Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), known as The Fully Sick Rapper in his first video series, is an actor, writer, director and

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from

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. He often collaborates with his brother, Connor Van Vuuren, and their

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is called Van Vuuren Bros.

Early life

Van Vuuren was born in 1982 at Sutherland Hospital in

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and grew up in Cronulla. His parents met in

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, his father a South African and his mother a

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Career

While Van Vuuren was placed in

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in a Sydney hospital for

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for six months in 2010, he gained fame via videos posted under the name The Fully Sick Rapper. He collaborated with his brother Connor Van Vuuren and

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on the web series ''

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''. In 2014 and 2016, along with Connor, he co-wrote, co-directed and starred with Boshier in the

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series '' Soul Mates''. He has featured in television programs such as

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's '' The Other Guy'',

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's ''

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'' and

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's '' Top of the Lake: China Girl''. He directed the feature film ''A Sunburnt Christmas'' (released on Stan in time for Christmas 2020). Van Vuuren co-wrote and presented the two-part documentary series ''Big Deal'', which was directed by

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and shown on ABC Television in 2021. It examined how

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work in Australia and their influence on

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Filmography

Film

Television

Quarantine and The Fully Sick Rapper

Van Vuuren's first quarantine period began when he started coughing up blood and an x-ray revealed a hole in his lung: he was admitted to hospital on 9 December 2009 and placed in isolation on 11 December 2009. This first period of quarantine ended on 2 January 2010. Van Vuuren was re-admitted on 18 January 2010 when his tuberculosis proved resistant to medication. He was finally released from quarantine on 28 June 2010 after producing videos about his experience in isolation. His videos recorded as ''The Fully Sick Rapper'' while quarantined received over two million hits and led to the

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(WHO) contacting him to help promote World Tuberculosis Day. During his time in quarantine, Christiaan and his brother Connor developed a 60-minute telemovie titled 'SICK!' which won the One80Project and was later produced and broadcast on MTV Australia. As of April 2010, his

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page had attracted over 14,000 likes.

Videos

As of 18 October 2019, Van Vuuren had 159 videos available on his YouTube channel. His web series ''

'' helped him reach over 31 million views. His stuntman brother helps him to write webisodes. In 2010, he presented "Rap-Up" of the week's local news for New Zealand's '' Campbell Live'' current affairs show.

Television

In 2014, Van Vuuren starred with

in the

series '' Soul Mates''. The two had previously collaborated on the web series ''Bondi Hipsters''. In September 2014 Van Vuuren was featured in an episode of the '' Australian Story'' documentary series. In 2016 he appeared in the

miniseries ''

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'', and starred in

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's '' Top of the Lake: China Girl'' in 2017. Van Vuuren was co-creator and co-star (with Adele Vuko) of the web series ''Over and Out'', which won "Best Short Form Series" at CanneSeries 2019. In 2021 he presented ''Big Deal'', a two-part documentary series on the political lobbying industry in Australia, directed by

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

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References

External links

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Early life

Career

Filmography

Film

Television

Quarantine and The Fully Sick Rapper

Videos

Television

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

See also

References

External links