How I Made My First N1,000 In 80s – Actor, Segun Arinze Reveals

Actor Segun Arinze has revealed the story of how his first voice-over job in 1987, at the age of 21, earned him his first payment of N1,000.

The seasoned role interpreter said he made the money from a voice over gig he got from ace and renowned broadcaster, Soni Irabor.

The 58-year-old movie star, who shared the story behind his foray into the voice-over industry, disclosed that Irabor introduced him to voice acting.

He revealed this in a recent chat with Biola Bayo on the ‘TalktoB’ podcast.

“Soni Irabor walked in someday and he was looking for a voice-over artiste. There was nobody around that day then he heard me speak,” he said.

“Then he said ‘You can do the voice’ Really? I cannot, he said ‘Yes, you can and I will see what you do’. And I did the voice-over. He paid me N1000. That was 1987. N1000 for just doing (voice-over). I said this is big. Coloured TV was N500 at that time.”