Wole Olaleye was born in the very early 60s, started his education career from United Methodist School, Iloko. He is a native of Iloko-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. His father was a teacher, a head master.

 

He later gained admission into the then Oyo State College of Education in Ilesa where he spent about 2 months before crossing to The Polytechnic, Ibadan where he graduated in 1985. He had his 1 year service (NYSC) in Ondo State and came back to teach Comprehensive High School, Ayetoro in Ogun State before leaving the teaching service in 1990.

 

While Wole was in Ilupeju he was doing some training at the National Theatre under the tutulage of Antar Laniyan and later at Ososa with Baba Ogunde (Hubert Ogunde, the doyen of theater in Nigeria). So he admitted that that was where his teeth was cut for drama but that was a secular drama and it was the trait of the secular drama he brought into the Christian drama in 1992 when the Lord called him into ministry and he has remained in Christian drama since then till now.

 

Wole Olaleye has starred many Christian movies in Nigeria, featured in many and directed some. He is also a broadcast presenter.

 

He is happily married with children who are also married.