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Years active
  
1994–present

Name
  
Wikus Toit

Role
  
Actor



Full Name
  
Johannes Lodewikus Du Toit

Born
  
18 June 1972 (age 51) (
1972-06-18
)
Bethal, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Occupation
  
Actor, Writer, Academic

Education
  
Tshwane University of Technology

Nominations
  
Golden Horn Award for Best Actor in a TV Comedy

Movies and TV shows
  
Proesstraat, Semi‑Soet, Stander

Wikus du Toit (born 18 June 1972) is a South African actor, comedian, composer, and director.

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Background

He was born in Bethal on 18 June 1972 and went on to study drama at the Tshwane University of Technology where he completed a Masters Degree in Cabaret. He has appeared in numerous Afrikaans and English stage shows, films and television programs. In 2010 his play Kaptein Geluk was shortlisted for the Nagtegaal Playwriting Award. He is currently a full-time senior lecturer in Film Music and Composition at AFDA.

Live shows

His professional career started in 1996 with Ses (Six), for which he won the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival's (KKNK) Best Newcomer award.

  • In 2000 he was co-composer of the first Afrikaans musical, Antjie Somers. Antjie Somers won the Fleur de Cap in 2000 for Best Musical
  • In 2001 he won the FNB Vita Award for the best new performer by a new male performer in El Grande de Coca-Cola
  • In 2002 he won the FNB Vita Award for the best musical theatre male performer in play@risk
  • In 2003 he won the Nagtegaal Scriptwriting Competition for his cabaret 10 gesprekke oor die man wat nie wou huil nie.

    • Film appearances

  • A Drink in the Passage (2002) directed by Zola Maseko
  • Stander (2003)
  • A Case of Murder (2004)
  • Semi-soet (2012)

    • Television

  • Proesstraat in which he was part of the permanent cast (2010-2015)
  • Erfsondes Afrikaans drama series for SABC 2
  • Backstage the e.tv daily soap opera where he was the Musical Director from 2002-2005
  • Parlement Parlement Afrikaans comedy game show (2017)

    • Film scores composed

  • A Drink in the Passage (2002)
  • The Unforgiving (2010)
  • Roer Jou Voete (2015)

    • Written work

  • Ses (1996) Afrikaans cabaret about a contextualized 'modern' Creation-story
  • Stilettos (1997) Afrikaans cabaret about faith healing.
  • 10 Gesprekke oor die man wat nie wou huil nie (2003). Award-winning cabaret about the ten plagues set in a modern South African farm environment.
  • smallchange (2004) Nominated cabaret written for and performed by Elzabé Zietsman
  • Sing (2008) Afrikaans black comedy thriller set in the French court during the baroque period.
  • Kaptein Geluk (2009) Published play about abuse, relationships and personal growth.
  • Sirkus (2013) Commissioned play about a man-eating circus that invades a small town.
  • Roer Jou Voete (2015) 26 Episode Drama for Television broadcast on SABC3

    • References

    Wikus du Toit Wikipedia
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