- Was a professional singer before he became an actor, singing backing vocals for many recording artists in the studio or during live performances, including Blur, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Death in Vegas, Tom Jones, Art Garfunkel, Robson & Jerome, Andrea Bocelli, R. Kelly, Westlife, Gabrielle, Celine Dion, Boy George, P. Diddy and Will Young.
- His great, great uncle was Sir Henry Lightfoot-Boston, the first indigenous Governor General of Sierra Leone.
- Born in London, but grew up in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
- Cornelius is a relative of Blaise Diagne, the first black mayor of Dakar, Senegal; first West African to be elected to the French cabinet; and pioneer French politics in Francophone Africa.
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