Victor Olaotan// ⓘ (17 February 1952 – 26 August 2021) was a Nigerian actor best known for his leading role in the soap opera Tinsel.
[2] He began his career as an actor when he joined the University of Ibadan theatre group, where he met other artists, such as Professor Wole Soyinka and Jimi Solanke among others.
He became an actor at the age of 15 through a teacher who was a member of the Ori Olokun Theatre group in the early 70s, prior to the death of his father.
He gained more popularity in 2013 after his leading role in the Nigerian soap opera Tinsel which began airing in August 2008.
Olaotan died on 26 August 2021 aged 69 due to a brain injury caused by the car accident he was involved in October 2016.