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His more than 40 roles have included "Leonard Hobhouse" in ''[[That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse]]'' (1990), Sweet 'n Short ("Doctor", 1991), The Good Fascist ("Prisoner", 1992), The Bone Snatcher (Karl, 2003),  ''[[Dredd]]'' ("Caleb", 2012), ''[[Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]]'' (2013), ''[[Cape Town]]'' (2015), The Forgiven (2017) and many other TV and film productions. (See "Warrick Grier", [[IMDb]][https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340956/]
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His more than 40 roles have included "Leonard Hobhouse" in ''[[That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse]]'' (1990), Sweet 'n Short ("Doctor", 1991), The Good Fascist ("Prisoner", 1992), The Bone Snatcher (Karl, 2003),  ''[[Dredd]]'' ("Caleb", 2012), ''[[Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]]'' (2013), ''[[Cape Town]]'' (2015), The Forgiven (2017).  (For more TV and film productions, see "Warrick Grier", [[IMDb]][https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340956/])
  
  

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Warrick Grier (19**-). Actor and director.

Biography

He graduated from the University of Cape Town in the late 1990s.

He worked in Johannesburg for several years, then studied further under Jacques Lecoq, completing his Diploma at the Lecoq school in Paris. Based in Barcelona as Artistic Director of Bantam Theatre for a time, before he returned to South Africa, specifically Cape Town, to finally settle down.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

As actor

He has appeared on stage in productions of Groundswell, Die Papegaaivrou, Richard III, Three Sisters, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1986 and 1991), Shakespeare's Macbeth (1989), The Heidi Chronicles, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Night Sky, Closer. Dinner at the Monkey House,

As director

He directed Fall i catch you (1997), Naai (1998), Dinner at the Monkey House and co-wrote 'n Skewe Sirkel

As playwright

Wrote Dinner at the Monkey House, 'n Skewe Sirkel (1990),

Film and TV

His more than 40 roles have included "Leonard Hobhouse" in That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (1990), Sweet 'n Short ("Doctor", 1991), The Good Fascist ("Prisoner", 1992), The Bone Snatcher (Karl, 2003), Dredd ("Caleb", 2012), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), Cape Town (2015), The Forgiven (2017). (For more TV and film productions, see "Warrick Grier", IMDb[1])


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Awards, etc

Warrick has garnered numerous national and international awards for his work, e.g. (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actor 2000) for his role as "Barry" in The Open Couple.

In 2011 he was nominated in the best actor category for his role in Blackbird.

Sources

https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/warrick-grier-138/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340956/

Die Burger, 11 April 1990. Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Who's Who Southern Africa [2].

Go to ESAT Bibliography

For more information

IMDb [3].

Who's Who Southern Africa [4].

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