André Odendaal

(19**) Actor.

Training

Qualified with a BA (Hons) drama degree from the University of Pretoria.

Career

Joined PACT in 1986 and was a permanent member of their drama company for four years.

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

He starred in Die Storm for TRUK at the Alexander Theatre in 1989, During the Fall, 1990 and in All the Rage at the 1992 National Arts Festival, in Die Keiser, 1992. He starred in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie in 1994. Donkerland (1996); Skandaal 2 (Deon Opperman and Lizz Meiring, 1999), At the risk of being, KKNK, 2002.

Acts in film and television.

Awards, etc

AA Life Vita Award for most promising actor, 1988; AA Life Vita Award for best supporting actor, 1989; DALRO Critics award for best supporting actor, 1990.

Sources

Tucker, 1997; National Arts Festival Souvenir Programme, 1992, p. 59

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