Christo Davids

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Christo Davids
Born
Christo Lloyd Davids

(1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 41)
Cape Town, South Africa
OccupationDirector
Years active1998–present
SpouseCindy Davids (m. 2013)
Children2

Christo Lloyd Davids (born 20 August 1983) is a South African filmmaker and actor. [1] He is known for his roles in the films Forgiveness, Ernest in the Army and A Boy Called Twist. [2] [3] He is also the Artistic Director of Cape Heart Theatre Company. [4]

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Personal life

Davids was born in Simon's Town, Cape Town. Until the age of nine, he lived in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain. After that, he relocated to Heidelberg and lived with his late grandfather Goliath Davids. [4]

He married Cindy Davids in 2013. [5] The couple have two children; the elder child Elijah was born in 2016. [6] [7] [8]

Career

Davids was 11 when he began his career in the series Onder Engele as Dial September in 1994. For the role, he was nominated for the Artes Award for the Best Actor in a TV series in 1996. He then appeared in Hagenheim: Streng Privaat. In 1998, he made his film debut with the supporting role of Ben-Ali in the film Ernest in the Army. [4] [9]

In 2008, he joined the cast of the SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan as Errol Pieterse, a role he would play for nine years. [10] In 2010, he wrote the short film Bullets Over Bishop Lavis, which received critics acclaim, premiered at the KKNK 2011 and later ran at the Baxter Theatre in March 2011. In 2014, he appeared in the films Boy Called Twist and Forgiveness. [4] In 2015, he was the program host at the Carnival of the Mossel Bay Correctional Services, hosted at the Youth Centre. [11]

In 2016, he began to direct some episodes of the soapie 7de Laan. As of 2019, he has directed 25 episodes in total. In 2020, he directed 26 episodes of Takalani Sesame. That same tear, he produced the tribute play Van Wyk, The Storyteller of Riverlea, based on the life of late writer, political activist and poet Chris Van Wyk. [12] [13] In 2021, he wrote the script of two direct-to-video films Nagvrees and Krismisboks.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1994Onder EngeleDial SeptemberTV series
1996MeeulandersDonovanTV series
1996Hagenheim: Streng PrivaatBrandonTV series
1998Ernest in the ArmyBen-AliFilm
2000 The Desert Rose  [ de ]KamanteTV movie
2003Shooting BokkieChristoFilm
2003Shooting BokkieBokkieTV series
2004ForgivenessErnest GrootboomFilm
2004Boy Called TwistNoahFilm
2004The Eastern BrideAhmed RazzaqVideo
2005Dollar$ + White PipesAngeloFilm
2008-17 7de Laan Errol Pieterse, DirectorTV series
2010Bullets Over Bishop LavisWriterShort film
2012ErfsondesMephistophelesTV series
2018Dominee TienieHanseFilm
2020Takalani SesameDirectorTV series
2021 Spoorloos 3 JasonTV series
2021NagvreesWriterTV movie
2021KrismisboksWriterTV movie

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