Jamie Bartlett
Birthday: Born in 1966-07-09 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Deathday: 2022-05-23
James Bartlett was a British-born South African actor. After completing high school he trained in speech and drama at the University of Cape Town followed by post Graduate Masterclasses at Chrysalis Theater Acting School. Bartlett was best known for roles in the TV series Isidingo and Rhythm City, but also played various film and stage roles. He died suddenly of a heart attack in South Africa in 2022.
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Secrets of Silicon Valley
Character: Self - Presenter
tech writer Jamie Bartlett tries to uncover the dark reality behind Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world....
SA's Got Talent
Character: Judge
SA's Got Talent (also known as South Africa's Got Talent or shorten to SAGT) is a South African television show that's part of the Got Talent series. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each season received R500,000 (R250,000 in Seasons 1 to 5)....
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American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
Character: Segal
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas....
Ernest Goes to Africa
Character: Mr. Thompson
The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her....
Red Dust
Character: Dirk Hendricks
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid....
Prey
Character: Crawford
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions....
White Lion
Character: Richards
According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously born into that valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani, finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs. This young lion, whom will be known as Letsatsi, is cast from his pride and forced to embark upon a perilous journey of survival....
Piet's Sake
Character: Piete
A white employer swapping identities with his Black employee to experience each other's lives and whatever blessings and burdens they bring with....
Bravo Two Zero
Character: Ray
When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture and torture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border. Based on the true story of a British Special Forces unit behind enemy lines during the Gulf War, Bravo Two Zero explores the tragedies and triumphs of men taken t...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Character: James Gregory
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....
Nothing for Mahala
Character: Mike Harris
Nothing for Mahala is a comedic film that follows Ace (Thapelo Mokoena) into his deep and unpleasant hole of debt and financial woes. Ace who likes to play the part of the high flier is forced to get money from illegal loan sharks, which eventually lands him into some legal trouble. The result is Ace doing community service at an old age home, where much is learnt about finances, life and what really holds value....
A Private Life
Character: Dickie
Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea....
12 Days of Terror
Character: Michael Schleisser
July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws...
Beyond Borders
Character: Joss
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world....
Warhead
Character: Wilson
Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours....
Avenger
Character: Van Rensburg
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard 'Ricky' Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds. Ricky for a private Canadian war victims charity in Bosnia and went missing. Dexter discovers Ricky was beaten to pulp and drowned for no other crime then helping street boys from the other side b...
The Sandgrass People
Character: Dalmain Bart
The Sandgrass People is set in South Africa and tells the story of Dalmain, a man who gets wrongly accused of murder so goes on the run. When a local tribe helps him, he becomes embroiled in their plight too....
Sweet 'n Short
Character: Spookie Simpson
In South Africa, Sweet Coetzee wins an award for 20 years service as a sportscaster on his 40th birthday, beating his rival, pompous George "The Weasle" Weedle. After Sweet gets drunk one night at his birthday party, he misses a sportscast and his boss, Bryce Williams demotes him to interviewer and promotes Weedle. A subplot of the film are two robbers, "Bossy" and "Savage" who the main characters remain remotely unaware of as they are just a comic theme. Sweet pulls a prank on Weedle during a g...