Gérard Rudolf (born 20 April 1966) is a South African actor and poet. He began his career in 1992 with the series ''Arende II''.

Biography

Rudolf was born in

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. After completing high school in 1983 he did two years of compulsory military service. In 1987 he joined the Drama school at the

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where he graduated in 1989. Rudolf's first language is

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, but he is also fluent in English. He joined the CAPAB drama company for a year performing on stage in Shakespeare plays, comedies and dramas. He left the company in 1991 to start his own theater company called Makeshift Moon, specializing in original South African works. He received some notoriety as a gutsy actor and outspoken opponent to the

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regime at the time, he also campaigned against forced

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. It was also in 1991 that Rudolf developed an interest in film and appeared in roles over the next decade. In 1998, he became the head of drama at

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, a position he held until 2002. Rudolf left

in 2002 and moved to the

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. However, he decided to return to South Africa in 2010 and now lives in

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. As a poet, Rudolf published his first collection of poetic writings in 2009, titled ''Orphaned Latitudes''. He is also a photographer./http://peonymoon.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/poetic-writings-from-gerard-rudolfs-orphaned-latitudes

Filmography

Selected Filmography :

Bibliography

External links

References

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