Beer Adriaanse

Beer Adriaanse () is an actor, director, scriptwriter and musician.

Biography

Born Jacobus Petrus Adriaanse on 20 May, 1985, in Durbanville, he generally known as Beer Adriaanse. He attended Gene Louw Primary School in Durbanville and the Paul Roos Gimnasium in Stellenbosch, before attending the University of Stellenbosch (obtaining a BA and B.Phil. in journalism) and the University of Cape Town (M.Phil. in film and media).

He first became well-known as a founding member and the drummer of the Afrikaans rock band Zinkplaat.

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

Appeared in the films Johnny is nie dood nie

In the komiediereeks Hotel (2016-2020), he portrayed Thomas, and in the legal drama fine print (2018-2020), he played Piping Hanekom. Both series are shown on KykNET.

Movies 2016: Johnny is not dead 2016: Forever 2017: Wonderlust 2018: Canary 2018: For breakfast 2019: Chin up! TV Series 2015: Neighborhood Watch 2016: Hotel 2018: Fine print