Dawid Minnaar

Dawid Minnaar Biographical Information

Qualifications:
University of Stellenbosch: Degree in Drama
University of Cape Town: Honours in Drama (Specialising in Acting)

Film:
‘Fiela se Kind’ (Fiela’s Child) (dir. Katinka Heyns). Lead role.
‘Nag van die Negentiende’ (Night of the Nineteenth) (dir. Koos Roetz: ) Supporting role

Television:
‘Die Sondaar’ (The Sinner). (dir. Annie Basson) Supporting role.
‘Koöperasie Stories’ (dir. Billy Egan) Lead role in an episode.
‘A Soldier’s Tale’ (dir. Tamara Semevsky) Lead role
‘Uitdraai’ (dir. Annie Basson). Lead role

Television Series:
‘Konings’ (Kings) (dir. David Lister) Lead role
‘Torings’ (Towers) (dir. Danie Joubert). Lead role
‘Amalia’ (dir. Katinka Heyns). Lead role

Soaps:
‘7de Laan’ (prod.Danie Odendaal) Principal, 4 years
‘Binnelanders’ (prod. Friedrich Stark). Principal, current

Theatre (local) (highlights):
‘Not about Heroes’ (dir. Keith Grenville). Lead
‘The Dybbuk’ (dir. Barney Simon). Lead
‘Diepe Grond’ (dir. Lucille Gillwald). Lead
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (dir. Esther van Ryswyk) Lead
‘Nag Generaal’ (dir. Lucille Gillwald). Lead
‘Superheroes’ (dir Claire Stopford). Lead
‘Flight’ (dir. Barney Simon). Lead
‘Whale Nation’ (dir. Gina Benjamin). One-man show
‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ (dir. Laurens Cilliers). Lead
‘Macbeth’. Title role
‘In a Different Light’ (dir Lindsay Reardon) Lead
‘Houd den Bek’ (dir. Ilse van Hemert). Lead
‘On the Open Road’ (dir. Ilse van Hemert) Lead
‘Hysteria’ (dir. Claire Stopford) Supporting role
‘Scenes from an Execution’ (Claire Stopford). Lead
‘Kafka Dances’ (dir. Claire Stopford) Title role
‘Speed the Plow’ (dir. Malcolm Purkey) Lead
‘Romeo en Julia’ (dir. Marthinus Basson) Lead
‘Kruispad’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Lead
‘Guga Mzimba’ (dir. Fiona Ramsay). Supporting Role
‘Prophet of the Waterberg’ (dir. Nicky Rebelo) Lead
‘Boklied’ (dir. Mathinus Basson) Lead
‘Johnny Cockroach’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Supporting role
‘Ek, Anna van Wyk’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Lead
‘Aars’ (dir. Marthinus Basson) Lead
‘Gert Garies’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Supporting role
‘Tango del Fuego’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Supporting role
‘Maria de Buenos Aires’ (dir. Marthinus Basson). Lead

Toured extensively internationally with the following William Kentridge and Handspring Puppet Company productions:
‘Faustus in Africa’. Title role
‘Ubu and the Truth Commission’. Title role
‘The Confessions of Zeno’. Title role

Awards (Theatre):
Best Actor:
‘Diepe Grond’
‘Nag Generaal’
‘Kafka Dances’
Best Supporting Actor:
‘Scenes from an Execution’
‘Ek, Anna van Wyk’

Official Website: none

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