Brendon Daniels (actor)

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Brendon Daniels
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Brendon Daniels

Cape Town, South Africa
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Brendon Daniels is a South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the South African television series Vallei van Sluiers and Die Francois Toerien, and international productions Trackers (2020) and White Lies (2024), as well as films such as Four Corners (2013), Zulu , and I Now Pronounce You Black and White. He has also performed on stage many times.

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Career

Screen

Brendon Daniels has starred in several series on South African television, such as Interrogation Room, Madam & Eve, Stellenbosch, Shooting Stars, Transito, Geraldina die Tweede, The Philanthropist, and League of Glory. [1] [2]

In 2013, he was invited to act in the kykNET crime anthology series Die Boland Moorde, where he played a lead role of adjudant officer Shane Williams. [1] In the same year, he acted in the blockbuster Four Corners, in which he plays Farakhan. The film received critical acclaim and later won awards at several international film festivals. [3] [4]

In Trackers (2020), he played the role of South African crime writer Deon Meyer. [3]

In 2024 he played a lead role as detective Forty Bell in the crime drama series White Lies , alongside British actress Natalie Dormer. [5]

Daniels has also featured in films, including The Young Lions, Heaven, Dollars and White Pipes, End of the Road, Fleisch, Master Harold and the Boys, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, The Abyss Boys, Agter die Berge, Black Butterflies, Four Corners, Zulu, and iNumber Number. [1]

Stage

Daniels has performed in many stage plays, such as Die Generaal. Rooiland, Babbel and Lot. In 2012 he won the award for the Best Actor for his role in Rooiland at KKNK and kykNET Fiesta Awards. [3]

He also acted in the plays Kho Khoi to Toi Toi, Ladies Night, Bacchus of die Boland, The Joseph and Mary Affair, Om Soos 'n Lyk te Le, Anthony and Cleopatra, Snuf in die Neus, and Skollies. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleFilm/TVRef.
2005Dollar$ + White PipesArabFilm
2008End of the RoadLionelTV movie
2010I Now Pronounce You Black and WhitePastor KrotzFilm
2010Vallei van SluiersJP (Jean-Pierre) WillemseTV series
2011Vallei van Sluiers IIJP (Jean-Pierre) WillemseTV series
2011Die Boland MoordeShane WilliamsTV series
2013 Zulu Thug - Beach 1Film
2013LenteblomMarbasFilm
2013BeskermhereMarbasFilm
2013AvengedStakes - Stevland DanielsFilm
2013' Four Corners FarakhanFilm
2015UitvluchtDenvorFilm
2016TessMerrickFilm
2016 Cape Town Gustav ZidaneTV series
2017Die Rebellie van Lafras VerweyGeorgeFilm
2017Sara se GeheimRicky BaatjiesTV series
2017KrotoaAutshumatoFilm
2017VersnelRonaldo PrinsFilm
2017 Five Fingers for Marseilles Slim SixteenFilm
2017The ForgivenMosi XhasaFilm
2018Onder die SuiderkruisJazz NormingtonTV series
2018Thys & TrixCapt. SolomonsFilm
2018Cowboy DanDanFilm
2018 Arendsvlei Constable KrigeTV series
2019 Flatland BillyFilm
2019Die SpreeusBen SaloorTV series
2020Sons of the SeaPetersonFilm
2020Riding with SugarGreen EyesFilm
2020Open Mike KnightJoeShort film
2020 Trackers TV series
2021I Am All GirlsSamuel ArendseFilm
2024 White Lies TV series

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References

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  2. ↑ "Brendon Daniels Actor". The Legacy Project. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brendon Daniels can't wait to have a beach day". Independent Online and affiliated companies. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Four Corner's actor encourages Mitchell's Plain pupils". plainsman. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Goldbart, Max (28 February 2023). "'Game Of Thrones' Star Natalie Dormer to lead South African thriller series 'White Lies'". Deadline. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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