Brendon Daniels (actor)

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Brendon Daniels

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Years active2000–present

Brendon Daniels, is a South African actor. [1] He is best known for the roles in the television serials Vallei van Sluiers, Die Francois Toerien and Die Boland Moorde, [2] as well as films Four Corners, Zulu and I Now Pronounce You Black and White. [3]

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Career

He has starred in several serials in South African television such as Interrogation Room, Madam & Eve, Stellenbosch, Shooting Stars, Transito, Geraldina die Tweede, The Philanthropist and League of Glory. [1] In the serial Trackers, he played the role of a crime writer 'Deon Meyer'. [4]

Meanwhile, Daniels also acted in the films: 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]

Apart from television and cinema, he also featured 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. [4] Then he 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]

In 2013, he was invited to act in the kykNET crime anthology series Die Boland Moorde where he played a lead role of Adjudant-offisier '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 awarded at several international film festivals. [4] [5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
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
2013ZuluThug - Beach 1Film
2013LenteblomMarbasFilm
2013BeskermhereMarbasFilm
2013AvengedStakes - Stevland DanielsFilm
2013Four CornersFarakhanFilm
2015UitvluchtDenvorFilm
2016TessMerrickFilm
2016Cape TownGustav 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
2019FlatlandBillyFilm
2019Die SpreeusBen SaloorTV series
2020Sons of the SeaPetersonFilm
2020Riding with SugarGreen EyesFilm
2020Open Mike KnightJoeShort film
TBDI Am All GirlsSamuel ArendseFilm

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