Film & Stage
Household Name
Van Vicker
born 1977
One of the most recognisable faces in Ghanaian film
Household Name is level 5 of 5 in the Ghana Hall of Fame: known and loved across the country, whatever the body of work behind it. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A leading man of Ghanaian and Nollywood cinema through its boom years, and among the most recognisable faces in West African film.
Born Joseph van Vicker in Accra in August 1977 to a Ghanaian-Liberian mother and a Dutch father, he became one of the best-known actors of the Ghanaian and Nigerian film industries, and has also worked as a director and in humanitarian causes.
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