John Lata

John Lata (1968-) Actor.

Training
He acquired his theatre education working with Gibson Kente.

Career
John Lata started performing as a teenager in plays such as Crime Doesn't Pay and  Pikinini. He was empoyed as an actor by North West Arts in the late 1990s.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
For North West Arts he performed in Not With My Gun, Survival, The Suit, The Island, Urban Reality, Messiah, The Stick. He appeared in Township Fever (1989), Comrades Arms (2000).

He toured the Netherlands with Sikhulu (1995) and the UK with Jozi-Jozi. He performed in On My Birthday at the Lincoln Centre, New York, in 1997.

He has taken part in several televisio productions, such as th Going Up series.

Awards, etc
FNB Vita Award 1995 for A Crowd in the Clouds.

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