Career
He is perhaps best known internationally for roles in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Beauty (Skoonheid). He has appeared in both Englishand Afrikaans-language productions. Lotz lives in Cape Town with his family, traveling for work to Johannesburg and other locations in South Africa.
Prior to becoming an actor, Lotz worked as a hotelier.
Early in his career, Lotz acted in commercials. In 2011, he had the starring role in Beauty (Skoonheid), directed by Oliver Hermanus, which became South Africa"s submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2011 Academy In 2012, Lotz also was named Best Actor in a Feature Film for his role in Beauty at the South African Film and Television Lotz played the role of Kobie Coetzee in the 2013 feature Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
He was nominated for a 2015 SAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Other notable films Lotz has appeared in include Musiek vir die Agtergrond (2013), Winnie Mandela (2013), "Master Harold".
. and the Boys (2010), and Proteus (2003).
Lotz has starred in South African, European, and North American television productions, including The Book of Negroes (2015), Wallander (2015), When We Were Black (2014), and Flight of the Storks (2012). Lotz has appeared in a number of South African theatre productions, including Liefde, Anna with noted South African actress Sandra Prinsloo. An Afrikaans-language version of Anton Chekhov"s The Seagull.
And Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders, a translation of Bertolt Brecht"s Mother Courage.
The actor was nominated in 2008 for Best Actor for his role in the play Wrestlers at the Fleur du Cap Theatre.
