Arno Greeff is a South African actor. On television, he is known for his roles in '' Getroud met rugby: Die Sepie'' (2016–2018), the

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series '' Blood & Water'' (2020–), season 2 of ''

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'' (2021–), and ''

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'' (2022).

Early life

Greeff is from

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. Originally into sports, he discovered drama through school at the age of 16. He matriculated from

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in 2013.

Career

Greeff made his acting debut in the 2012 feature film ''Verraaiers''. The year after matriculating, Greeff made his television debut in the kykNET soap opera ''

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'' as Krige Vos, a recurring character he would play for 2 seasons. He starred in the 2015 surfing film ''

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''. Greeff landed his first main role as Thomas "Tommie" Bekker in the 2016 soapie revival of the kykNET sports series ''

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'' by Deon Opperman. He exited the soap in 2018. Greeff played the older version of Texan opposite

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as the titular character of ''Vaselinetjie'' in 2017. Greeff appeared alongside van Eeden again in the 2020 film ''Vergeet my nie''. He had a supporting role in the 2019 miniseries ''Tydelik Terminaal''. As of 2020, Greeff stars as Chris Ackerman in the

English-language teen mystery '' Blood & Water''. The following year, he joined the cast of ''

'' on

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for its second season as Ben and starred in the film ''Briefly'' ( af, Vlugtig), a feature-length version of the 2017 short film of the same name. In 2022, he starred as warrant officer Regardt Snyman in the adaptation of ''

'', which also aired on M-Net followed by an international release on

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Personal life

Greeff married Iluska Nagy on 13 October 2022.

Filmography

Film

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Television

References

External links

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