Jude Idada is a Nigerian actor, poet, playwright and producer best known for writing the feature film, The Tenant.

[citation needed] Idada, a descent of Edo, was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria.

[3][4] After graduation, Idada worked at Guardian Express Bank, a job he got while he was still a corps member after which he moved to Arthur Andersen.

He has also written and published a collection of short stories: A Box of Chocolates, Exotica Celestica.

Written and directed Stage plays: Oduduwa – King of the Edos, By My Own Hands and a children's book Didi Kanu and the Singing Dwarfs of the North.