Albert Egbe is a Nigerian actor and producer best known for his TV roles as the original Mr. B. in Basi and Company, and Baba TC in The Thrift Collector.
[1] After Basi & Company, he built a career in entertainment by producing short films and television movies, many of which are adaptations of literary works by Nigerian writers.
Egbe's breakthrough role was as the title character in Basi and Company, portraying a slothful young man in the city planning easy money schemes.
Egbe left Basi and Company halfway through production following a dispute with the creator Ken Saro-Wiwa, and produced the television series Jagua Nana's Daughter based on the Cyprian Ekwensi novel.
[4] In 1996, Egbe was cast as Baba TC in the UNFPA production The Thrift Collector, an isusu agent who consistently found himself involved in his syndicate members' personal issues including poverty, STDs, HIV, and family planning.