Mandla Gaduka

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Mandla Gaduka
Born
Mandla Gaduka

Mahikeng, South Africa
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Mandla Gaduka is a South African actor. [1] [2] He is best known for the roles in the television soap operas Gauteng Maboneng and Generations. [3] [4]

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Personal life

Gaduka was born and raised in Mahikeng, South Africa. [3]

Career

In 2002, he started acting career at the Mmabana Cultural Center. During this time, he completed a Full time Drama course. After the course, he moved to Pretoria and joined with The South African State Theatre Development, where he got the opportunity to study under the Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom. [5] He acted in many stage play wrote and directed by Grootboom such as: Cards, and Relativity. [6] In 2006, he went United Kingdom for a 3-months tour and played at a number of festivals. Meanwhile, he performed in the play Sarafina directed by Mbongeni Ngema. Then he involved Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet directed by Clare Stepford, by playing the role of "Paris", and later played as "Brutus" in the play Julius Caesar directed by Clara Vaughn. [7]

In 2009, he made his film debut with scifi thriller District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp. [8] In 2010, he joined with the SABC1 television sitcom Gauteng Maboneng and played the role "Solomon". [3] His role became very popular among the public, where he later won the SAFTA Golden Horn Best Actor Award in TV Comedy for both 2016 and 2018 at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA). [7] In 2011, he contested on the SABC1 reality competition Dance Your Butt Off. Then in 2014, he joined with the telenovela Ashes to Ashes and played the role "Damian". For that role, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award for TV Soap category in 2017 SAFTA. [9] When the channel commissioned a new e.tv telenovela, Gaduka offered the opportunity to continue with his character on the new show Broken Vows where he was nominated again for Best Supporting Actor award for TV Soap category in 2018. [10] [11] [12]

In 2011, he joined the cast of popular television soapie Generations with the role "Choppa". [13] [14] [15] In 2015, he made a cameo role in the Hollywood all-time blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron. In 2018, he returned to The Market Theatre and performed in the stage play My Hole, My Home directed by Phala O Phala. Then in 2019, joined with a Danish Independent Theatre Production Company, caleed "Fix & Foxy" and appeared in a collaborative show between the Danish Company and 7 South African Actors known as Dark Noon. The show later won the Reumert Special Prize in 2020. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2009 District 9 Fundiswa MhlangaFilm
2010Gauteng MabonengSolomonTV series
2010HillsideEddie MalapoTV series
2011Machine Gun PreacherSPLA SoldierFilm
2011 Generations ChoppaTV series
2014 Ashes to Ashes DamianTV series
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Johannesburg OnlookerFilm
2017Broken VowsDamianTV series
2019Losing LeratoConstable XabaFilm
2020IsithembisoDavid MaxhosaTV series

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References

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  6. ↑ "Mandla Gaduka's most challenging role: I went home wanting to never go back". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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  9. ↑ "Mandla Gaduka accolades". IMDb. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  10. ↑ Phahlane, Vincent. "Mandla Gaduka explains how he is struggling to get TV roles". Drum. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mandla Gaduka Reprises His SAFTA Winning Character on a New Show". Phil Mphela Blog. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Broken Vows brings Mzansi's best talent together". Emmanuel Castis. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Where is Former Generations Actor Chopper?". News365.co.za. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Generations' Mandla beats the bulge". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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