Deon Lotz | |
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Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 20 July 1964
Education | Drakensberg Boys Choir School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Known for | Beauty (Skoonheid),Sleeper's Wake, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom |
Children | 2 |
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Consequence | Cop | |
2003 | Proteus | Governor | |
2004 | Blast | Pentagon CIA Representative | |
2007 | Anner House | Werner | TV 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 | Counsellor | Short |
2015 | French Toast | Izak le Roux | |
2015 | The Man with the Heavy Leg | Doctor | Short |
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 | Manager | Short |
2016 | Bypass | Dr. Wright | Post production |
2017 | The Blue Mauritius | Müller | Pre-production |
2017 | Hoener met die Rooi Skoene | Du Toit de Waal | Post production |
2017 | The Number | ||
2019 | The Seagull (Die Seemeeu) | Elias | |
2022 | Gereza | Stellies | |
2024 | A Family Affair | David Howell |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Charlie Jade | Emergency worker #2 | Episode: "Sand" |
2012 | Leonardo | Judge | Episode: "Perspective" |
2013 | Flight of the Storks | Otto Kiefer | Episode: "Part One: A Solo Journey" |
2014 | When We Were Black | Kobus Landman | Series regular, 6 episodes |
2015 | The Book of Negroes | New York Justice of the Peace | Episode: 4 |
2015 | Wallander | Colonel Julian van Heerden | Episode: "The White Lioness" |
2016 | Cape Town | Prof. Philip Pagel | Episodes: "Relativity", "Way to Paradise", "Shallow End", "Echoes of the Past" |
2016 | Tutankhamun | Colonel | Episode: 2 |
2017 | Dating Game Killer | Camp Director Lee | TV film |
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