 1998. That means that Kodjoe has been accumulating his net worth for almost sixteen years.
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe was born on March 8, 1973 in Vienna, Austria. He has three siblings. He speaks fluent German, English, French, and a little bit Spanish. In 1996, Kodjoe graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in marketing.
Boris Kodjoe Net Worth $8 Million
Boris Kodjoe debuted on television in 1998 in the episode of ‘The Steve Harvey Show’ created by Winifred Hervey. Thus Boris opened his net worth account and continued his career episodically appearing in the series ‘For Your Love’, ‘Street Time’, ‘All of Us’, ‘Crossing Jordan’, ‘Women’s Murder Club’, ‘Franklin & Bash’ and others. The most successful role Kodjoe landed was in the series ‘Soul Food: The Series’ (2002-2004) created by George Tillman, Jr. and was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Damon Carter. Another nomination for a NAACP Image Award Boris received was for his regular appearances in the television series ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ which has aired since 2013.
In addition to this, currently Kodjoe is a regular cast member in the soap opera ‘Members Only’ created by Susannah Grant and David O. Russell which, it is expected, will also increase his net worth and wealth.
Boris debuted on the big screen in the film ‘Love & Basketball’ (2000) directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Boris Kodjoe has added much to his net worth appearing in the main cast of the following films: ‘Brown Sugar’ (2002) co-written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’ (2006) co-produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry, ‘Starship Troopers 3: Marauder’ written and directed by Ed Neumeier, ‘Surrogates’ (2009) directed by Jonathan Mostow, ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ (2010) and ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ (2012) written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Moreover, Boris Kodjoe increased his net worth landing the leading roles in the films ‘Doing Hard Time’ (2004) written and directed by Preston A. Whitmore II, and ‘The Gospel’ (2005) written and directed by Rob Hardy.
Boris received a nomination of a Black Reel Award as the Best Supporting Actor for his role of Detective Joe Moran in the film ‘A Killer among Us’ (2012) directed by Peter Levin. What is more, Kodjoe was nominated for an Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for his role in the film ‘Baggage Claim’ (2013) directed by David E. Talbert. Currently, Boris is starring in the upcoming film ‘Addicted’ directed by Billie Woodruff.
In 2005 Boris Kodjoe married Nicole Ari Parker. They have two children.
