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- Louise Barnes was born on 26 April 1974 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Black Sails (2014), Surviving Evil (2009) and 9-1-1 (2018). She is married to Nick Boraine. They have one child.
- Actress
- Make-Up Department
Tanit Phoenix was born on 24 September 1980 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Gallowwalkers (2012), Death Race 2 (2010) and Hardcore Henry (2015). She has been married to Sharlto Copley since 15 February 2016. They have one child.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
This September, rising star actress Thuso Mbedu will be seen as the lead of Sony's The Woman King opposite Viola Davis. In the historical epic feature directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Mbedu plays Nawi, an ambitious recruit who fights within the all-female military unit lead by Nanisca (Davis). The film was shot in Mbedu's home country of South Africa and also stars John Boyega and Lashana Lynch.
Mbedu recently won an Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Award, and Hollywood Critics Association Award, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, for her starring role as "Cora" in Barry Jenkins' The Underground Railroad, making her the first South African leading woman of a US television series. The limited series is based on Colson Whitehead's bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which the Oscar winner Jenkins adapted and directed. For her performance, USA Today called Mbedu the "series' stunning standout, imbuing Cora with a deep humanity and empathy in her every scene, even when she has no dialogue."
An established actress in South Africa, Mbedu was nominated for her second International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in 2018 for her breakout performance on the series Is'Thunzi. She won a SAFTA (South African Film & TV Awards) for Best Actress - TV Drama for her work on the series. That year, she was also featured on the cover of the Forbes Africa "Under 30" issue highlighting African leaders.
Mbedu currently splits her time between Los Angeles and South Africa.- Actress
- Producer
Nomzamo Mbatha was born on 13 July 1990 in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. She is an actress and producer, known for Coming 2 America (2021), Tell Me Sweet Something (2015) and Shaka iLembe (2023).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Cyril James Cusack was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa, to Alice Violet (Cole), a Cockney English actress and chorus girl, and James Walter Cusack, an Irish mounted policeman in Natal. He was brought up in Ireland. He was a child star on the Irish stage, appearing first at the age of 7. He toured Ireland with his own theater company. Although he made some very telling film appearances, his small stature kept him from the classic roles.
With his wife, Irish-born actress Maureen Cusack (née Mary Margaret Kiely), he is the father of actress Sinéad Cusack and the grandfather of actor Max Irons.- Debs Howard was born on February 10, 1989 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and moved to Canada in 1991. In 2009, she attended a year long Acting For The Screen Program at the Victoria Motion Picture School in Victoria, British Columbia, from which she graduated with distinction. She continues to train and act in Vancouver, BC. She is an actress known for The Evil In Us (2015), Day For Night (2013), 1000 Things (2011) and Eaux Troubles Du Crime (2007).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Brian Pettifer was born on 1 January 1953 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Amadeus (1984), Rab C. Nesbitt (1988) and If.... (1968).- Actress
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pearl Thusi was born on 13 May 1988 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an actress and producer, known for Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015), Quantico (2015) and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008).- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
- Actress
Khanya Mkhize was born on 30 March 1979 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for The Incredible Hulk (2008), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Infinite (2021). She has been married to Justin C. Shaw since July 2004. They have two children.- Ashley rode a mean shotgun as presenter on 'Going Nowhere Slowly', the travel show which wreaked incalculable havoc with the notion of easy passage through South Africa. This, along with anchoring a Design show for The Home Channel, and 'LifeStyle Matters' for SABC3, secured a seat as a familiar South African TV presenter. His acting work began earlier, on stage at the Natal Playhouse, with large scale productions such as 'The Three Musketeers' 'Charley's Aunt' and 'Peter Pan'. After resigning as a teacher of English and Drama in 1997, he moved to Johannesburg and to Television (in addition to stage work).
More recent theatre includes: 'Constellations' (as Roland - Pieter Toerien company), 'Pale Natives' (as Ashley - The Market Theatre), 'Soil' (as Nic - Theatre on the Square), 'Hard Love' (as Zvi)and Claudius in The Framework company's 'Hamlet'.
He has a Bachelor of Arts, University of Natal: English, Zulu, Drama Honours degree, University of Natal: Drama; Education Diploma, University of Natal: English, Zulu, Drama; Company member, Natal Playhouse (Durban); Master class with Sir Ian McKellan; Directing workshops with Sir Peter Brook; Workshops (2008) with Theatre Complicite, London. - Hans Meyer was born in South Africa, into a German farming family. He spent his childhood in Natal and Zululand. He also became a farmer, but then he decided to travel to Europe. A friend in Germany working in an advertising agency helped him get his first acting job, in a popular television advert for Puschkin Vodka. He helped the vodka become Germany's leading brand and he became well known and his acting career took off!
He quickly became very successful, working with many of the top directors in both films and television in Europe. He is fluent in English, German, French and Zulu. He is highly respected by fellow actors, a very cultured man who is both reserved and modest about his long and distinguished career. - Graham Hopkins was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. He is known for Eye in the Sky (2015), Ali (2001) and The Lab (2006).
- Bob Holness was the second actor to portray James Bond, starring in a 1957 South African radio dramatization of 'Moonraker'. Born in South Africa in 1928 he moved to Kent, England at a young age and grew up during the Second World War. A career as an actor followed which took him back to the land of his birth where he met Mary Rose whom he soon married. They had two children, Carol Ann (born 2 May 1956) and Rosalind, before returning to Great Britain where another child, Jonathan was born (9 June 1967). His career spanned radio, TV and theatre although he is best known as the presenter of 'Blockbusters', a role which won him a cult like following. He presented the BBC daytime quiz show 'Call My Bluff' as well as various guest work and work on radio.
- Brian de Saint Pern was born on 11 August 1988 in Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Drikus Volschenk is one of South Africa's top actors who has worked on over 70 film, television and theatre productions, both locally and internationally. Drikus has starred in multiple award winning productions, alongside world class talent, including Idris Alba and Naomi Harris in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (20th Century Fox: 2013); Beauty (2011), the Queer Palm Award Winner at Cannes Film Festival, which was also the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards; Durban Poison (2013), which won the Best South African Feature Film at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).
He also starred in Dis ek, Anna (2015), which won six South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTAs), and was cast alongside Laurence Fishburne and Michael Nyqvist in the international series, Madiba (2017) distributed by Black Entertainment Television (BET), USA. He also featured in the American blockbuster, Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros: 2016) and in addition, Drikus played alongside Sophie Okonedo and Sam Neil in, Skin (BBC Films: 2008), the biopic which won 19 international awards.
Well versed in the art of theatre and film, Drikus also lectures Film and Television, and is one of the top Screen Acting coaches on the African continent. He headed up the Screen Acting Department at AFDA in Johannesburg for several years. AFDA has won numerous local and international awards, including the student film Oscar (2013) and several other Academy awards Nominations the past few years.
In 2018, Drikus starred in the critically acclaimed dystopian science fiction series alongside Dylan O Brien and Rosa Salazar in the American Blockbuster, Maze Runner: Death Cure (20th Century Fox: 2018). The series is nominated for several awards including BreakTudo Awards (BTDAs) and Teen Choice Awards.
In his latest work he stars as one of the leading men in the remake of the iconic SA film Fiela's Child (SAFTA winner best feature film 2019) and is currently Head of Mo Abudu's prestigious EbonyLife Creative Academy in Lagos, Nigeria, where he also heads up the screen acting department. - Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Hans Strydom was born in 1947 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989), 'n Sondag in September (1976) and Vergeet My Nie (1976).- Fernanda was born in Natal, a northern Brazilian town on September 22, 1980. She was always very beautiful and people would tell her that she should be a model. She decided to try the Elite Look of the Year and she won at age 13, having to move to New York afterwards to pursue modeling, and never stopped working since then.
A really important step was when she went to Paris and in only two weeks she modeled for "Chanel" and "Galiano" and was photographed for "Vogue". After that all the top fashion designers wanted her, such as Ralph Lauren, Versace, Luis Vuitton, Armani and Chloe. Then she became famous in Brazil by working as a VJ for MTV Brazil on two different occasions: first at age 16 presenting a show about dating, then at age 23 presenting "Missão MTV" (MTV mission) a show modeled after Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Fernanda has appeared in several important magazines, such as "Marie Claire", "ELLE", "Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", "Allure" and "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue". - Jack started his acting career in Durban performing on the community theatre circuit while studying Law at the University of Natal. After graduating in 1993, he joined the Police Service and served for nine years. He started work on SABC 3's flagship daily drama Isidingo in 2002 and has since performed in numerous TV and film productions, including the heist action movie 31 Million Reasons for which he received a SAFTA nomination as 'Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film'. His most recent feature film role was on Mayfair, which was an entrant at the London Film Festival in 2018. He has received numerous awards for his performances on TV, including a 2021 Royalty Soap Awards nomination as 'Best Villain' for his role as Sunny Maharaj on eTV's Imbewu. He continues to build on the body of work that has earned him recognition on the African continent and beyond. Jack is an accomplished MC and facilitator who enjoys regular bookings with private, corporate, and civil society clients. Jack is as comfortable at blue-chip business breakfasts as he is at gala awards functions, charity fundraisers or industry conferences within the creative sector. Some of Jack's most memorable career highlights include riding in the inaugural Bikers4Mandela group ride in 2010 raising awareness of Mandela Day. He was also part of the Trek4Mandela group that summited Kilimanjaro on Mandela Day 2015. He is a member of the Anti-Racism Network of South Africa (ARNSA) and serves as a patron of the annual Anti-Racism Week. Jack remains committed to building solidarity within the performance sector by serving as Chairman of the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA).
- Valeria Vidal was born on 11 January 1935 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. She is an actress, known for The Margin (1967), O Cangaceiro Sanguinário (1969) and Mulheres Violentadas (1977).
- Dennis Wyndham was born on 15 January 1887 in Natal, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Juno and the Paycock (1929), Lorna Doone (1920) and The Face at the Window (1932). He was married to Poppy Wyndham. He died on 19 August 1973 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.
- Jacob Zuma was born on 12 April 1942 in Durban, Natal, South Africa.
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Nadine Naidoo was born in Chatsworth, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an actress and producer, known for Little Girl, Little Boy (2020), Irresponsible (2019) and Melodrama (2019).- Actor
- Special Effects
- Producer
Luis Alarcón was born on 23 October 1929 in Puerto Natales, Magallanes Region, Chile. He was an actor and producer, known for La fiera (1999), Estúpido Cupido (1995) and Témpano (2011). He was married to Marión Soto. He died on 4 August 2023 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Josephine is an actor, a voice over artist and a producer. Although born in Durban, South Africa she has lived most of her life in Australia. Her first role, as an angst ridden teenager, at the age of fifteen cemented her pursuit of acting, and since then she has appeared in many Australian film and TV shows. She began producing with a documentary entitled Hitting Zero: A Legacy and has gone on produce two more short films, and a comedy web-series.- Art Department
- Additional Crew
John Wright was born in 1906 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. He is known for The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Supersonic Saucer (1956) and The Adventures of Brumas (1951). He was married to Lyndie Wright. He died in March 1991.- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Composer
Daniel Hope was born on 17 August 1973 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is a music artist and composer, known for Never Look Away (2018), This Must Be the Place (2011) and The Current War (2017). He is married to Silvana Hope.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Shahir Chundra is an Actor, Director, Writer and Producer based in South Africa. He was also the lead singer of the rock band, MadLove. He started acting at the age of 5 after falling in love with the arts through movies television and plays.
By the age 17 his love for the film led him to begin a filmmaking degree at AFDA in Johannesburg. After qualifying as a Director Of Photography, it took him a few years to make his inevitable step toward Directing. Early in his career, he directed groundbreaking South African SABC youth culture shows like Street Journal and Kasi 101 and Noted
Shahir then involved himself in writing and copywriting, being part of the writing teams for South African sit-coms like "My Perfect Family" and "Majakhatata Records". Shahir was also the lead singer of South African rock band MadLove with 3 online number 1 singles.
Shahir has been a content director on Survivor South Africa Champions and Philippines, Masterchef Season 3 and was the Head of Content on Power Couple South Africa. As a Series Director, Shahir has helmed etv's 'Reality Check and Bootcamp Msanzi Celebrity Edition and Zavion S1. In 2019 he is Series Director on The Bachelor South Africa Season 1.
In 2011 he attended the New York Film Academy to study acting. As an actor, he has appeared in Isidingo, 7de Laan and Entabeni on South African Television. He also appeared in the Emmy award-winning international series 'Homeland' and played the lead villain, Raj Pillay in SABC 3's Bedford Wives. In film he has acted in An Act Of Defiance, 2017, the critically acclaimed Mayfair (2018) and 3 days to go (2019).
He resides in Greenside, Johannesburg.- Brian Vaughan was born on 19 November 1930 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Smuggler's Bay (1964), The Avengers (1961) and Les Misérables (1967). He died on 8 April 1990 in London, England, UK.
- Sibongile Nene was born on 23 June 1965 in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Earth: Final Conflict (1997), Jit (1990) and Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead (1995).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Gugwana Dlamini was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa. She is known for The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (1997) and Sarafina! (1992).- Actor
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Glyn Jones was born on 27 April 1931 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970) and Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966). He died on 2 April 2014 in Vamos, Crete, Greece.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Moacyr Góes was born on 23 October 1961 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He is a director and actor, known for Dom (2003), A Dança de Feliciano (2013) and Xuxa in Abracadabra (2003).- Louis Andrada was born on 22 January 2002 in Natal, RN Brazil. Louis is an actor, known for Drake: Falling Back (2022).
- Leon Goes was born on 15 August 1964 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Cute, But Ordinary (2013), Maria, Mãe do Filho de Deus (2003) and The Color of Destiny (1986).
- Lee Brilleaux was born on 10 May 1952 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. He died on 7 April 1994 in Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Writer
Tyler Bizzell was born on 15 July 1976 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. He is an actor and writer, known for Mission: Impossible III (2006), Angel (1999) and Lords of the Underworld (2007).- Georgina Grenville was born on 1 September 1975 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for 54 (1998), Absolutely Fabulous (1992) and Salvatore Ferragamo: Spring/Summer 2019 at Milan Fashion Week (2018).
- Heino Schmitt was born on 10 September 1982 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Die Laaste Tango (2013), Assignment (2015) and 7de Laan (2000).
- Mark González was born on 10 July 1984 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has been married to Maura Rivera since 23 December 2010. They have two children.
- Muriel Clauson was born on 10 July 1990 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Mac was born in beautiful Natal, Brazil, and made the move to the US with her mother, and brother in 2003. She has been a performer, and an artist ever since she was 3 years old when she had dreams of being a ballerina, and started painting as a hobby. When she was 14 she got her first lead role in an original play; this was when she fell in love with acting. Years down the line she decided to officially enter the industry at 17 years old auditioning, and filming in order to build a solid resume. Since then she has added to her artistic goals gathering a skill-set, and resume that she is incredibly proud of.
Mac is also a spiritual healer, and intuitive. She is always looking for ways to connect her artistic endeavors with a message of unconditional presence, and love in order to help humanity in a meaningful way. When she is not acting, painting, drawing, singing, dancing, modeling, writing, mermaiding, or making YouTube videos she is likely spending time with her incredibly supportive family and friends.- Francisco Marinho was born on 8 February 1952 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He died on 1 June 2014 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Emanuel Lavor was born on 10 November 1995 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for O Pequeno Chupa-Dedo (2019), As Miçangas (2023) and Descamar (2024).- A South African actor, comedian and voice artist best known for his starring role as Ravi Chetty, the head bartender of the Kings Casino bar who specializes in cocktails and "flaring" for the customers, in the SABC 3 telenovela High Rollers, and for his recurring role as Mr Govender on the SABC 1 sitcom Thandeka's Diary.
He hails from the little town of Secunda where he spent most of his childhood locked away in his bedroom embracing his introvertism and perfecting his programming skills. However, working in the real world of IT didn't quite stimulate all his pleasure zones, so Jai'prakash developed a personality, promptly announced that he would be an actor and hasn't been taken seriously since.
In 2004, he spent a year studying Musical Theatre at the Tswane University of Technology, and followed that up with numerous workshops and short courses within the industry. Also credited as Jai Prakash, he subsequently performed in a variety of stage shows, public park performances, physical theatre pieces and children's theatre shows. In fact, his physical performance skills in particular were well received in the children's theatre shows Aladdin (2008) and Charlotte's Web (2008), the seductively naughty School of Whoredom (2009), and the more controversial The Tragic Life and Death of Doctor Faustus (2008).
2012 saw his first major TV gig on the popular South African soap opera, 7de Laan, and by 2015 he landed his first starring television role when his character on High Rollers was upgraded from recurring to regular for the second season, when the show format changed from a weekly drama series to a three-day-a-week telenovela. In the same year, he secured a regular role on the sitcom Thandeka's Diary, featured in a couple of commercials, and secured roles in the movies Free State, The Deadline (a short film), and My Father's War.
Apart from plying his trade as an actor and writer with the occasionally splurges of bodywork therapy and web programming, Jai'prakash can be found hiking, climbing, playing video games, traveling and generally adventuring. He enjoys socializing in the natural outdoors and being active, constantly working on maintaining that perfect tan. - David Jeffery was born on 16 December 1991 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. He is an actor, known for 12 Days of Terror (2004).
- Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa was born on 21 July 1921 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was married to Virginia Mutwa. He died on 25 March 2020 in South Africa.
- Lance Klusener was born on 4 September 1971 in Durban, Natal Province, South Africa.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Leo Aylen was born on 15 February 1935 in Eshowe, Zululand, Natal, Union of South Africa. He is a director and producer, known for Six Bites of the Cherry (1967), New Release (1965) and Omnibus (1967). He has been married to Annette Battams since 1967.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Rafael Queiroga was born on 30 April 1983 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Flames of Life (2008), Elmiro Miranda Show (2012) and Sem Análise (2013).- Matthew Couperthwaite was born on 4 September 1994 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.