Van Vicker is a popular Ghanaian actor with a lot of experience in the movie industry. He is also a movie director, humanitarian, entrepreneur, communications consultant, Public speaker, Philanthropist, and a marketer.
Van is highly respected in the movie industry and Ghana as a whole due to how well he has carried himself to the extent that you could hardly hear anyone speak ill about him. He is one of the fans favorite as many enjoy his movies no matter what role he plays.
Full Name
He was born Joseph Fiifi Van Vicker to a Dutch father and a Ghanaian-Liberian mother.
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Date of Birth
He was born on 1st August 1977 (45 years).
Education
Van Vicker is an old student of Mfantsipim School in the Central region of Ghana and continued to African University College of Communications. He graduated from AUCC in 2021 with first class honours and got the Best Communication Student Award and Best Student in Strategic Communication.
He completed his masters degree the same year (2021) and is grateful for being able to come this far because he wasn’t able to attend the University in 1997 due to lack of funds. This is because he was being catered for by his single mother at the time.
Career
Van Vicker initially started out in 1999/2000 as a radio presenter at Groove 106.3 FM and then moved to Vibe 91.9 FM from 2001 to 2004. But before that, he was a TV personality at TV3 Ghana from 1997 to 1999 and Metro TV from 2000 to 2004.
His acting career started out in the popular TV series ‘Sun City where he played the role LeRoy King Jr. His complexion and stature makes him very attractive is a crash of many viewers. He is a typical lover boy and is an expert when it comes to playing such roles but that doesn’t mean he can’t play the bad boy either.
Van is very comfortable playing all kinds of roles whether as a gangster, rich son, poor son, lover boy etc. and is one of the few Ghanaian stars that can boast of being very successful in the Nigerian movie industry as well. He has featured alongside top Nollywood stars such as Mercy Johnson, Tonto Dikeh, Jim Iyke, Chacha Ike, etc.
Van Vicker is also a movie director and producer under his own production called Sky + Orange Productions which he started since 2008.
He also owns an eatery with his wife called Vantastic Grill on the Spintex Road in Accra.
Movies
The actor has featured in a number of movies that makes it impossible to list them all in this biography. His movies include: Cop’s Enemy, Skinned, The Heart Breaker’s Revenge, One Night in Vegas, Discovered, Royal War, Total love, Royal Battle, Princess Tyra, I hate women, etc.
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Awards
Some notable awards won by him are:
- Best collaboration at the 2016 Kumawood Awards
- Best International Actor at the 2013 Pyprus Magazine Screen Actors Awards
- Best Actor at the 2013 Ghana Movie Awards
- Best Comedy Movie in 2012 at Nafca
- Africa Channel’s Creative Achievement Award in 2011 at the Pan African Film Festival
- Best Actor (African Film Category) at the 2009 Afro-Hollywood Award
Wife
Van got married to his long time girlfriend, Adjoa Vicker way back in 2003 and are blessed with three children.
Children
He has three children with his wife namely J’dyl Vicker, J-ian Vicker and Vj Van Vicker.
Net Worth
Van Vicker’s actually net worth has not beng made public hence we do not have information about that. We will however update this biography when get hold of his actual net worth.
Summary
Full Name: Joseph Fiifi Van Vicker
Date of Birth: 1st August 1977
Age: 45 years (as at 2022)
Alma mater: Mfantsipim School
Profession: Actor, Movie Producer and director, communications consultant, Public speaker, Philanthropist, Marketer
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Adjoa Vicker
Children: Three (3)
Net Worth: N/ A
