Deon Lotz

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Deon Lotz
Born (1964-07-20) 20 July 1964 (age 60)
Cape Town, South Africa
Education Drakensberg Boys Choir School
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Known for Beauty (Skoonheid),Sleeper's Wake, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Children2

Deon Lotz (born 20 July 1964) [1] is a South African film, television, and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for roles in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Beauty (Skoonheid). He has appeared in both English- and Afrikaans-language productions.

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Early life and career

Lotz was born 20 July 1964 in Cape Town. He sang for the Drakensberg Boys Choir in his teenage years. Lotz is the second youngest of four children, having an older brother and sister and a younger brother. [2] Prior to becoming an actor, Lotz worked as a hotelier. [2] Early in his career, Lotz acted in commercials. [2] Today Lotz resides in Cape Town, working as a full-time actor in the Mother City, as well as travelling to Johannesburg for work. Lotz is known to have a son and a daughter.

Film career

In 2011, he had the starring role in Beauty (Skoonheid), directed by Oliver Hermanus, which became South Africa's submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2011 Academy Awards. [3] Beauty won the Queer Palm Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival [4] and was the first Afrikaans-language film to be screened at Cannes. [5] Lotz received the Best Actor award at the 2011 Zurich Film Festival for his performance in the film. [6] In 2012, Lotz also was named Best Actor in a Feature Film for his role in Beauty at the South African Film and Television Awards. [7]

Lotz played the role of Kobie Coetzee in the 2013 feature Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. [1]

Lotz won Best Supporting Male at the 2013 kykNET Silwerskermfees (Silver Screen Festival) for his role in the Afrikaans-language family film, Faan se Trein. [8] He was nominated for a 2015 SAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. [9] [10] Other notable films Lotz has appeared in include Musiek vir die Agtergrond (2013), Winnie Mandela (2013), "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys (2010), and Proteus (2003). [11]

Television career

Lotz has starred in South African, European, and North American television productions, including The Book of Negroes (2015), Wallander (2015), When We Were Black (2014), and Flight of the Storks (2012). [11] In 2016, Lotz received the SAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor - TV Drama for his role in When We Were Black. [12]

Theatre career

Lotz has appeared in a number of South African theatre productions, including Liefde, Anna with noted South African actress Sandra Prinsloo; [13] an Afrikaans-language version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull; [14] and Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders, a translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage. [15] Lotz won Best Supporting Actor awards for Die Seemeeu and Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders at the 2015 Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees. [15] The actor was nominated in 2008 for Best Actor for his role in the play Wrestlers at the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. [16]

Awards

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Consequence Cop
2003 Proteus Governor
2004 Blast Pentagon CIA Representative
2007 Anner House WernerTV movie
2007 The World Unseen White Farmer
2008 Hansie: A True Story Rory Steyn
2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys Policeman
2011 Skoonheid François van Heerden
2011 Roepman Abram Rademan
2011 Winnie Mandela F.W. de Klerk
2012 Sleeper's Wake Roelf Venter
2013 Verraaiers Generaal Koos de la Rey
2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kobie Coetzee
2013 Four Corners Supt. Adams
2013 Musiek vir die Agtergrond Louis
2013 Cold Harbour Col. Venske
2014 Faan se trein Dr. André Dippenaar
2014 Kite Detective Prinsloo
2015 De(Con)Struction of Love Short
2015 Recovery CounsellorShort
2015 French Toast Izak le Roux
2015 The Man with the Heavy Leg DoctorShort
2015 Destination Short
2015 'n Paw-Paw Vir My Darling Vleis Beeslaar
2015 'n Man Soos My Pa Kolonel Nieuwoudt
2016 Shepherds and Butchers Warrant Officer Rautenbach
2016 Modder en Bloed Maartens
2016 Free State Gideon Nolte
2016 Dis Koue Kos, Skat Bernard
2016 Starry Night ManagerShort
2016 Bypass Dr. WrightPost production
2017 The Blue Mauritius MüllerPre-production
2017 Hoener met die Rooi Skoene Du Toit de WaalPost production
2017 The Number
2019The Seagull (Die Seemeeu)Elias
2022GerezaStellies
2024A Family AffairDavid Howell

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Charlie Jade Emergency worker #2Episode: "Sand"
2012 Leonardo JudgeEpisode: "Perspective"
2013 Flight of the Storks Otto KieferEpisode: "Part One: A Solo Journey"
2014 When We Were Black Kobus LandmanSeries regular, 6 episodes
2015 The Book of Negroes New York Justice of the PeaceEpisode: 4
2015 Wallander Colonel Julian van HeerdenEpisode: "The White Lioness"
2016 Cape Town Prof. Philip PagelEpisodes: "Relativity", "Way to Paradise", "Shallow End", "Echoes of the Past"
2016 Tutankhamun ColonelEpisode: 2
2017 Dating Game Killer Camp Director LeeTV film

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