Charles gitonga maina biography sample
Charles gitonga maina biography sample
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Charles Gitonga Maina
Kenyan actor and basketball player
Charles Gitonga Maina | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Occupation(s) | actor, basketball player |
Charles Gitonga Maina (born 1976) is a Kenyan-born former actor and basketball player.
He is best known for his co-starring role in the 1994 film The Air Up There.
Early life
Charles Gitonga Maina was born in the Buruburu neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.
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His father was an auditor with a telecommunications firm and his mother was a nurse. Maina is the third of four children, and belongs to the Kikuyu ethnic group. At the age of 14, he learned to play basketball playing barefoot with friends on a dirt court.[1] In 1991, Maina won the 1991 Nairobi Slam Dunk Championship.[2] Although he originally wanted to study computers and business at the University of Nairobi, Maina decided to pursue basketball instead.[3]
The Air Up There
At the age of 17, Maina heard of auditions for