He first achieved fame as Mr. B in the sitcom Basi and Company,[5][6] and most recently featured in the 2019 blockbuster Living in Bondage: Breaking Free.
[7] Adigwe was born in Enugu where he spent most of his childhood but moved to Austria where he attended primary and secondary school.
His earliest appearance on Nigerian television was in Basi and Company where he played the lead character Mr. B, replacing former actor Albert Egbe who left the series after a dispute with the show's creator Ken Saro-Wiwa.
He also performed Basi and Company's new theme song, and an album coinciding with the series - Mr. B Makes His Millions - was released under Polygram Nigeria in 1990.
[5][9] In 1991, Adigwe was among the original cast of Checkmate, playing lecherous university lecturer Monday Edem in the pilot episode, but the role was recast after production moved from Enugu to Lagos.