Gys de Villiers
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
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The Chosen
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The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him called The Chosen....
Captain Fall
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A goofy, gullible sea captain is hired to helm a high-end cruise ship and becomes the perfect fall guy for an illicit smuggling operation....
Binnelanders
Character: Dr. Zieg Combrink
A South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trauma and tribulations of the staff and patients of the hospital....
Iemand Om Lief Te Hê
Character: James "Patat" Pienaar
When James runs into his old love's sister again after 10 years, they start building a friendship that later becomes more....
Die Vierde Kabinet
Character: Bush Louw
Die Vierde Kabinet revolves around corruption in the police and the Organised Crime Unit, the hated internal investigation unit of the police who set traps for and spy on other police units to try and uncover corrupt members. The same corrupt police attempt to turn the tables by trying to find information about who is in this specialised unit. In 1993, shortly before the first democratic election in South Africa, a group of policemen rushed to get rid of files containing information about ille...
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Character: Sakkie De Vos
Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond is a South African television drama series created and written by Chris Barnard and produced by Sonneblom Films about beautiful people, good wine and respectable neighbours living on the banks of the Hartebeespoort Dam with lives that are seemingly idyllically peaceful and romantic, but which harbour deep secrets just beneath the surface of the facade....
7de Laan
Character: SP de Wet Malan
7de Laan is an extraordinary microcosm where good and bad, evil and wholesome characters find themselves forming part of a wholesome community where no matter what – everyone counts and everyone cares…...
Donkerland
Character: Pieter de Witt
The story is set in the mountains of Kwazulu-Natal on the farm Donkerland. It follows the lives and times of seven generations of the De Witt family, from the Groot Trek in 1838 until 1996....
Geraamtes In Die Kas
Character: Adriaan Vermaak Jnr
Geraamtes in die Kas (Skeletons in the Closet) is a South African, Afrikaans-language psychological drama television series created by Luke Rous and Joshua Rous, produced by Rous House Productions and set in the world of four psychiatrists and psychologists as they balance their chaotic lives with patients, families and careers, while maintaining their own sanity....
Difficult People
Character: Felix's Friend
Life is really tough for Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, two thirty-something aspiring comics living and working in New York City. While their friends and acquaintances move on to find success and love, they continue to struggle with careers and relationships, getting more bitter by the day....
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Die Ongelooflike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom
Character: Beyers
Based on the favourite Afrikaans children's novel, Hanna is 14 going on 15 and is part of a rather unconventional family. They go on holiday to the Cederberg for a family reunion, which leads to plenty of surprises and reconciliation. Hanna is an intelligent and imaginative young girl who's earned herself the nickname "Hoekom," because she's forever questioning things. When her eccentric mother decides that the family – including her gay biological dad, actor stepfather, detestable half-brother...
Tarzan and the Lost City
Character: Schiller
Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction....
Zoop in Afrika
Character: Cornelis De Groot
Het is het einde van het schooljaar, ook voor de rangers van de dierentuin. Maar...niet voor lang: de rangers gaan via een uitwisselingsprogramma naar het kleurrijke Afrika. Ze mogen meehelpen in het Wildpark, om bedreigde diersoorten te verzorgen en te beschermen. Als hun vliegtuig neerstort stranden ze midden in de rimboe. Zonder telefoon, voedsel of hulp. Ze zijn overgeleverd aan de wetten van de natuur. Al snel merken de rangers dat het in de natuur heel anders aan toe gaat dan in de dierent...
City of Blood
Character: Stoltz
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life....
Vehicle 19
Character: Detective Smith
A parolee becomes the target of a massive police manhunt after inadvertently picking up a rental car with a female whistleblower tied up in the trunk. Now, as the police attempt to silence the woman before she can testify about the city's rampant corruption, the ex-con who just regained his freedom must defend her life, and clear his own name....
Kalahari Harry
Character: Pilot
Kalahari Harry is a noble story of the plight of the Kalahari bushman in their struggle for land and survival. A rich Johannesburg business man Mr. Kowalski is sent to the Northern Cape (home of the indigenous bushman), to asses the potential of building a state-of-the-art casino. Kalahari Harry, a member of the local Bushman tribe is decidedly opposed to this corporate move and sets into motion a series of ingenious plans to prevent this from happening....
Traitors
Character: Kommandant van Aswegen
During the Boer War in South Africa, upon hearing that the British are planning a scorched earth policy, a respected Boer officer, who's also a loving father and husband, decides to go home and protect his wife and family instead of participating further in the war. The decision leads to a treason trial for him and his sons....
Jimmy in Pink
Character: Buks / Frederique
Jimmy in Pienk is a quirky comedy about Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation "mielie" farmer. Jimmy’s father suddenly dies in a freak accident, he is confronted by two loan sharks who come to collect what his father owes. Jimmy gathers the courage to leave his home and travel to Cape Town to seek help from his uncle, and he is not prepared for what awaits him....
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Character: President de Klerk
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa....
Bow Tie
Character: Herman de la Harpe
Don “Vossie” Vorster is a geeky bunny-hugger with a good heart. About to set off for Stellenbosch University, Vossie’s proud father hands him a box. Inside, he discovers a slightly tatty black bowtie. In a tradition passed down from generation to generation, the eldest son in the Vorster family is given the honour of wearing the bowtie when he finishes high school. Imbued with the courage to stand up for the things he cares about, he’s ready to take on courting the girl of his dreams....
Outer Space Love Story
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After an unspoken line is crossed, three women are forced to navigate strange passageways and painful secrets....
Die Ontwaking
Character: Abel Lotz
Abel is preparing for a special gift to himself on his 50th Birthday. He wants to find himself a new face, that of a beautiful young woman. Ella Nesser is the attractive, but inexperienced murder detective, in charge of the case to track down the serial killer who has been praying on the city's young woman. When Abel develops an obsession with not only her face, but also her tattooed skin - the Hunter becomes the Hunted....
Cronos
Character: Frank
In vacation with his girlfriend and his son, a father has to face an uncontrolled jealousy for the young boy....
Sophia & Josh
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Sophia, a high-class prostitute, attempts to induce an abortion in a hotel bathroom. When her pimp brother forces her back to work, she must find a way to hide her secret and keep her job at the same time....
The Stick
Character: Visser
A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn....
The Dwarves of Demrel
Character: Stahl
In this steampunk fantasy adventure, a collapse imprisons three dwarven miners who must now work collectively to combat starvation, despair, and a mysterious creature....
It Gets Better?
Character: Man
After drinking heavily and getting stuck in a YouTube hole of "It Gets Better" videos, a man reflects on his life and decides to tell his own story....
Testosterone: Volume One
Character: Man
The first volume in a collection of gay shorts from the four corners of the world that will set your pulse racing. From the intense effects of first love, to a deliciously campy tale of a camping trip gone horribly wrong. This collection includes: The End of My World [Mój koniec świata] (2017), The Surf Report (2016), It Gets Better? (2016), and Killer Friends (2017)....
To Catch a Mouse
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A horror thriller that puts an intelligent spin on marriage and excess....
Bastion
Character: Blind Butler
A college student suffering from memory loss discovers that he is on the verge of a major, scientific breakthrough, but he soon finds out that the one thing he's been searching for is the one thing he's been trying to forget....
Dangerous Ground
Character: Detective Sergeant
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men....