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Warrick Grier (19**-). Actor and director.
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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. He was the Artistic Director of the Bantam Theatre in Marvejols, France from 1995 to 1997. Returning to South Africa he co-founded the Cape Town Theatre Lab with Royston Stoffels in 1998, and built a career as stage and film creator and actor.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides his inspirational administrative contribution, he has been most active as author, actor and director.
Stage
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])
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/
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107550-warrick-grier
Die Burger, 11 April 1990.
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Who's Who Southern Africa [2].
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340956/.
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