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(1956-) Bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.
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[[Dawid Minnaar]] (1956-) is a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]]/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.
 
   
 
   
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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Born in Upington in the Northern Cape, the youngest of 5 children, and grew up on the family farm Rooidam, Namibia and went to primary school in Bethanie.  
 
Born in Upington in the Northern Cape, the youngest of 5 children, and grew up on the family farm Rooidam, Namibia and went to primary school in Bethanie.  
  
 
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He completed a B.A at the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama]], and a B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the [[University of Cape Town]].   
== Training ==
 
 
 
He completed a B.A at the [[University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama ]], and a B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town.   
 
 
 
 
 
== Career ==
 
 
 
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
 
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Primarily known as a fine and versatile actor, his stage career started in the 1980s and by the 1990s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.
 
 
  
 
=== Stage roles ===
 
=== Stage roles ===
  
His stage career started in the 1980s and by the 1990s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.  
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Performances include ''[[Snoopy!!!]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 1983); ''[[Razumov]]'', ''[[Diepe Grond]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] and [[Baxter Theatre]], 1985 and 1986); ''[[Not About Heroes]]'', ([[Volute Productions]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and [[Upstairs at the Market]], 1986); ''[[Whale Nation]]'' (The [[Black Sun]] and the [[Whale Well]], 1989);  ''[[Flight]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1989) ''[[Nag, Generaal]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1989); ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'' ([[Upstairs at the Market]], 1990); ''[[Faustus in Africa]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]] 1995), ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' ([[Grahamstown Festival]] 1997, ''[[Tango del Fuego]]'' (2001),  international tour 2014); ''[[Boklied]]'' ([[KKNK]], 1999?*); ''[[Boetman is die bliksem in!]]'' [“Boetman is the Hell In”] ([[Aardklop festival|Aardklop festival]] 2000); ''[[Die Toneelstuk]]'' ([[KKNK]], 2001)''; [[Confessions of Zeno]]'' ([[Spier Amphitheatre]], 2003);  ''[[Romeo en Julia (Studie van 'n Verdrinkende Liggaam)|Romeo and Julia]]'' ([[Vleis, Rys en Aartappels]],  2005),''[[Swartskaap]]'', ''[[Macbeth.slapeloos]]'' ([[Aardklop festival|Aardklop]] and [[KKNK]], 2013-2015).
  
Performances include ''[[Snoopy!!!]]'' ([[CAPAB]], 1983); ''[[Diepe Grond]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] and [[Baxter Theatre]], 1985 and 1986); ''[[Not About Heroes]]'', ([[Volute Productions]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and [[Upstairs at the Market]], 1986); ''[[Whale Nation]]'' (The [[Black Sun]] and the [[Whale Well]], 1989);  ''[[Flight]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1989) ''[[Nag, Generaal]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1989); ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'' ([[Upstairs at the Market]], 1990); ''[[Faustus in Africa]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] and [[Grahamstown Festival]] 1995), ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' ([[Grahamstown Festival]] 1997, international tour 2014); ''[[Boklied]]'' ([[KKNK]], 1999?*); ''[[Boetman is die bliksem in!]]'' [“Boetman is the Hell In”] ([[Aardklop festival|Aardklop festival]] 2000); ''[[Die Toneelstuk]]'' ([[KKNK]], 2001)''; [[Confessions of Zeno]]'' ([[Spier Amphitheatre]], 2003);  ''[[Romeo en Julia (Studie van 'n Verdrinkende Liggaam)|Romeo and Julia]]'' ([[Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels ]],  2005), ''[[Macbeth.slapeloos]]'' ([[Aardklop festival|Aardklop]] and [[KKNK]], 2013-2015).
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Also ''[[Kafka Dances]]'', ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'', ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'', ''[[Truth in Translation]]''.
  
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===As playwright===
  
Also ''[[Kafka Dances]]'', ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'', ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'', ''[[Truth in Translation]]''
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He wrote a play called ''[[Tot Hiertoe en Verder]]'' ("To here and further"). The text dated 1979.
  
 
=== Film roles ===
 
=== Film roles ===
  
His film debut was in ''[[Fiela se Kind]]'' (1988) and was followed by [[Kringe in die Bos]] [“Circles in the Forest”, 198*),
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His film debut was in 1980  ''[[Gemini]]'' (under the name [[David Minnaar]]),  ''[[Fiela se Kind]]'' (1988) and was followed by ''Nag van die 19de'' [https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_van_die_negentiende] (1991), ''[[The Visual Bible: Matthew Judas]]'' (1993); ''[[Ouma se Slim Kind]]'' (2007), ''[[Hansie: A True Story]]'' (2008); ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' (2012);
''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' (2013);
 
  
Actor (11 credits)
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=== Television roles ===
  
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''[[Konings]]'' (1991), ''[[Paradys]]'' (1994), ''[[Sewende Laan]]'' ([[SABC]] TV2, 2000-2001; 2003-); ''[[Amalia]]'', ''[[Binnelanders]]'' (Episode dated 31 August 2009);  ''[[Binneland]]'' (2005-2014).
  
2012  Die Wonderwerker
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===Contribution as playwright===
Eugène Marais
 
  
2009  Binnelanders (TV Series)  
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In 1979 he wrote a play called ''[[Tot Hiertoe en Verder]]'' ("To here and further").
  
- Episode dated 31 August 2009 (2009)
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== Awards, etc ==
  
2008  Hansie: A True Story
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Dawid won [[Vita Awards]] as best actor for ''[[Diepe Grond]]'', ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' and ''[[Nag, Generaal]]'', and best supporting actor for ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]''. Judged best actor at [[Aardklop]] for ''[[macbeth.slapeloos]]'' in 2013.
Johan Volsteedt
 
  
2007  Ouma se Slim Kind
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== Sources ==
Meester Roodt
 
 
 
2000  Sewende laan (TV Series)
 
Leon de Lange (2000-2002, 2003-)
 
  
1994  Paradys (TV Series)
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https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Minnaar
  
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
1993  The Visual Bible: Matthew
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[[Pretoria News]], 11 April 2001.
Judas
 
  
1991  Nag van die 19de
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[[Beeld]], 2 April 2005.
Groenewald (as Dawid Minaar)
 
  
1991  Konings (TV Movie)
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''[[Die Burger]]'' 20 Sept 2013.
Dolf Groenewald
 
  
  1988  Fiela se Kind
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[[Schalk Schoombie]], "Ek vaar die onbekende in", in ''[[Sarie]]'', February, 2014, pp25-27.
Benjamin Sr.  
 
  
1980  Gemini
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591477/
Ettiene (as David Minnaar)
 
 
 
=== Television roles ===
 
''[[Konings]]'', ''[[Sewende Laan]]'' ([[SABC]] TV2, 2000-2001); ''[[Amalia]]'', ''[[Binneland]]'' (.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Tucker, 1997
 
 
 
''Die Burger'' 20 Sept 2013.
 
 
 
[[Schalk Schoombie]], Ek vaar die onbekende in", in  [[Sarie]], February, 2014, pp25-27.
 
 
 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591477/
 
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
 
Won [[Vita Awards]] as best actor for ''[[Diepe Grond]]'', [[Kafka Dances]]'' and ''[[Nag, Generaal]]'', and best supporting actor for ''[[Scenes from an Execution]]'' and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]''. judged best actor at [[Aardklop]] for ''[[macbeth.slapeloos]]'' in 2013.
 
 
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:03, 22 February 2023

Dawid Minnaar (1956-) is a bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.

Biography

Born in Upington in the Northern Cape, the youngest of 5 children, and grew up on the family farm Rooidam, Namibia and went to primary school in Bethanie.

He completed a B.A at the University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama, and a B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town.

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

Primarily known as a fine and versatile actor, his stage career started in the 1980s and by the 1990s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.

Stage roles

Performances include Snoopy!!! (CAPAB, 1983); Razumov, Diepe Grond (Market Theatre and Baxter Theatre, 1985 and 1986); Not About Heroes, (Volute Productions at the Baxter Theatre and Upstairs at the Market, 1986); Whale Nation (The Black Sun and the Whale Well, 1989); Flight (Market Theatre, 1989) Nag, Generaal (Market Theatre, 1989); Speed-the-Plow (Upstairs at the Market, 1990); Faustus in Africa (Market Theatre and Grahamstown Festival 1995), Ubu and the Truth Commission (Grahamstown Festival 1997, Tango del Fuego (2001), international tour 2014); Boklied (KKNK, 1999?*); Boetman is die bliksem in! [“Boetman is the Hell In”] (Aardklop festival 2000); Die Toneelstuk (KKNK, 2001); Confessions of Zeno (Spier Amphitheatre, 2003); Romeo and Julia (Vleis, Rys en Aartappels, 2005),Swartskaap, Macbeth.slapeloos (Aardklop and KKNK, 2013-2015).

Also Kafka Dances, Scenes from an Execution, Ek, Anna van Wyk, Truth in Translation.

As playwright

He wrote a play called Tot Hiertoe en Verder ("To here and further"). The text dated 1979.

Film roles

His film debut was in 1980 Gemini (under the name David Minnaar), Fiela se Kind (1988) and was followed by Nag van die 19de [1] (1991), The Visual Bible: Matthew Judas (1993); Ouma se Slim Kind (2007), Hansie: A True Story (2008); Die Wonderwerker (2012);

Television roles

Konings (1991), Paradys (1994), Sewende Laan (SABC TV2, 2000-2001; 2003-); Amalia, Binnelanders (Episode dated 31 August 2009); Binneland (2005-2014).

Contribution as playwright

In 1979 he wrote a play called Tot Hiertoe en Verder ("To here and further").

Awards, etc

Dawid won Vita Awards as best actor for Diepe Grond, Kafka Dances and Nag, Generaal, and best supporting actor for Scenes from an Execution and Ek, Anna van Wyk. Judged best actor at Aardklop for macbeth.slapeloos in 2013.

Sources

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Minnaar

Tucker, 1997.

Pretoria News, 11 April 2001.

Beeld, 2 April 2005.

Die Burger 20 Sept 2013.

Schalk Schoombie, "Ek vaar die onbekende in", in Sarie, February, 2014, pp25-27.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591477/

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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