Education
University of Pretoria.
University of Pretoria.
After attending numerous schools across South Africa in Worcester, Benoni, Hermanus and Middelburg, he matriculated from Silverton High School in Pretoria in 1978. He started studying law in 1979 at the University of Pretoria but soon lost interest and joined the South African Defence Force in 1980, where he played in an army marching band. Upon leaving the service, he dated a female drama student and became interested in acting as a career option.
The following two years he worked for Protecting and Caring Together (Performing Arts Council Transvaal) and acted in productions such as Spring awakening and Caspar in my tuin.
He also acted alongside fellow South African actor Arnold Vosloo in a full-length feature film called Boetie gaan border toe, but gained popularity in an Afrikaans sitcom called Orkney Snork Nie, created by Willie Esterhuisen, playing a character named Ouboet van Tonder. Later he starred in a television drama series The Big Time as Chris Karedes, a Cypriot emigrant.
In 1993 he moved to America for a few years but later returned to South Africa to become co-owner of a Jazz club called Bassline in Johannesburg. He also released a rock album called Serial Boyfriend.
In the following years he participated in various projects, amongst others Gauteng-Aleng, a sitcom where he worked once again alongside Willie Esterhuisen.
He also appeared in Dryfsand, an Afrikaans television drama written by Postgraduate du Plessis. After twelve years he finally returned to the theatre and presently stars in Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter, a one-man show written for him by Dana Snyman.