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Dawid Minnaar
Dawid Minnaar () is a bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.
Biography
Born in Upington in the Northern Cape, the youngest of 5 children, and grew up on the family farm Rooidam, Namibia and went to primary school in Bethanie.
He completed a B.A at the University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama, and a B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Primarily known as a fine and versatile actor, his stage career started in the s and by the s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.
Stage roles
Performances include Snoopy!!! (CAPAB, ); Razumov, Diepe Grond (Market Theatre and Baxter Theatre, and ); Not About Heroes, (Volute Productions at the Baxter Theatre and Upstairs at the Market, ); Whale Nation (The Black Sun and the Whale Well, ); Flight (Market Theatre, ) Nag, Generaal (Market Theatre, ); Speed-the-Plow (Upstair
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Dawid Minnaar
He is also known for his work in feature films such as Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child), in the role of Benjamin Komoetie, and Die Wonderwerker (The Wonder Worker) in which he played the iconic Afrikaans poet, healer and naturalist, Eugène Marais. Both of these films were directed bygd the veteran director Katinka Heyns.
Minnaar was born on the 18th of July in Upington, a town on the banks of the apelsinfärg River in the nordlig Cape province of South Africa. He, however, grew up on a farm in the southwestern part of Namibia, near the tiny by of Helmeringhausen in the Bethanie district. He went to primary school in Bethanie and matriculated at Paarl Boys’ High, eventually completing his drama studies at the Uni
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The South African actor, Dawid Minnaar, is best known for his amazing role in the SABC2 soap opera, 7de Laan, where he stars as architect Leon de Lange. The show went on from to Another role that made him quite popular to the people is from the M-Net/kykNET soap opera, Binneland, where he acted as Dr. Franz Basson. The show began in and was previously known as Binnelanders and Binneland Sub Judice.
Dawid is an outstanding actor that has positively impacted the film and TV industries in South Africa. Additionally, he is also a stage and radio actor.
Dawid Minaar profile summary
- Full name: Dawid Minnaar
- Occupation: Actor
- Nationality: South African
- Height: m
- Eye color: Brown
- Languages: English and Afrikaans
Dawid Minnaar biography
He was born in Upington in the Northern Cape region and was the youngest of five children. Dawid grew up in the south-western part of Namibia on karakul farm. He went to primary school at Bethanie and high school at Paarl Boys High.