Joshua Adeyeye

About Joshua Adeyeye

From professional athlete to actor, Joshua Adetokunbo Adeyeye was born in Livingston, New Jersey. He was born to Tamara Jean and Jacob Adeola Adeyeye, and is the oldest of three children. His middle and last name, Adetokunbo Adeyeye, means "king from across the seas" in Yoruba. His mother is African American while his father is Nigerian and came to the United States in his early twenties.At a young age Joshua gravitated heavily to sports. From baseball, football, basketball, skateboarding, soccer, swimming and martial arts, he cultivated many skills making him a well-rounded athlete. Of all the sports that he competed in, Adeyeye leaned most to basketball. It was in the 6th grade when both he and his coaches realized that he might have a future on the collegiate and professional level. Due to the religious beliefs of his family at the time, Joshua spent his high school years in various states including North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. When he wasn't on the court, he participated in school play remakes such as, "The Sound of Music" and, "A Christmas Carol." Joshua figured that joining school plays was a great way to make new friends outside of sports. He had always appreciated television and film but little did Adeyeye know that taking part in school plays would ignite his curiosity in acting.Due to his athletic ability Adeyeye was highly recruited out of high school by various college basketball programs across the country. He began his collegiate basketball career in Washington D.C, where he suffered a severe ankle injury his first practice. At the end of his sophomore year he decided it would be best to transfer to Sheridan College in Wyoming to reach a higher level of collegiate basketball. During his season in Sheridan he suffered from a gruesome leg fracture, breaking both his fibula and tibia bone. Devastated but not defeated Joshua began to rehabilitate his body and mind not knowing if he would have another opportunity to play the game that he loved. He was relentlessness to return to the court, and at the end of his sophomore year he signed a Division 1 basketball scholarship to Jacksonville University in Florida. It was during his two years at Jacksonville University that Adeyeye stumbled upon his long-lost curiosity, acting. In his last semester of college, he took a technique and scene study course that turned his curiosity into passion. Adeyeye began to look forward to acting class over basketball practice. He began to take a strong interest in script and text analysis, and even wrote a play for the athletic department. However, Joshua's basketball career was not over yet. After his outstanding performance at Jacksonville University, he gained the opportunity to play professional basketball in Europe. He saw this as an opportunity to continue playing, while also traveling the world. Joshua also played under the Boston Celtics organization for the Maine Red Claws. While in Europe and Maine he took time to find acting classes and workshops when he wasn't prepping or traveling for games. Joshua believes that he is fortunate to have played on both the college and professional level despite his debilitating injuries. He also believes that it was the technique and scene study class in college he took that changed the course of his life.Although Joshua retired from basketball at an early age, he did so on his own will. He felt as though his interests shifted from athletics to acting. When he decided to walk away...

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