David Butler

David Butler (1960-) A bilingual (English and Afrikaans) actor for stage, TV and film.

Biography

He is married to Kate, a Communications Manager and the couple have four children.

Youth

Training

He trained to be an actor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Career

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

He made his theatre debut in 1983 in the play Another Country at the Baxter and Market theatres. Other highlights from the theatre are the plays Skyf, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Market Theatre, 1989), Scorched Earth (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1989), The Great Gatsby, Mannetjies Mentz, Cock and Bull Story, Anatomie Titus, and his one-man show A Touch of Madness, about the life of Herman Charles Bosman, which has played across South Africa to great acclaim.

He also made his television debut in 1983, acting in the SABC drama The Canterville Ghost. Since then he has appeared in over 80 other theatre productions and in numerous television and film roles. These include roles in Egoli, The Game, Rhodes (BBC mini-series), To the Ends of the Earth, The Triangle (Sci Fi Channel mini-series), Timber, Shado's, Snitch, Binnelanders and Soul City and Life is Wild (2007) and mini-series The Prisoner (2009) - as well as guest appearances on many other television shows. Film roles include Cop Land (1997), Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1999), Circles in a Forest, Gums and Noses and Zulu Love Letter.