
Yizo Yizo

Jerusalema
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Biographical
Information
HEIGHT: 1.78
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black
LANGUAGES: North Sotho, Zulu, South Sotho, Shangaan,
English
FILM
Blood Diamond - Featured - dir. Edward Zwick – Warner Bros.
Jerusalem - Support - dir. Ralph Ziman
TELEVISION
Place called home - Lead - dir. Akin Omotoso
Zero Tolerance II - Series - Support - dir. Hilary Bletcher
Yizo Yizo I - Series - Support - dir. Tebogo Mahlatsi & Angus
Gibson
The Portrait Drawing Room - Lead - dir. Tebopgo Mahlatsi
THEATRE
Stand in the Sun - dir. Barbie Rubin - Theatre on the Square
Hola Majita Anti crime production - dir. Thulani Didi - Positive
Art Society
Papa Joe’s Shebeen Workshopped by 95/96 students - dir. Bruce
Laing - Market Theatre Laboratory
Bunju Workshopped by 95/96 students - dir. Pule Hlatshwayo –
Market Theatre Laboratory
AWARDS
1999 Avanti Award for Best Supporting Actor “Yizo Yizo”
TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Market Theatre Laboratory Fieldworker
Running workshops in the community theatre groups offering basic
theatrical skills
Post-school training with Barney Simon and John Kani at the
Market Theatre Laboratory
Matriculated from Mashishing Secondary School in 1994 |