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- Masali Baduza is a South African film, television and theatre actress, known for The Woman King (2022) and Noughts and Crosses (2020). She grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, then studied in Los Angeles, California. She was born 12 March 1996, in East London, South Africa. She is bilingual in English and isiXhosa.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Frank Rautenbach was born on 12 May 1972 in East London, South Africa. He is an actor and producer, known for Wild Is the Wind (2022), The Bang Bang Club (2010) and Warrior (2019). He has been married to Leigh Rautenbach since 24 February 1996.- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Scot Cooper was born in East London, South Africa. A leading man with a great balance of American and English charm.
Scot has worked alongside actors such as Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Rupert Friend, Gabriel Macht, and Aidan Gillen. He co-starred in the 4th season of the Emmy winning series Homeland, guest starred in the popular BBC series 'Jamillah and Aladdin', and the multi award winning film 'The World Unseen' which premiered at TIFF. With leading roles in the feature film Kecksburg, and due for release the Hallmark film A Taste of Romance, and a psychological thriller River of Ghosts. He also has a supporting role in the Box Office hit 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
In 2013 Scot won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48 Film Festival, with the film Five Minutes Till Noon which went on to win awards at Filmapalooza in New Orleans. Scot also won Best Actor at the 2015 Cape Town 48 Film Festival. And in 2009 Scot Cooper was part of the ensemble award at the South African Film and Television Awards for 'The World Unseen'.
Born in South Africa, and of English, Swedish, Norwegian, German and Scottish ancestry. He has trained under world renowned Meisner teacher William Esper at the Esper Studio in New York, also at the Ivan Chubbuck studio in Los Angeles, and under acclaimed South African actress Aletta Bezuidenhout. He also has a BA from his studies at AFDA.
A passion for film, and also theatre where he has received critical praise for his performance as Mr Darcy in 'Pride And Prejudice', the acclaimed American play 'Tape' by Stephen Belber, and his one man play 'Henry And The Sand' which he also wrote, and premiered at the world's 2nd largest theatre festival, the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
Scot has also appeared in over 80 TV commercials for top brands, which have aired in countries such as the USA, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and many others.
Scot Cooper is based in Los Angeles- Angel Adoree was born on 7 April 1978 in East London, South Africa. She is a producer, known for Escape to the Chateau (2016), Escape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend (2020) and Escape to the Chateau DIY (2018). She has been married to Dick Strawbridge since 13 November 2015. They have two children.
- Norma Foster was born on 15 September 1939 in East London, South Africa. She is an actress, known for A Study in Terror (1965), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and Murder Ahoy (1964).
- Ashley was born in East London, South Africa in 1968. He grew up in sight of the sea, with a brother and sister and two doting parents. He attended Selborne Primary and College, the latter established in 1879. This traditional school, with its vast history (many of its pupils fought and died in both world wars) provided the inspiration and backdrop for an avid interest in the arts, music, and literature. A relentless reader, an unstoppable performer, and a natural musician, Ashley spent most of those years developing the talents that would eventually become a career. He completed school at 17, and was chosen for the Rotary exchange programme.
He spent 1985 studying in Australia, and promoting South Africa, a difficult task in the turbulent eighties. Enriched, and inspired, he returned to South Africa and enrolled at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. He spent four years there, and completed a Bachelor of Arts, and an Honours degree in the Dramatic Arts, under the tutelage of such writers as Andre Brink, and playwright Reza De Wet. He performed lead roles at the International Grahamstown festival over that time in productions such as Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, The Crucible and Midsummer Nights Dream, A coveted bursary, allowed him another year of study, at the University of Cape Town, where he completed a Higher Diploma in Education. Though his passion for the Arts was paramount, he indulged his love of teaching the following year by teaching English at Selborne College. He opened a Drama school in 1993 in East London, The A.R.T Studio, which gave inspiration to over 120 budding young actors and musicians.
The lure of stage and screen was too strong though, and Ashley packed the proverbial suitcase and set off to Johannesburg to find fame and fortune, just eight short years ago. His success in that time has been remarkable. A soap star, voice over artist, writer, and natural comic, he has captured the attention of critics and fans. His recent portrayal of an everyman mine captain, in the award winning South African soap, Isidingo, led to a best actor nomination. A prolific writer, his hilarious advertising campaigns, in which he portrays atypical characters from South African society, has had the nation in stitches for over five years.
He has toured locally and internationally with theatre productions like Hair, The Buddy Holly Story, Mojo and African Tales. He has appeared all over the world in some of the biggest international advertising campaigns, and is renowned for his delicate and measured character portrayals. He has performed lead roles in international television series such as Soldier Soldier, The Black Velvet Band, and recently, The Switch. A prolific voice over artist, with National Geographic and Discovery channel narration credits to his name, he has become one of the countries leading voices, in both radio and television.
He has completed a novel, and a screenplay, and is confident of their success in the months to come. His biggest film credit thus far, is Stander (2003), a lead role which can only further an already outstanding career. He hopes to make New York his home in 2004. - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Dane Baptiste is Stand Up Comedian and Writer from South East London.
Since bursting onto the comedy circuit, he has risen up the ranks quickly achieving notable success in numerous comedy competitions and is now a regular at the country's most famous venues. Original, provocative and exceptionally prolific - Baptiste is already being hailed as one of the most exciting acts to break in years.- Anton Blake Horowitz began his career as an intern at the Space Theatre in South Africa, a rare performance arena whose works encouraged diversity and opposition to the Apartheid regime. Soon thereafter, he went into exile in the UK, and trained as an actor at the Drama Centre in London. Shortly after graduating he formed his own theatre company, performing in a wide range of plays, both classical and contemporary, in theatres across the country and in Berlin.
In 1989, he premiered in Robert Chessley's two-character play, Jerker, tracing the relationship of two gay men in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, directed by Stephen Daldry, the then-artistic director of the Gate Theatre, and in the following year Anton returned to his country of exile where he acted in theatre, opera and television, including appearing in the role of Mick in the Caretaker (the first time a Harold Pinter play had been performed in South Africa since the cultural boycott) and that of a White Supremacist assassin in a local series, the Game II.
He spent several years in the US, primarily in New York, acting in a variety of a theatre productions, before returning to the UK to work at the National Theatre Studio.
In the past decade he has worked in several BBC and ITV Productions, as well as a handful of international films. He also appears in a number of commercials and voice-overs in a number of countries. Besides primarily being an actor, Anton holds a Masters in Screenwriting from Royal Holloway, University of London. - Chic Littlewood was born on 17 November 1930 in South East London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for King Kong (2005), 30 Days of Night (2007) and The Basil Brush Show (1980). He died on 11 January 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Music Department
- Composer
Cherry Wainer was born on 2 March 1935 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa. She was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Climb Up the Wall (1960) and Noche de estrellas (1964). She was married to Don Storer. She died on 14 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- When he arrived in F1 at the end of 1972, Jody was a rough talent, who relied on his reflexes to get his car around corners. By the time he retired, he was smoother, but just as exciting to watch.
Jody started his F1 career with McLaren, and after some promising results, including almost winning the French Grand Prix, only his third F1 start, he was responsible for the biggest pile up in F1 history at Silverstone.
For 1974, he joined Tyrrell, and settled down to become a title contender, finishing third that season. In 1976, Scheckter and team mate Patrick Depailler had use of one of the most radical racing cars ever, the Tyrrell P34, better known as the '6 wheeler.'
Although the car was competitive, Jody realized it would only temporarily be so, and he left Tyrrell to join Wolf in 1977, winning their first ever race in Argentina, and winning twice more to finish second in the championship behind Niki Lauda.
Scheckter joined Ferrari and partnered the fiery Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, just holding him off to win the 1979 world title, the last time a driver would win the championship in one of the red cars for 21 years.
Jody retired from F1 at the end of 1980, and set up a successful arms business. He has two sons, Tomas and Toby, both hoping to become racers in the future. - Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
Rudy was born in South Africa and grew up in what is now known as Kwa-Zulu, Natal. While in South Africa, Rudy worked in the Kruger National Park as a Game Ranger but always wanted to be a filmmaker. He moved to New York City in 1995 and started working his way up the production ranks on commercials, music videos and films. Rudy's work brought him to Los Angeles in 1997 and he joined the Director's Guild of America in 2003.- Stunts
- Actress
Rubie Planson was born on 24 June 1995 in South East London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wonder Woman (2017), The Batman (2022) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Peter Krummeck was born on 2 March 1947 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), Ernest in the Army (1998) and Othello (1989). He died on 9 November 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
St. John Legh Clowes was born in 1907 in East London, South Africa. He was a writer and director, known for No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948), Grand Prix (1934) and Frozen Fate (1929). He died in 1951 in London, England, UK.- Mark Boucher was born on 3 December 1976 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa.
- Soundtrack
Pete Gage was born on 31 August 1947 in Lewisham, South East London, England, UK.- Scott Cooper was born on 22 June 1981 in East London, South Africa.
- Blaise Koch was born in 1952 in East London, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Last Hero (1991), Town Guard (1983) and Diamond Girl (1998). He died on 21 July 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Jack Airport was born in Catford, South East London, London, England, UK. He died on 13 August 2004.
- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Johann Joubert was born on 9 May 1972 in East London, South Africa. Johann is a production manager, known for Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), Slipstream (2005) and Primeval (2007).- Additional Crew
- Actress
Lana Marks was born in 1953 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She is an actress, known for The Score (2001), Saved by the Savior (2011) and The Association (2015). She has been married to Neville Marks since 1976. They have two children.- Avuzwa Gqamane was born on 18 September 2004 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Dam (2021).
- Marne Erasmus was born on 23 May 1995 in East London, South Africa.
- Ian Scheckter was born on 22 August 1947 in East London, South Africa.
- Director
- Actor
- Cinematographer
Patricio Munoz was born on 14 March 1979 in East London, South Africa. He is a director and actor, known for Dystopia (2005), Silent Sam (2009) and The Collector (2010).