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Eva-Jane Willis was born in South Africa to Eileen Willis and film director Ian Gabriel. She moved with her mother and sister to live in North London at age 4. As a child, Eva-Jane trained part-time at Mountview Theatre School where she was spotted by casting agents for the BBC and landed her first minor role in the television series Grange Hill. She went on to gain more screen experience in various adverts and music videos before landing her first leading role in a feature film by iDream productions in 2007. She decided to accept the offer and defer her degree at London Metropolitan University. She completed the film and went on to accept another lead in the feature "Highgate Vampire", alongside actress Vanessa Kirby. However the film's development never progressed beyond the initial pilot. She decided to undertake a professional actor training and auditioned for Drama Centre London where she was offered one of the five female places on the three year BA Acting course. Whilst there she was nominated for the Carlton Hobbs Award and won the first prize Laurence Olivier Bursary Award, for her rendition of Celia in 'The Philanthropist' by Christopher Hampton, and Lady Percy in 'Henry IV: Part 2'.- Actress
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Born and raised in Cape Town South Africa, Brandt immigrated with her family to Auckland, New Zealand in her late teens. Discovered by local casting directors, Brandt took on the role of "Naevia" in the Starz hits, "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" and "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena." Working with producers Steven S. D Knight and Sam Raimi, she captivated audiences with her performance and became one of the show's breakout stars.
She starred in the hit Netflix series, Lucifer which had a 6 year run, playing the fan favorite Vertigo/DC comic book character, Mazikeen. Lucifer went on the break binge records and was named the top binged show in 2021 by Forbes.
Brandt can next be seen opposite Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in the 6 episode limited Walking Dead spin-off which airs in 2024. She is also starring opposite Jason Ritter, Anthony Carrigan and Chris Meloni in the adult animated comedy, Captain Fall which airs July 2023 on Netflix.
Lesley-Ann is now permanently based in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Born and raised in South Africa, Jodi Balfour spent her early youth working in Cape Town's theatre and television industry. She graduated with a BA (hons) in Theatre & Performance from The University of Cape Town and, after her family moved to the west coast of Canada, began working internationally. Jodi now lives in Los Angeles, California.- Charlbi Dean was born on 5 February 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Spud (2010) and Don't Sleep (2017). She died on 29 August 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Kim Engelbrecht was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Eye in the Sky (2015), Reyka (2021) and The Flash (2014).
- Alex McGregor was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Vagrant Queen (2020), Slumber Party Massacre (2021) and Blood Drive (2017).
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Though a native of South Africa, Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author and director in Australian live theatre until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to Australia. Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights (1939). From then on Kellaway was always in demand when the part called for a twinkling, silver-haired leprechaun.- Actor
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Scottish actor Nicholas Ralph grew up in Nairn in the Highlands. He graduated from the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formally RSAMD) in 2017. He made his screen debut in 'All Creatures Great and Small' playing protagonist James Herriot. He can also be seen in 'The Devils Light' and 'The Most Reluctant Convert'.- Actress
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Jessica Sutton stars in the Freeform drama series Motherland: Fort Salem, from Claws creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. She could recently be seen opposite Joey King in the hit Netflix feature The Kissing Booth, as well as Netflix's Inside Man: Most Wanted and Sony's Escape Room. Most recently, she completed production on the feature Rogue, opposite Megan Fox. Jessica got her start in National Geographic's four part mini-series Saints & Strangers.- Actor
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Francis is a South African born actor living and working from Cape Town. Born the youngest of four to a German/Dutch mother and English South African father, Francis was schooled in two of Cape Town's Rudolf Steiner schools before attending the University of Cape Town, where he received his four year Bachelors degree in acting 'cum laude' in 2010. Beginning his career in theatre, Francis has played 4 seasons of Shakespeare at Maynardville open air theatre in Cape Town.
He first came to international attention in the 2010 Bollywood action film Crook: It's Good to Be Bad where he played the lead antagonist opposite Emraan Hashmi
Francis appears as Jack Cleary in fellow South African and Academy Award Winner Gavin Hood's thriller Eye in the Sky, opposite Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Iain Glen, which opened Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. Television includes Netflix/ BBC's The Crown, Amazon's The Widow. Francis will play John Rawlins in the upcoming "Ulysses Grant" mini series on The History Channel.
Francis recently appeared in first commercial for Rolls Royce in 40 years, directed by Lena Heady of HBO's Game of Thrones.
A keen improviser, Francis is a member of "The Longshots" improvised theatre troupe and performs regularly in Cape Town. He recently performed his first solo theatre production in Nocturne by Adam Rapp to critical acclaim.
Francis is represented by Samantha Bernhardi Artists Management and Moonyeenn Lee Associates.
@francischouler on Instagram and twitter.- Frances Sholto-Douglas is a South African actress born in Cape Town. She trained in acting and musical theatre at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts before attending the University of Cape Town, where she procured an Honours Degree cum laude in Theatre and Performance. She has gained traction through her work in films and television shows such as The Kissing Booth 2 (2020), Black Mirror (2011), and Samson (2018). She has likewise acted in plays such as Zakes Mda's Ways of Dying directed by Lara Foot and Esiseleni Sedini directed by Lwanda Sindaphi. Frances has trained in opera part-time since 2015.
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Versatile character actor Sean Cameron Michael is one of South Africa's most prolific and successful exports to Hollywood. Having consistently worked during the past four decades on over 130 TV, film and theater productions, he recently received a 2022 SAFTA (South African Oscars) nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his work on the multi-award winning Fried Barry (2020).
Michael's breakout performance was back in 2008 as controversial French UN worker Charles Solenz in Fox's multi-Emmy and Golden Globe nominated 24 feature 24: Redemption (2008). Over 12 million viewers tuned in for the premiere.
The actor has continually held his own opposite industry heavyweights including the late Oscar-winner William Hurt in BBC Films' award-winning The Challenger Disaster (2013) and Mads Mikkelsen in Universal's western The Salvation (2014). The film premiered at Cannes to a ten minute standing ovation.
Michael is perhaps best known for playing series regular Richard Guthrie in two season's of Michael Bay's hit pirate series Black Sails (2014). He was considered for an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as a SAG-Aftra award, two years in a row for his portrayal.
After being awarded an extraordinary ability green card in 2015, Michael relocated to Los Angeles and became a permanent US resident. Since then he has guest starred opposite Gary Sinise in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) (CBS), Of Kings and Prophets (2016) (ABC), as well as the lead villain in CBS' Scorpion (2014) opposite Robert Patrick.
Michael won Best Performance by an Actor at the Boston Sci-fi Film Festival as the lead in Broken Darkness (2017). He recurred on the Mark Wahlberg produced Shooter (2016), Blood Drive (2017) and MacGyver (2016), whilst on the big screen he starred in Universal's reboot of The Mummy (2017) (opposite Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe) grossing over $450M worldwide. Michael also narrated Nicholas Sparks ' ( The Notebook (2004), Message in a Bottle (1999) ) #1 New York Times bestselling audio-book Every Breath.
In 2019 he played the lead in the multi award-winning political thriller The Last Victims (2019) which premiered at PAFF in Los Angeles. He went on to win Best Actor at the South Film and Arts Festival in Chile. Michael then recurred on Deep State (2018), Vagrant Queen (2020) and played a supporting role in the Netflix Original The Last Days of American Crime (2020) opposite Michael Pitt and Edgar Ramirez.
In 2020 he starred in Triggered (2020) (Samuel Goldwyn Films) and recurred on History's The Cars That Made the World (2020).
Recent work includes Catch Me a Killer (2024), Bradley Cooper's FDR (2023) and Leonardo DiCaprio's Theodore Roosevelt (2022). He was a series regular on Die Byl (2016) and Ludik (2022), recurred opposite David Tennant on Around the World in 80 Days (2021) and won Best Supporting Actor for Stay Safe (2021) .
The actor will next be seen in "Masinga: The Calling", "BoogieHeads", Spiral and the 80s remake of Street Trash . Michael is also attached as a lead in Broken Brothers, the A.S.T. film franchise and Bloody Proposal. He serves as a screenwriter and exec producer on the Netflix Original feature Collision (2022).
Michael has been a proud SAG-Aftra member and judge for the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences (Emmys) and the International Emmy Awards for the past ten years.- Director
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Oliver Hermanus was born on 26 May 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a director and writer, known for Moffie (2019), Beauty (2011) and Shirley Adams (2009).- Actor
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Ian Hunter was born in the Kenilworth area of Cape Town, South Africa where he spent his childhood. In his teen years he and his parents returned to the family origins in England to live. Sometime between that arrival and the early years of World War I, Hunter began exploring acting, then in 1917 - and being only 17 - he joined the army to serve in France for the last year of the conflict still remaining. Within two years he did indeed make his stage-acting debut. Hunter would never forget the stage was the thing when the lure of movie making called - he would always return through his career. With a jovial face perpetually on the verge of smiling and a friendly and mildly English accent, Hunter had good guy lead written all over him. He decided to sample the relatively young British silent film industry by taking a part in Not for Sale (1924) for British director W.P. Kellino who had started out writing and acting for the theater. Hunter then made his first trip to the U.S. - Broadway, not Hollywood - because Basil Dean, well known British actor, director, and producer, was producing Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" at the Knickerbocker Theater - unfortunately folding after one performance. It was a more concerted effort with film the next year back in Britain, again with Kellino. He then met up-and-coming mystery and suspense director Alfred Hitchcock in 1927. He did Hitch's The Ring (1927) - about the boxing game, not suspense - and stayed for the director's Downhill (1927). And with a few more films into the next year he was back with Hitchcock once more for Easy Virtue (1927), the Noël Coward play. By late 1928 he returned to Broadway for only a month's run in the original comedy "Olympia" but stayed on in the United States via his first connection with Hollywood. The film was Syncopation (1929), his first sound film and that for RKO, that is, one of the early mono efforts, sound mix with the usual silent acting. As if restless to keep ever cycling back and forth across the Atlantic - fairly typical of Hunter's career - he returned to London for Dean's mono thriller Escape! (1930). There was an interval of fifteen films in all before Hunter returned to Hollywood and by then he was well established as a leading man. With The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) with Bette Davis, Hunter made his connection with Warner Bros. But before settling in with them through much of the 1930s, he did three pictures in succession with another gifted and promising British director, Michael Powell. He then began the films he is most remembered from Hollywood's Golden Era. Although a small part, he is completely engaging and in command as the Duke in the Shakespearean extravaganza of Austrian theater master Max Reinhardt, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) for Warner Bros. It marked the start of a string of nearly thirty films for WB. Among the best remembered was his jovial King Richard in the rollicking The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Hunter was playing the field as well - he was at Twentieth Century as everybody's favorite father-hero - including Shirley Temple - in the The Little Princess (1939). And he was the unforgettable benign guardian angel-like Cambreau in Loew's Strange Cargo (1940) with Clark Gable. He was staying regularly busy in Hollywood until into 1942 when he returned to Britain to serve in the war effort. After the war Hunter stayed on in London, making films and doing stage work. He appeared once more on Broadway in 1948 and made Edward, My Son (1949) for George Cukor. Although there was some American playhouse theater in the mid-1950s, Hunter was bound to England, working once more for Powell in 1961 before retiring in the middle of that decade after nearly a hundred outings before the camera.- In the 1950s, Bill Kerr was one of Tony Hancock's regular sidekicks in the popular radio series 'Hancock's Half Hour'. In the first series he was smarter than Tony, but as the series progressed he became more and more stupid and childlike, regularly calling Tony 'Tubb'. Despite remaining on the radio series throughout its six year run, when the TV series began he was not required.
- Prue Leith is an expert on gastronomy and one of the Country's foremost authorities on all things culinary. She is one of the UK's most renowned restaurateurs and caterers, a well known TV cook, broadcaster and cookery writer. She is also known for her formidable business acumen as a past winner of The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year. She has in the past been the cookery correspondent for The Daily Mail, Sunday Express, and The Guardian.
She was born 18th February 1940 in South Africa, though she has spent most of her working life in London. In 1960, she started a business supplying high quality business lunches, which grew to become Leith's Good Food, the party and event caterer. In 1969, she opened Leith's, her famous Michelin starred restaurant. In 1975 she founded Leiths School of Food and Wine which trains amateur and professional chefs.
She is a former director of British Rail, Safeway, Whitbread, Woolworths and the Halifax bank and a non-executive director of Orient Express Hotels Ltd.
She is former Chair of the Board of Governors of Ashridge Management College, the Restaurants Association of Great Britain, the R.S.A. (Royal Society of Arts) and U.K. Skills.
Prue has been seen on television as one of the judges on the BBC's successful series 'Great British Menu' followed by 'Best Of British'.
She has had an active career in charity and not-for-profit businesses, helping to found The British Food Trust (which promotes good food), Focus on Food (which teaches schoolchildren to cook), The Hoxton Apprentice (which trains long term unemployed people to be waiters and chefs), 3Es Enterprises (which turns around failing state schools).
She is also Chairman of the school Food Trust founded in 2007. The Trust oversees the quality of the food bought, cooked and served in our schools.
Prue is represented in London by Useful Talent. - Jenny Runacre was born on August 18, 1946 in Capetown, South Africa, one of four girls in the family. The family moved to London when she was five, where Runacre developed an early love of movies, spending much time watching them in the local cinemas. She attended The Actor's Workshop in Notting Hill Gate, training in the Stanislavski System (also known as method acting).
While attending the Actor's Workshop, Runacre was approached by fellow student (and future agent) Tom Busby with an intriguing offer. Busby was working as a runner for an American film production that was seeking fledgling English actresses to play opposite John Cassavetes in Husbands (1970), a movie to be shot the following year in London. The young actress was interested, underwent a grueling day of auditioning with Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk, and was told six weeks later, rather to her surprise, that she was being offered the part of Mary Tynan in the movie. Cassavetes demanded a great deal from his performers, but Runacre rose to the occasion and delivered an intense, remarkable performance.
Runacre spent six months traveling in Morocco after shooting "Husbands", and soon after her return joined the original London cast of "Oh! Calcutta!", first playing at The Roundhouse and later at the Royalty Theatre. After a year, Runacre left the cast and worked in a series of notable films featuring some of the great directors of the time, delivering fine performances in Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales (1972), John Huston's The MacKintosh Man (1973), Robert Fuest's The Final Programme (1973), Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), and Derek Jarman's Jubilee (1978) (in which she starred as Elizabeth I and "Bod"). She was active in the theatre as well, and worked often in British television, perhaps the most notable of which was Brideshead Revisited (1981), in which Runacre plays Brenda Champion, Julia's rival for Rex's affection.
In the 1990s Runacre returned to University, obtaining a Master's in Fine Art Practice at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design in London. Her career has since focused on the art world; she is currently a lecturer in residence, and has worked in installation art and experimental filmmaking. She continues to be involved in film and theatre, both directing and acting, when the right project presents itself. - Actor
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Born in 1949, Antony Sher was raised in South Africa before going to London to study at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art between 1969 and 1971. After performing for the Gay Sweatshop theatrical group in "Thinking Straight" (1975), "The Fork" (1976), and "Stone" (1976), he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982. Three years later, his performance in the title role of "Richard III" won him a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and, in 1997, he won another Laurence Olivier Award for "Stanley".
Although he spent more time onstage, Sher appeared in a number of films and TV series, including The History Man (1981), Shadey (1985), The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995) and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996). He gave a charming performance as Benjamin Disraeli in Mrs. Brown (1997), and played "Dr. Moth" in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Sher was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.- Noel Drayton was born on 7 October 1913 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Court Jester (1955), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Under My Skin (1950). He died on 7 December 1981 in Sedona, Arizona, USA.
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Jonny Pasvolsky was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Westworld (2016), Mortdecai (2015) and Rising Wolf (2021).- Hildegard Neil was born on 20 May 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Macbeth (1997) and King Lear (1999). She was married to Brian Blessed, John Cartmel-Crossley and Barry Wenn. She died on 19 September 2023.
- Karl Thaning is a South African-born actor. He started studying law at university in South Africa, but left to pursue acting, going on to study Theatre Arts through a scholarship at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Since graduating he returned home and acts in international and local productions in film and television.
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In 2015, he wins, Best Actor, at the Silwerskerm Film Festival for the critically acclaimed film, Dis ek, Anna. During a Q&A at the Durban International Festival, where Dis ek, Anna debuted, he was asked to explain why he would play a character that could potentially harm his career. He was quoted as saying: "It was very hard to do this film because I'm also a father. But, I'm also an actor. I think if you're not willing to do this part in South Africa, then why the f**k act? If you are not willing to tell stories that matter, then I don't want to be an actor."
In 2017, he plays the part of Hansie Coetzee, in twice-Academy Award nominated director, Roland Joffe's, The Forgiven, opposite Forest Whitaker. He portrays the title role in the South African film, Liewe Kersfeesvader, in 2017 and is Nominated for Best Actor at the Silwerskermfees. He then takes a leading role in, The Harvesters, which is chosen for Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival 2018, where it receives nominations for the Un Certain Regard Award and Golden Camera Award.
Morné Visser has also starred in all three Kissing Booth films for Netflix, playing Mr. Flynn opposite Molly Ringwald's Mrs. Flynn.
In 2022, he takes a leading role in the Netflix series, Justice Served, and wins Best Actor in a TV Drama at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) 2023. He was also Nominated as Best African Actor at the Septimius Awards 2023 for his work in Justice Served.
In 2023 he plays the Irish American, Killy Donahue, in 4 episodes of HBO's critically acclaimed series, Warrior, Season 3.- Actress
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Hazel Brooks was born on 8 September 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Body and Soul (1947), Sleep, My Love (1948) and The Basketball Fix (1951). She was married to Cedric Gibbons and Dr. Rex Ross. She died on 18 September 2002 in Bel-Air, California, USA.- Actor
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South African actor Stelio Savante is a multilingual SAG award nominee & US citizen with over 140 international credits over the last four decades. A steady product of leading, large supporting, & recurring roles in television, & international theatrically released features that have accumulated almost $400million in world-wide box office, & leading roles in billion dollar grossing video game franchises. Film critic Richard Propes writes "...I've long reviewed the work of the wonderful Stelio Savante and I must say that Savante is absolutely stellar as Bedros in Pursuit Of Freedom..."
A popular choice of critically acclaimed directors & producers, he stars directly opposite Anne Heche in her last performance on film, STARZ's theatrically released noir What Remains (2022). Produced by Ralph Winter & directed by Nathan Scoggins, What Remains premiered at the Austin film festival & stars Kellan Lutz & Cress Williams. Also starring in Netflix's animated series, Captain Fall (2023), Savante returned to comedy starring opposite Academy Award nominee Frank Langella, Bobby Cannavale & Ashley Benson in Lionsgate's Angry Neighbors (2022) produced by Academy Award nominee Kerry Orent. Film critic Jackie K. Cooper writes "Stelio Savante is a favorite actor of mine, he's always good in everything he does."
He starred as South African journalist & Mossad agent 'Pierre Barthes' opposite Jim Caviezel & Claudia Karvan in the MGM distributed Middle-Eastern action thriller Infidel (2019) by Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award winner director Cyrus Nowrasteh who states: "Stelio is a fantastic actor & creative partner. Look for more great things from him." Savante is also starring opposite Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon & as Portuguese coffee plantation Mayor Alvares in David L. Cunningham 's Running for Grace (2018) on Netflix.
Also opposite Domenick Lombardozzi, Annabella Sciorra, & Jennifer Esposito in Esposito's directorial debut Fresh Kills (2023) which premiered at the Tribeca film festival in 2023. And in the psychological thriller Nefarious (2023) starring opposite Sean Patrick Flanery & Jordan Belfi. In 2021 he starred as Moses in Dallas Jenkins Biblical hit series, The Chosen (2019) on Netflix & Peacock TV. Sarah D. Bunting, writes "...Stelio is reminiscent of James Gandolfini...I liked a certain gravitas-emblance that I saw in Stelio...".
Originally of Greek, Italian, British, Ashkenazi, & Anatolian descent, he has worked on four continents for some of the top filmmakers including J.J. Abrams, Ron Howard, Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella, Academy Award nominee Ivan Reitman, Cyrus Nowrasteh, BAFTA award winner Peter Greenaway, Independent Spirit Award winner & Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Przemyslaw Reut, Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass, Academy Award nominee Joan Stein Schimke, Academy Award winner Tyler Perry, Dallas Jenkins, Jon Iver Helgaker, & Jonas Torgersen.
Early credits include a small guest star role as Gaetano in David Chase's The Sopranos (1999) after a minor speaking role opposite Academy Award winner Russell Crowe in Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001). His breakthrough lead role came in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) directed by Juan José Campanella & starring directly opposite Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni, Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper & Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury, as the chilling yet engaging fundamentalist Milan Zergin. Also, a coveted recurring role on Ugly Betty (2006) produced by Academy Award nominee Salma Hayek & starring directly opposite Vanessa Williams & Rebecca Romijn, becoming South Africa's first male SAG Award nominee (Ensemble Comedy Performance) in 2007. Followed by a supporting role opposite Eddie Izzard, Luke Wilson, & Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman in Twentieth Century Fox's My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) directed by Ivan Reitman . And an ensemble lead in Sony's sci-fi franchised, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) produced by Academy Award nominee David Lancaster, directed by Edward Neumeier. Additionally, lead & supporting roles in the award-winning films A Million Colours (2011), Apartment 407 (2016), Blood in the Water (2016), No Postage Necessary (2017), Rapid Eye Movement (2019), The Cleaning Lady (2018), What If... (2010), Where the Road Runs Out (2014), and Pursuit of Freedom (2022).
Recurring & guest star roles including in NBC's My Own Worst Enemy: Conspiracy Theory (2008), in Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass' comedic series Togetherness (2015) for HBO, as pioneer David Sarnoff in the Nat-Geo mini-series American Genius (2015), in J.J. Abrams' Undercovers (2010) & Person of Interest (2011). Also starring directly opposite Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Ivana Milicevic in Without a Trace (2002), & opposite Annabella Sciorra in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Additional guest star roles starring in Breakout Kings (2011), NCIS (2003), The Suite Life on Deck (2008), Arrested Development (2003) & recurring in Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2013) . Lauded by The Examiner's Diane Zoller Ciatto for his recurring portrayal as Joe 'The Boss' Masseria in AMC's The Making of the Mob (2015). ET's Nischelle Turner applauded his understatedly powerful turn as Howard Boston opposite Brian White in TV One's Media (2017). Regarding Savante's role in Pronoia (2017), Pop Matters critic Paul Risker states: "Savante has a strong sense of presence as a silent, almost introverted character." South African film critic Stephen Aspeling states: "We're entranced by the mysterious man at the center of Pronoia, Stelio Savante. His mercurial performance keeps us guessing, unsettled and on edge, waiting for him to explode with answers". As part of the lead cast of Peter Greenaway's Golden Bear nominated international co production Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015), Stelio was nominated for a Teddy Award at Berlin film festival.
Frequently volunteers his time simultaneously performing & producing Sarah Tuft's "110 Stories" for several charities. Starring in several roles at The Geffen Playhouse, NYU Skirball, The Public Theatre, Ebony Rep, & the William Alderson Studio Theatre directly opposite the following fellow cast: Edie Falco, Cynthia Nixon, Academy Award nominee John Hawkes, Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Jeremy Piven, Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon, Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner, John Turturro, & Diane Venora.
His two decades of regional & Off-Broadway stage credits include favorable reviews from the NY Times. A student of Robert X. Modica, Deborah Kampmeier, William Alderson, Don Bloomfield, & Diane Venora, his training is rooted in theater & improvisation but influenced by the eras of French New Wave & Italian Neo-Realism. Was acknowledged by Academy Award winner Al Pacino, Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham & several NY theater critics for his lead performance in Mortal Coils, directed by the Actor's Studio's Ed Setrakian at the Mint Theater.
A popular voice over artist, he voices the character of Ajax in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018) and in Call of Duty: (2022). Was inducted into the Alpha Psi Omega honors society for his achievement in American collegiate theater. Served on the actor's panel of the 2014 San Diego film festival with Josh Duhamel, Academy Award nominee Tom Berenger & Dennis Haysbert, hosted by Variety & film critic Jeffrey Lyons. Is a board member of the River Street Theater Company; alongside Robert Carnegie, Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum, Academy Award nominee David Mamet, Academy Award winner Jon Voight & president, William Alderson.- Norma West was born on 19 November 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for The Elusive Pimpernel (1969), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and The Prisoner (1967).
- Athena Strates is a South African (on November 12 1996) actress known for Genius: Picasso, The Good Liar, A Perfect Enemy, Aufbruch ins Ungewisse and Die Nachtschwestern. She is a client to the internationally recognized agency, Baumbauer Actors and has been working as a professional actress abroad, whilst being based in Berlin, Germany.
- Moira Lister was born in South Africa and made her stage debut at age 6 with the University Players of Johannesburg in "The Vikings of Helgeland." She appeared on the London stage at age 14 and started working in films in 1943. She was always popular, and she was usually cast as 'posh' ladies.
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Mother of two children with late former husband, Singer-songwriter John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas. One son, Tamerlane (Tam) Phillips, born March 14, 1971. One daughter, Bijou Phillips, model/singer/actress, born under interesting circumstances on April Fool's day, 1980, at the family home in Connecticut on the sofa while her parents were in the process of recovery. Bijou was premature but ultimately fine.- Actor
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Paul Herzberg was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor and writer, known for Smiley's People (1982), My Week with Marilyn (2011) and The Honorable Woman (2014). He has been married to Oona Kirsch since 1988. They have two children.- Actress
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Sybil Jacobson was born on November 23, 1929, in Cape Town, South Africa. By age 2 she had learned to play the piano, and she also demonstrated a remarkable talent for singing, dancing and mimicry. She moved to Great Britain as a small child, and by age 5 was singing, dancing, playing the piano or doing uncanny imitations of Maurice Chevalier in London nightclubs. She also performed on radio with her uncle, Harry Jacobson, and his popular orchestra. During a show at the Palace Theater a movie producer noticed Sybil and cast her in her first film, Barnacle Bill (1935). Warner Bros. Pictures studio head Jack L. Warner was so impressed with her performance that in 1935 he brought Sybil to Hollywood as his studio's answer to Shirley Temple. Aware of Shirley's popularity and golden curls, Warner did not allow Sybil to see Shirley's films for fear that she might copy her. Despite her obvious talent, Sybil failed to achieve the success that Warner had anticipated, and in 1938 the studio did not renew her contract. However, during her time at Warner Brothers, Sybil made ten films and caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century-Fox--the studio that had Temple under contract. Zanuck cast Sybil opposite Shirley in two films, The Little Princess (1939) and The Blue Bird (1940). Sybil's role in "The Blue Bird" was her most dramatic, and her older sister and guardian, Anita Jacobson, hoped that it would boost her career. However, many of Sybil's scenes were cut from "The Blue Bird", and it would be her final film.- Kate Blumberg was born on 31 January 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for The Big Short (2015) and Younger (2015). She is married to Todd Weeks.
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As a child in Cape Town, Trevor Jones lived opposite the Gem Cinema. The theater was so old and worn out that there was often a loss of the soundtrack, which caused him to realize its power. The fact that everyone in his family worked in film or the theater made it easy to get support in his career choice, but it was the cinema across the street that truly inspired him. At 17, Jones won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, which his mother was fully behind. Not being from England, he could only stay four years, but he did not wish to return due to lack of industry and South African politics. In his third year, he won an award which brought him to the attention of the BBC, where he worked four years as a classical music reviewer, the time allowing him to become a naturalized British citizen. One day there he met Dr. Wilfrid Mellers, a professor at York Universiy, who helped him design a four-year course plan studying all types of music, from the ethnic to the avant garde, music concrete, and electronic. He then went to the British National Film School for an M.A. in film music, and he learned all aspects of filmmaking, directing, writing, and photographing many student films, and composing the music for most everybody at the university. His education in the field took twelve years.
His use of professional musicians allowed him to go straight into the industry. He initially scored shorts with Roger Christian, and was discovered by John Boorman after working on an Irish TV show. Boorman allowed him to write 55 minutes of music for Excalibur (1981) in addition to the classical pieces of Wagner and Orff that were used. Jim Henson called him for The Dark Crystal (1982) even before he had a script, and he would work on Henson projects, along with others, until Henson's death. Jones was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on The Last of the Mohicans (1992). This success makes him frequently on call, particularly when he is in Los Angeles (where his wife and four children like to accompany him), but he wants to do small, low budget films as well as large, taking small salaries to work on film in which he is really interested. He cites Mark Herman and John Henderson among his favorite directors to work with. He has also worked well with Barbet Schroeder and Richard Loncraine. His attention to the film as an art form is indicative in his work ethic: only one at a time. He once talked himself out of work on a film he thought needed no music. They took his suggestion and won an award. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) was a film in which he was brought in very late and did not meet the director or the dubbing mixer. "That was the first and only time on a film that I'd never met the director", Jones says. Jones tries to keep from becoming typecast, wanting to work on all types of films, and not do films of the same kind all together, when composers are among the most typecast artists in the industry. His style has worked well, as he has had more films in 1997 and 1998 than in any other single year.- Director
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In his native South Africa, Antony became a filmmaker and journalist for International Press Syndicates AP and BBC, documenting the anti-apartheid uprisings in the embattled townships around Cape Town. Fascinated by the violent human drama unfolding before him, Antony developed a raw, unaffected visual storytelling style that has since come to define him
He moved to the US and studied at the prestigious American Film Institute school in Los Angeles, renowned for kick starting many esteemed filmmakers careers, he proved a quick study and soon after embarked on a career as a commercial director. He has had a prolific career shooting award winning commercials and web campaigns across the globe. He won major advertising awards at Cannes Lion, Gold and Silver lions several times. The London Film Festival and the NY Clio Awards and ADDY awards. Renowned for his bold visual style the iconic Super Bowl commercial "Clydesdales" for Budweiser earning him his first Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, "Clydesdales" is now part of a permanent collection at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Some of his recent works, Fiat's X "blue bill' debuting on the annual Super Bowl has been met with similar acclaim, followed by awards in the Europe and the US.
A bold mix of action storytelling with a distinct cinematic flair has been his calling card, Multi national clients entrusting him to evoke strong performances from actors the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Idris Elba, Dougray Scott, William Levy, David Beckham, Patrick Dempsey as well as some of the the biggest stars in Asia, Tony Leung, Edddie Peng, Fan Bing Bing, Karen Mok, Lin Chi Ling to name a few. Frequently collaborating with athletes, Formula one world champions as well as international campaigns with soccer stars for the world cup both in 2014 and 2018.
A genuine ad veteran he has evolved into a true hybrid director/cameraman as well as creative concept partner with clients, Mercedes Benz, Adidas, Heineken and recently Vodafone's have worked directly with him form the inception of the campaign, creating content, as the ad business has evolved he has too as a director, a dexterous Swiss army knife of sorts. Having crafted many of these campaigns directly with clients, he has been at the forefront of digital age filmmaking content and long form storytelling. In addition, he was a Pioneer working in China over the last eight years, leading the charge of foreign directors working abroad, having build a solid collaborative relationship with all the major car manufactures from Porsche, Cadillac, Lexus, Peugeot, BMW,, Volvo to Ferrari, the most prolific and sought after directors in the China Advertising Market and has just been featured in the latest issue of Shots vol 24, focusing on Advertising in China.
Previous to that he completed San Pellegrino's Global launch, Lamborghini's " Huracan" three minute action web film for the for the Geneva auto show, a Toyota Avalon Web Series short film starring well, known British actor Idris Elba, in 2017, working with Heineken world wide and shooting in South Africa, he directed the first pan Africa campaign with hip hop star, Jidenna followed by the Heineken campaign with Jordan Clarkson of the Lakers in Los Angeles. Next up was Vodafone brand campaign with ace driver/actor Patrick Dempsey driving a Porsche GT 3, with the windows totally blocked out, using 4.5G phones as his only driving aid.
He's presently working on an ambitious feature film that he wrote and with direct for 20 Century Fox, 'Fox Hunt' that will shoot in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, in addition a ten part series 'The Keepers' set in the world of illegal animal poaching across the globe.
Hoffman is based in Los Angeles.- Writer
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Born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa in 1934, Ronald Harwood moved to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theatre. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he joined the Shakespeare Company of Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last 'actor-manager' of Great-Britain. From 1953 to 1958, Harwood became the personal dresser of Sir Donald. He would later draw from this experience in his play 'The Dresser' and write a biography 'Sir Donald Wolfit CBE: His life and work in the Unfashionable Theatre'.
In 1960, he started a new career as a writer and would prove to be quite prolific, penning plays, novels and non-fiction books. He also worked often as a screenwriter but he seldom wrote original material directly for the screen, rather acting as an adapter sometimes of his own work.
One of the recurring themes in Harwood's work is his fascination for the stage, its artists and artisans as displayed in the aforementioned 'The Dresser', his plays 'After the Lions' (about Sarah Bernard) ,'Another time' (about a gifted piano player), 'Quartet' (about aging opera singers) and his non-fiction book 'All the world's a stage', a general history of theater. Harwood also has a strong interest in the WWII period, as highlighted by the films 'Operation daybreak', 'The Statement', 'The Pianist', and his play turned to film 'Taking sides'. Based on true stories, the two last films feature once again musicians as their main characters.
Made Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1974 and Commander of the British Empire in 1999, Harwood was president of the international PEN Club from 1993 to 1997 after presiding the British section during the four previous years.- Stunts
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Olivia Jackson was born on 25 August 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Dredd (2012). She has been married to David R. Grant since 2015.- Lisa King was born in Cape Town, South Africa where she grew up. She was crowned "Miss Teen" and was later runner-up to "Miss South Africa".
She has modeled and traveled the world since the age of 14 having landed many big cosmetic contracts as well as over 40 television commercials worldwide. She always had a passion for acting so moved to Los Angeles which is now her second home. She received her first small part in "Home Alone 4" in 2002 and then went on to do "Wake of Death", starring opposite Jean Claude van Damme in 2004.
She is well trained in Shakespeare, a gymnast, dancer and training in Martial Arts. She also has an art gallery in Cape Town called "The Lisa King Gallery" which specializes in top South African Abstract/Contemporary Art. - P.J. Prinsloo was born on 6 February 1978 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Edgemont (2000), Disturbing Behavior (1998) and Life or Something Like It (2002). He is married to Rukiya Bernard. They have two children.
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Daniella Eisman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She is known for Bewitched (2005), Beowulf (2007) and First Wives Club (2019).- Actress
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Blonde Erica Rogers was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in the late 1930s and, after local theatrical work, came to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts before opening on the West End stage in "The World of Suzie Wong". Throughout the 1960s, she was a frequent guest star on British television series, particularly The Saint (1962) but returned to South Africa in the 1970s to make numerous stage appearances, including as Margaret Thatcher in the comedy play "Anyone For Dennis?". In 1991, she moved to Los Angeles. She has two children and makes very infrequent character appearances in films.- Additional Crew
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Bridget Hedison was born on 16 April 1944 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was a producer and production manager, known for The Last Tattoo (1994), The Colbys (1985) and Two Bits (1995). She was married to David Hedison. She died on 22 February 2016 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Daniel Fox was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Eye in the Sky (2015), Invasion (2021) and Generation Kill (2008).
- Fashion Model. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, her father was employed as a horse trainer. After moving to Port Elizabeth, South Africa with her family, she attended Saint Dominic's Priory School and later enrolled at the University of Port Elizabeth (now part of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) where she studied law and graduated with a Bachelor of laws Degree in 2005. After receiving her degree, she did paralegal work and applied to the bar in 2011. At the age of 14 she started her modeling career and was a finalist in the Weekend Post Faces of the Future competition in 2004 and in The Herald Miss Port Elizabeth contest in 2005. Her career as a model and cover girl continued with an appearance in FHM magazine, modeling jewelry for Sivana Diamonds, and was the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa. Additionally, she appeared in television advertisements for a number of products, including Toyota Land Cruiser, Clover "The One," Redds, and Aldor Pin Pop. An avid horse rider, she broke her back in a fall in her early twenties and had to learn to walk again. In 2012 she was featured as a celebrity contestant on the BBC Lifestyle show "Baking Made Easy." In November 2012 she began dating Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated South African Olympic and Paralympic track and field athlete. Three months later she was shot and killed at Pistorius' home who, having admitted to accidentally shooting her (thinking she was an intruder), was arrested and formally charged with her premeditated murder. At the time of her death she had agreed to appear in the 5th season of the reality television program "Tropika Island of Treasure" and had filmed the series episodes on location in Jamaica. The screening of the series aired as scheduled on February 16, 2013, only two days after her death, and its first episode was dedicated to her with a video tribute to her that preceded it.
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Sivuyile Ngesi was born on 18 October 1985 in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor and producer, known for Invictus (2009), The Woman King (2022) and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013).- Actress
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Tessa Jubber is a South African actress of Dutch, Greek and Irish descent. She trained at the University of Cape Town and is based in Johannesburg, where she lives with her husband and two children.
A favourite on South African television and film, her international credits include Wallander (BBC), Mia and the White Lion, and Catching Feelings.- John Barrard (born 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa, died 2013 in England, UK) was a British character actor who had a career spanning five decades and who perhaps is best known for playing Dooley, Santa's #2, in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).
Barrard's television appearances included the Concierge in 'The Count of Monte Cristo', Gatekeeper in an episode of Armchair Theatre (1956), George in The Larkins (1958), Napoleon in The Army Game (1960), Carlos the Pedlar in The Saint (1962), Mr Craddock in Crossroads (1964), the Shopkeeper in the Doctor Who story The Reign of Terror (1964) and two roles in Coronation Street; Harry Mascall in 1972 and Sidney Wilson in 1974. Before these roles he appeared in the Coronation Street (1960) spin-off Pardon the Expression (1965). Other appearances included Ludo McAllister in Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965), Sid Seaton in Softly, Softly (1966), Arnold Maddox in The Troubleshooters (1966), Harris in Public Eye (1968), Valarti in The Avengers (1969), Sir Bruce Ingoe in Callan (1969), King of Diamonds in Here Come the Double Deckers (1970), Mr Whitfield in Doctor at Large (1971), Shop Assistant in Budgie (1972), and Mr Forbes/Mr Finch in The Fenn Street Gang (1971-1972).
Further television credits included Gem Setter in The Protectors (1972), Pilkington in Follyfoot (1973), Lionel in The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975), Chauffeur in The Sweeney (1976), Mr Oliver in Survivors (1977) Judge Lambsfoot in Dick Turpin (1980), Scruffy Man in The Professionals (1980), Dr Losborne in Oliver Twist (1982), Jonathon Hopper in Whoops Apocalypse (1982), Mr Barraclough/Executive in Metal Mickey (1980-1982), Lapsley/Josie's Dad in Last of the Summer Wine (1976-1983), Mr Adam in The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983), the Retired Morris Dancer in The Black Seal episode of The Black Adder (1983), Old Mr Brooks in We'll Think of Something (1986), Arkroyd in Never the Twain (1986-1987), Bernie in Terry and June (1979), Oskar Friedman in War and Remembrance (1989), Harold Wharton in One Foot in the Grave (1990), Anatole in Jeeves and Wooster (1990), Mr Pebbles in Sean's Show (1992), Baths Attendant in Minder (1993), Houseowner in Keeping Up Appearances (1990), Norman Spencer/Mr Jeffries in The Bill (1989-1999), Stamp Collector in Mr. Bean (1994) Security Guard in As Time Goes By (2000), and Mr Taylor in Doctors (2002).
His film roles included the Taxidermist in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Lennie Ross in Cover Girl Killer (1959), Small Man in Peeping Tom (1960), There Was a Crooked Man (1960), Honeydew in The Primitives (1962), Consul in We Joined the Navy (1962), Zebra Man in Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968), Wedding Guest in Crossplot (1969), Patron in Our Miss Fred (1972), Blind Man in Tales from the Crypt (1972), Benjamite Elder in King David (1985), Dooley in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Walter in Buster (1988), and Old Man in Swinging with the Finkels (2011).
Theatre appearances included The Tenth Man (1961) at the Comedy Theatre.
Barrard was the Chairman of the North West London branch of the actors' union Equity.
He died in 2013 aged 89. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 17 October 2013 and his ashes were interred at the Golders Green Jewish Cemetery in May 2014. - Camera and Electrical Department
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Will is a British citizen who lives permanently in Northern California near San Francisco. By the time he reached High School he had lived on 5 continents. He was born in Capetown, South Africa, lived in various towns in the UK during his childhood, and spent time living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Australia before moving to USA. His father was a surgeon who enjoyed the adventurous life, was raised in Rhodesia, learned to fly during his medical school at St. Andrews in Scotland, and was a flying doctor in Australia where he naturalized.
Will's nomadic upbringing fostered a quiet, observant eye to his constantly changing surroundings which likely explains his penchant for his own travel and adventures in the film business and early desires to make documentaries. Will began his career in New York City where he was a Dolly Grip in IATSE 52 and went on to become a Steadicam & Camera Operator in IATSE 600.
Will has an exceptional eye for lighting and composition. He has worked with some of the Industry's greatest Directors and Cinematographers. Mike Nichols, Sidney Lumet, Terrence Malick, Alfonzo Cuaron, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant, Ron Howard, David Ayer, Anthony Minghella, Frank Oz, Clint Eastwood, Darren Aronofsky, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Chris Columbus, Ben Stiller. Cinematographers Vittorio Storaro, Stephen Goldblatt, Russell Carpenter, Emmanuel Lubezki, Harris Savides, Oliver Wood, Don McAlpine, Dariusz Wolszki, John Seale, Mathew Libatique, Chris Doyle, Larry Fong, Florian Ballhaus, Michael Seresin.
Will was nominated by his peers in the Society of Camera Operators (SOC) as Film Camera Operator of the Year on two occasions for his work as the A Camera Operator on Milk with Harris Savides and The Help with Stephen Goldblatt.
Will has been a lifelong athlete in many arenas. He has qualified and raced in 3 half Ironman World Championships, and received All American national ranking on multiple occasions. He was a kayaking instructor in college and has extreme (class V, VI) whitewater experience. He spent many years rock climbing at a high level, and continues his pursuit of the outdoors being a lifelong skier and seeks expeditions in remote locations via motorcycle and bicycle.- Character actor who started performing on stage at the age of 12 in his native South Africa. He moved to England in 1947 and continued to appear on stage, screen and TV often as portly authority figures. A notable portrayer of Sir Winston Churchill. He was married 3 times and had 1 son.
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Robin Smith was born on 28 February 1955 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an actor, known for The Fall (2006), Invictus (2009) and The Kissing Booth (2018).- Actress
Sue Kiel was born on 15 June 1950 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Repo Man (1984), Straight to Hell (1987) and Survivor (1987).