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| + | BUTLER, Peter (195*-) Actor, director, playwright, singer, voice artist. | ||
| − | == | + | == Biography == |
| + | He was born in Cape Town. | ||
| − | + | === Youth === | |
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| − | + | === Training === | |
| + | He completed an internship at The Globe Theatre in London, and returned as a Fellow of the International Shakespeare Society. | ||
| − | He started at the age of 18 | + | === Career === |
| + | He started off in amateur theatre on the Cape Flats and joined the [[Space Theatre]] at the age of 18. He continued to work for companies on the flats (i.a. with a company called [[Dream Express]]). | ||
| − | He spent seven years as a repertory actor with The Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB) where he honed his skills and amassed several awards for his work. | + | He spent seven years from 1988 as a repertory actor with The Cape Performing Arts Board ([[CAPAB]]) where he honed his skills and amassed several awards for his work. A bilingual professional actor, who working primarily for CAPAB and the [[Baxter Theatre]] in the 1980s-1990s. By the 1990s he was one of the senior actors of his generation in the Cape. |
| − | + | In 2004 he was made a Fellow of the International Globe Theatre. | |
| − | + | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | |
| + | He wrote ''[[An Evening in the Country]]''. Also wrote other plays, including ''[[Daai Tony de Villiers]]'' ("That Tony de Villiers", which he also directed for Dream Express in 1986) and ''[[Dying Breed]]'' (1993). | ||
| + | As an actor productions include ''[[Aladdin]]'' (1984, Baxter Theatre), the doctor and the Auschwitz commander in ''[[Good]]'' (1990), Ralph in ''[[The Dying Breed]]'', ''[['Tis a Pity She's a Whore]]'', ''[[Hair]]'', ''[[Julius Caesar]]'', ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (2004), ''[[Jocasta Rising]]'' (2004) and ''[[Twaalfde Nag]]'' (2005). | ||
| − | + | Peter played the role of Fahiem Hendricks in the fourth episode of the M-Net docu-drama series ''Crimes Uncovered'', in 2012, which dramatized the murder of [[Taliep Petersen]]. TV work includes the mini-series ''Poseidon Adventure'' and the popular soap opera ''7de Laan''. He has also appeared in such television series as ''Heartlines'' and ''Charlie Jade'' and was the host of the nature documentary series ''Shoreline''. | |
| + | Film work includes ''Hangman's Daughter'', ''Pirates on the Plain'', ''Ernest in the Army'', ''Sexy Girls'' and ''Sudan''. | ||
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| + | Butler has acted in a number of films and TV movies including ''From Dusk Till Dawn 3'', ''Shark Attack 2'' (2001), ''Boy Called Twist'' (2004), ''The Poseidon Adventure'' (2005), ''Mercenary for Justice'' (2006), ''The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines'' (2006) and ''Lost City Raiders'' (2008). | ||
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| + | He is best known as the "Voice of E" on free-to-air channel e.tv, voicing channel promos for a number of years. | ||
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| + | == Awards, etc == | ||
| + | He won a number of Kellerprinz awards (for acting in 1978 and 1979, and for best original text – ''[[An Evening in the Country]]'' at the House of Representatives One-Act Play Festival in 1984?*). | ||
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| + | ''[[The Dying Breed]]'' (1993 - [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] for Best Supporting Actor), ''[['Tis a Pity She's a Whore]]'' (1994 - [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] for Best Supporting Actor), ''[[Vasques]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Best Supporting Actor, 1994), | ||
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| + | In 2004 he was awarded one of the two Shakespeare's Globe International Artistic Residences given to South Africans. | ||
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Personalities B]] | + | Return to [[ESAT Personalities B]] |
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]] | ||
Revision as of 18:10, 21 September 2015
BUTLER, Peter (195*-) Actor, director, playwright, singer, voice artist.
Contents
Biography
He was born in Cape Town.
Youth
Training
He completed an internship at The Globe Theatre in London, and returned as a Fellow of the International Shakespeare Society.
Career
He started off in amateur theatre on the Cape Flats and joined the Space Theatre at the age of 18. He continued to work for companies on the flats (i.a. with a company called Dream Express).
He spent seven years from 1988 as a repertory actor with The Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB) where he honed his skills and amassed several awards for his work. A bilingual professional actor, who working primarily for CAPAB and the Baxter Theatre in the 1980s-1990s. By the 1990s he was one of the senior actors of his generation in the Cape.
In 2004 he was made a Fellow of the International Globe Theatre.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He wrote An Evening in the Country. Also wrote other plays, including Daai Tony de Villiers ("That Tony de Villiers", which he also directed for Dream Express in 1986) and Dying Breed (1993).
As an actor productions include Aladdin (1984, Baxter Theatre), the doctor and the Auschwitz commander in Good (1990), Ralph in The Dying Breed, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, Hair, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Hamlet, Kanna hy kô Hystoe (2004), Jocasta Rising (2004) and Twaalfde Nag (2005).
Peter played the role of Fahiem Hendricks in the fourth episode of the M-Net docu-drama series Crimes Uncovered, in 2012, which dramatized the murder of Taliep Petersen. TV work includes the mini-series Poseidon Adventure and the popular soap opera 7de Laan. He has also appeared in such television series as Heartlines and Charlie Jade and was the host of the nature documentary series Shoreline.
Film work includes Hangman's Daughter, Pirates on the Plain, Ernest in the Army, Sexy Girls and Sudan.
Butler has acted in a number of films and TV movies including From Dusk Till Dawn 3, Shark Attack 2 (2001), Boy Called Twist (2004), The Poseidon Adventure (2005), Mercenary for Justice (2006), The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006) and Lost City Raiders (2008).
He is best known as the "Voice of E" on free-to-air channel e.tv, voicing channel promos for a number of years.
Awards, etc
He won a number of Kellerprinz awards (for acting in 1978 and 1979, and for best original text – An Evening in the Country at the House of Representatives One-Act Play Festival in 1984?*).
The Dying Breed (1993 - Fleur du Cap for Best Supporting Actor), 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore (1994 - Fleur du Cap for Best Supporting Actor), Vasques (Fleur du Cap Best Supporting Actor, 1994),
In 2004 he was awarded one of the two Shakespeare's Globe International Artistic Residences given to South Africans.
Sources
http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorid=10316
The Citizen 4 March 1995.
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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