David Dennis (born 17 May 1960) is a South African actor. He is best known for his role as Sol in the

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TV series ''Soul City''. Dennis also played a significant role in the TV series ''

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'', as police detective Sew Sew Tukarrs. Dennis also played a terrorist Abasi Sawalha in Strike Back: Project Dawn - Season 2. In total, Dennis has had roles in thirteen different television series. He has won many awards for his theatre, and musical theatre performances. Dennis has appeared in seven feature films, including: '' Red Dust'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He won Best Supporting Actor at the

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, in 2009, for his role as Jacob, in the feature film ''

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''. Jonathan Curiel, in his review of ''The World Unseen'', for the ''

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'', considered that: "...veteran South African actor David Dennis...gives the kind of steady, engaging, nuanced performance that is a hallmark of any compelling feature film". Dennis teaches acting at the

Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; af, Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and ...

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South African male stage actors Living people South African male television actors South African male film actors 1960 births Academic staff of Tshwane University of Technology {{SouthAfrica-actor-stub