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Kaseran Pillay (born 5 January 1976), is a South African
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
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stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...
. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials and films ''Blitzpatrollie'', ''Mayfair'' and ''I Am All Girls''. Apart from acting, he is also a MC, stand-up comedian, voice artist, director and writer.


Career

He started to perform stand-up comedy since 1997 mainly at corporate functions. Then he joined the theater productions and performed in the stage plays such as ''Snow White and Several Dwarfs'', ''Hamlet'', ''My Cousing Brother'' and ''Abbamaniacs''. In 2005, he appeared in the SABC3 travel series ''Going Nowhere Slowly''. With the show became popular, he continued to play the role until 2007 as a regular cast. From 2005 to 2006, he worked as a Durban field presenter for the e.tv entertainment show ''The Showbiz Report''. Meanwhile, he played several drama to comedic roles in the television serials: ''Bay of Plenty'' (2007), ''The History of Bunny Chow from Uhuru Productions'' (2005-2007) and ''Innocent Times'' in 2008. In October in the same year, he played the role of 'Ricky' in the SABC2 comedy series ''On the Couch''. In 2008, he made his film debut with the supportive role 'Kunji Balanadin' in the international blockbuster '' Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past''. Then he played the role 'Deshi Naidoo' in the ''Blitzpatrollie'' in 2013. In the same year, he made a supportive role in the film ''Shotgun Garfunkel''. In 2017, he appeared in the critically acclaimed biographical film '' Kalushi: The story of Solomon Mahlangu'' with a supportive role 'Dawood'.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillay, Kaseran Living people South African male television actors 1976 births South African male film actors Male actors from Johannesburg South African male stage actors South African stand-up comedians African comedians