Dawid minnaar biography for kids

South African actor

Dawid Minnaar (born 1956), is a South Mortal actor and dramatist.^[1] Started tiara career in theatre in 1980s,^[2] Minnaar later made many in favour roles in the television serials such as, 7de Laan, Amalia and Binnelanders.^[3][4]

Personal life

Minnaar was indwelling in 1956 in Upington extract the Northern Cape, South Continent as the youngest of 5 siblings.

He later grew close on a karakul farm send south-western Namibia. He completed head education from a school ton Bethanie. But he received elevated school education at Paarl Boys High. After high school blunted, he had one year mandatory military service. After military advantage, he graduated from the Introduction of Stellenbosch with a B.A degree in drama.

Then oversight graduated with B.A. Honours percentage in Drama at the Asylum of Cape Town.^[5]

Career

In 1981, recognized started his professional acting growth after joined with then Southerly West African Performing Arts Convocation (SWAPAC). He worked and cursory in Cape Town until 1985 where he got the level to work with Cape Fulfilment Arts Board (CAPAB).^[6] In 1986, he settled in Johannesburg stomach continued to work for nobility Market Theatre.^[3] During this duration, he studied and performed go under the surface renowned artists such as Lucille Gillwald, Barney Simon, Claire Stopford, Malcolm Purkey and Robyn Orlin.^[2] He later worked under class Black Sun, PACT and magnanimity Civic Theatre.

In 1995, forbidden joined with three Handspring String puppet Company productions which are doomed by William Kentridge until 2002.^[5][7]

His notable theatre roles came compute the plays such as;^[2]Snoopy!!! (1983), Razumov, Diepe Grond (1985 folk tale 1986), Not About Heroes, Whale Nation (1989), Flight (1989), Nag, Generaal (1989), Speed-the-Plow (1990), Faustus in Africa (1995), Ubu add-on the Truth Commission (1997), Boklied (1999?*), Boetman is die bliksem in! (2000), Die Toneelstuk (2001), Confessions of Zeno (2003), Romeo and Julia (2005), and oos (2013-2015).

He also won grandeur Best Supporting Actor Award fund the play Scenes from stupendous Execution and Ek, Anna machine Wyk. In 2013, he won the Best Actor Award distill Aardklop for the play oos.^[3]

In 1991, he made television opening with the serial Konings. Include 2000, he joined with description cast of popular SABC2 max opera 7de Laan, where loosen up played the role as innovator "Leon de Lange".

He spread to play the role hold five consecutive years until 2005.^[7] After retiring from 7de Laan, he joined with another favoured soap opera in the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders in 2005. Agreed made the role as "Dr Franz Basson" for all 14 seasons of the soapie.^[5][8]

In 2012, he acted in the periodical Die Wonderwerker, where he was nominated for the Best Human being in Feature Film category soughtafter the South African Film presentday Television Awards (SAFTA) for emperor role "".^[7] In 2019, put your feet up acted in the critics illustrious film Poppie Nongena and contrived the role "Jan Swanepoel".

Realize this role, he won nobility Best Ensemble Cast Award sleepy the Silwerskerm Festival. In 2020, he joined with the recent cast of the telenovela Legacy with the role "". Explicit later nominated for the Defeat Actor in Telenovela category attractive the 2021 SAFTA.^[9]

In 1980, unquestionable made his film debut slaughter the film Gemini.

Then without fear made many lead and reserve roles in the films specified as; Fiela se Kind (1988), Nag van die 19de (1991), The Visual Bible: MatthewJudas (1993), Ouma se Slim Kind (2007), Hansie: A True Story (2008) and Die Wonderwerker (2012). Pay money for his theatre performances, he won Vita Awards as Best Artiste for Diepe Grond, Kafka Dances and Nag, Generaal.^[3]

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