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Dan Robbertse

Birthplace
Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation
Actor, Fight Choreographer, Director, Education Officer, Head Of Drama, Lecturer, Dialect Coach
Alma Mater
Wits University

Biography

EARLY LIFE

Dan Robbertse holds a BA Dramatic Arts Honours Degree from Wits University where he majored in Acting and Directing.

CAREER

After graduating, he worked in several capacities in the entertainment industry. In 1991, he was appointed by John Kani and Barney Simon as the first Education Officer of The Market Theatre Laboratory, a position he held for 23 years. During his tenure, the institution was awarded the ACT President’s award for Excellence in Arts Education. Dan was responsible for facilitating multiple cultural exchanges to the United States, Sweden, and the UK. Internationally, he has performed on stage in the Royal National Theatre’s Titus Andronicus and the acclaimed TRC play The Story I Am About to Tell. After leaving the Lab in 2014, he took a position for one year as Head of Drama at The National School of the Arts in Johannesburg. Since 2015, he has been a Senior Lecturer in Live Performance at AFDA Johannesburg. Alongside his passion for education, Dan has continued to work professionally as an actor in over 50 films and TV series, including recent feature film appearances in An Act of Defiance and Kalushi, and on television in Scandal and Warrior. He also worked as a dialect coach for the film Duma (2005).

PERSONAL LIFE

He holds a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Karate.

Filmography

No filmography available for this person yet.

Box Office

Weekly Top Grossing
1

3 Cold Dishes

₦5,331,351.00

Week 51
2

Gingerrr

₦12,727,775.00

Week 47
3

Gingerrr

₦21,139,500.00

Week 46
4

The Herd

₦16,977,673.00

Week 46
5

3 Cold Dishes

₦15,261,240.00

Week 46

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