Oliver Litondo

Oliver Musila Litondo (born August 4, 1948) is a Kenyan actor, journalist and news anchor. He is known for portraying Kimani Maruge in the 2010 biographical film The First Grader. For his portrayal as Maruge, Litondo won the AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actor and the Black Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in The First Grader.

Litondo's first known role is in Ragbir Singh's Mlevi (The Drunkard) (1968), the first feature length film in Swahili and considered the first locally produced Kenyan feature film. In a 2024 segment on KBC Channel 1 about the history of Kenyan film, Litondo said that he tried unsuccessfully to locate this pioneering film.

Litondo is a graduate of the University of Iowa, Stockholm University and Harvard University. He is married to Beldina Auma, and they have four children. One of their children, Grace Litondo, is a singer. Litondo is a recipient of the Kalasha Lifetime Achievement award. 2012 Black Reel Awards Best Actor Oliver Litondo 2011 Black Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Oliver Litondo 2012 Kalasha Internationa Film and TV Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Oliver Litondo 2012 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best Actor Oliver Litondo