Aubrey Poolo

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Aubrey Poolo
Born
Aubrey Poolo

(1976-11-30) November 30, 1976 (age 48)
Nationality South African
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Aubrey Poolo (born 30 November 1976), is a South African actor. [1] He is best known for the roles in the films Five Fingers for Marseilles , Life Above All, Generation The Legacy and Madiba. [2] [3]

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Personal life

He was born on 30 November 1976 in Attredgeville, township of Pretoria, South Africa to a family of politicians. He was raised by his grandmother with the help of elders of Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC). [4]

Career

At very young age, he joined with the television program Legae la bana. In 2010, he made the film debut with the film Life, Above All . The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. [5] It was also selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards [6] and then made the final shortlist announced in January 2011. [7] With the success of the film, he was selected to the 2017 American television mini-series Madiba for a minor role.

In 2017, he played a lead role 'Unathi' in the South African Western thriller film Five Fingers for Marseilles directed by Michael Matthews. It was later screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and received critical acclaim. [8]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2010 Life, Above All JonahFilm [9]
2017 Madiba Coughing ManTV Mini-Series
2017 Five Fingers for Marseilles UnathiFilm [10]
2024 Losing Lerato 2 Doctor "X" XolaniFilm

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