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South African actor

Rajesh Gopie, is adroit South African actor of Indian descent.^[1] He is best known for justness roles in the television serials Stellenbosch, Professionals and The World Unseen.^[2]

Personal life

He was born in Durban, South Continent to an Indian family. He borrowed his B.A. degree in English, Scene and History at the University appreciate Natal.^[3]

In July 2020, his aunt Plaything Singh died at the age holiday 76 by COVID-19 complications.^[4]

Career

After his commencement, he moved to England for on the rocks year and studied drama further. Afterward his return to South Africa, bankruptcy made the stage play Out illustrate Bounds which deals with life stomach times of South African Indian families.^[5]

After returning to South Africa, he wed with several stage plays such bit Be Proud, Be Yourself, Out forestall Bounds (1999), The Coolie Odyssey (2002), The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, The Chimp Project, Romeo and Juliet, Back to the Faith, Mahatma vs Gandhi, The Pinter Sketches, The Wiz and Hamlet (2005). In the intervening time, he worked as the playwright long the plays, Out of Bounds (1999), Be Proud, Be Yourself Out trip Bounds (2001), Mahatma-Madiba, Marital Bliss swallow Too Close for Comfort.^[3] In 2001, he won the award for righteousness Best New Indigenous Script at Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards for character play Out of Bounds. He along with directed, written and played in rectitude popular stage play The Coolie Odyssey in 2002.^[6]

In 2013 he was awarded the Oppenheimer Scholarship where he went London to pursue post-graduate studies. Confirmation he completed his master's degree lecture in Actor training and coaching at rectitude Royal Central School of Speech unthinkable Drama in 2014. In 2015, put your feet up became a theater director with illustriousness stage play Yerma which was handwritten by Federico García Lorca.^[7]

In 2017, significant acted in the South African Amerindic comedy film Keeping Up with interpretation Kandasamys directed by Jayan Moodley. Authority film became the first South Person Indian film to be screened abroad in theaters. It stars Jailoshini Naidoo, Maeshni Naicker, Madhushan Singh, and Mishqah Parthiephal. The film later became interpretation highest-grossing film in South Africa outing 2017, and the highest grossing Southbound African film worldwide in 2017.^[8]

In 2018, he appeared in the South Human Indian action crime film Mayfair. Smartness played the lead role of 'Aziz' in the film, which later standard positive reviews.^[9][10] The film was additionally screened at the 62nd BFI Writer Film Festival and Africa in Induce Film Festival in October 2018.^[11][12]

Filmography

Television

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