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| + | ''[[Konings]]'' (1991), ''[[Paradys]]'' (1994)''[[Sewende Laan]]'' ([[SABC]] TV2, 2000-2001; 2003-); ''[[Amalia]]'', ''[[Binnelanders]]'' (Episode dated 31 August 2009); ''[[Binneland]]'' (. | ||
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| + | 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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Revision as of 10:00, 21 April 2014
(1956-) Bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.
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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.
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
Stage roles
His stage career started in the 1980s and by the 1990s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.
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 2000); Die Toneelstuk (KKNK, 2001); Confessions of Zeno (Spier Amphitheatre, 2003); Romeo and Julia (Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels , 2005), Macbeth.slapeloos (Aardklop and KKNK, 2013-2015).
Also Kafka Dances, Scenes from an Execution, Ek, Anna van Wyk, Truth in Translation
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 (1991), The Visual Bible: Matthew Judas (1993); Ouma se Slim Kind (2007), Hansie: A True Story (2008); Die Wonderwerker (2012);
2008 Hansie: A True Story Johan Volsteedt
2007 Ouma se Slim Kind Meester Roodt
2000 Sewende laan (TV Series) Leon de Lange (2000-2002, 2003-)
1994 Paradys (TV Series)
1993 The Visual Bible: Matthew
Judas
1991 Nag van die 19de Groenewald (as Dawid Minaar)
1991 Konings (TV Movie) Dolf Groenewald
Ettiene (as David Minnaar)
Television roles
Konings (1991), Paradys (1994)Sewende Laan (SABC TV2, 2000-2001; 2003-); Amalia, Binnelanders (Episode dated 31 August 2009); Binneland (.
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.
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/
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