Igoni Archibong comes from a family of fourteen and was raised as a staunch Christian, with good moral standards. He is of Efik descent and is happily married with two children.

A graduate of Human Anatomy from the University of Calabar, Igoni decided to be more adventurous and dabble into other fields that have always interested him. He undertook vigorous acting and singing lessons, voice training, fitness training, martial arts and has worked on an oil rig. He is also a trained stuntsman.

He writes his own original quotes, poetry, short stories for children, various articles, biographies and erotica. Igoni is a perfectionist and always researches and gets into the characters of his movie roles, as he believes that experience is the best teacher. He has been known to camp in rough areas like war zones, to get the hang of bad boy movie roles.He speaks English, Ibo, Hausa and Dutch very fluently as well.