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South African actor

Brendon Daniels
BornBrendon Daniels
Cape Town, South Africa
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Brendon Daniels is a South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the South African television series Vallei van Sluiers and Die Francois Toerien, and international productions Trackers (2020) and White Lies (2024), as well as films such as Four Corners (2013), Zulu, and I Now Pronounce You Black and White. He has also performed on stage many times.

Career

Screen

Brendon Daniels has starred in several series on South African television, such as Interrogation Room, Madam & Eve, Stellenbosch, Shooting Stars, Transito, Geraldina die Tweede, The Philanthropist, and League of Glory.

In 2013, he was invited to act in the kykNET crime anthology series Die Boland Moorde, where he played a lead role of adjudant officer Shane Williams. In the same year, he acted in the blockbuster Four Corners, in which he plays Farakhan. The film received critical acclaim and later won awards at several international film festivals.

In Trackers (2020), he played the role of South African crime writer Deon Meyer.

In 2024 he played a lead role as detective Forty Bell in the crime drama series White Lies, alongside British actress Natalie Dormer.

Daniels has also featured in films, including The Young Lions, Heaven, Dollars and White Pipes, End of the Road, Fleisch, Master Harold and the Boys, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, The Abyss Boys, Agter die Berge, Black Butterflies, Four Corners, Zulu, and iNumber Number.

Stage

Daniels has performed in many stage plays, such as Die Generaal. Rooiland, Babbel and Lot. In 2012 he won the award for the Best Actor for his role in Rooiland at KKNK and kykNET Fiesta Awards.

He also acted in the plays Kho Khoi to Toi Toi, Ladies Night, Bacchus of die Boland, The Joseph and Mary Affair, Om Soos 'n Lyk te Le, Anthony and Cleopatra, Snuf in die Neus, and Skollies.

Filmography

Year Title Role Film/TV Ref.
2005 Dollar$ + White Pipes Arab Film
2008 End of the Road Lionel TV movie
2010 I Now Pronounce You Black and White Pastor Krotz Film
2010 Vallei van Sluiers JP (Jean-Pierre) Willemse TV series
2011 Vallei van Sluiers II JP (Jean-Pierre) Willemse TV series
2011 Die Boland Moorde Shane Williams TV series
2013 Zulu Thug - Beach 1 Film
2013 Lenteblom Marbas Film
2013 Beskermhere Marbas Film
2013 Avenged Stakes - Stevland Daniels Film
2013 'Four Corners Farakhan Film
2015 Uitvlucht Denvor Film
2016 Tess Merrick Film
2016 Cape Town Gustav Zidane TV series
2017 Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey George Film
2017 Sara se Geheim Ricky Baatjies TV series
2017 Krotoa Autshumato Film
2017 Versnel Ronaldo Prins Film
2017 Five Fingers for Marseilles Slim Sixteen Film
2017 The Forgiven Mosi Xhasa Film
2018 Onder die Suiderkruis Jazz Normington TV series
2018 Thys & Trix Capt. Solomons Film
2018 Cowboy Dan Dan Film
2018 Arendsvlei Constable Krige TV series
2019 Flatland Billy Film
2019 Die Spreeus Ben Saloor TV series
2020 Sons of the Sea Peterson Film
2020 Riding with Sugar Green Eyes Film
2020 Open Mike Knight Joe Short film
2020 Trackers TV series
2021 I Am All Girls Samuel Arendse Film
2024 White Lies TV series

References

  1. ^ "Brendon Daniels Bio". tvsa. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. "Brendon Daniels Actor". The Legacy Project. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Brendon Daniels can't wait to have a beach day". Independent Online and affiliated companies. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "Four Corner's actor encourages Mitchell's Plain pupils". plainsman. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. Goldbart, Max (28 February 2023). "'Game Of Thrones' Star Natalie Dormer to lead South African thriller series 'White Lies'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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