Thabo Gabriel Malema (born 26 December 1985), 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 ...
.
He is best known for the roles in the films and television serials: ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'', ''Single Guys'' and ''Strike Back''.
Personal life
He was born on 26 December 1985 in Mabopane,
Gauteng
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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
,
Johannesburg
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. He completed education from Maryvale college. Then he studied film at South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA). He also followed a communication and language degree at UNISA.
In 2010, he travelled to Uganda and Niger and worked on the Airtel mobile company.
Career
He started acting career in 2006 without prior acting background. He then produced the historical film, ''
Kalushi
''Kalushi'' is a 2016 South African film about Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a nineteen-year-old hawker from the streets of Mamelodi, a township outside Pretoria in South Africa. He was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956, the second son of Martha M ...
''.
The film revolves around the story of a young boy, Solomon Mahlangu, who joins the South African Liberation movement after being beaten by apartheid police officers. In theater, he played in the stage plays such as ''All Balls'', ''Umuzi ka Vusi'' and ''Woza Albert''. In 2015, he nominated for the Golden Horn Award of Best Actor in a lead role at South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) for his role as ''Khaya'' in the film ''Single Guys''.
However, he is best known for appearing on Agent as Vuyo and on Ashes to Ashes as Young Selogilwe Namane.
Apart from cinema and theater, he also appeared in Television productions such as ''The Lab'' and ''Room 9'', ''Single Guys'', ''Gold Diggers'' and ''Lithapo''. Meanwhile, he collaborated with international Hollywood movies such as ''Primeval Kill'', ''10 000 BC'' and ''A Million Colors''.
In August 2020, he starred in the sex comedy film ''
Seriously Single'' co-directed by Katleho Ramaphakela and Rethabile Ramaphakela. It was released on July 31, 2020 on
Netflix
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.
Television serials
* ''Lithapo'' - season 1
* ''Gold Diggers'' - season 1 and 2
* ''The Lab'' – season 2
* ''Strike Back'' – season 2
* ''
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' is a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana and featuring the character Mma Precious Ramotswe. The series is named after the first novel, published in 1998. Twenty-two novels have been p ...
'' – season 1
* ''The Professionals Single Guys'' – season 1
* ''
The River'' - season 1 and 2
* ''Room 9'' - season 1
* ''Easy Money'' – season 1
* ''Jacob's Cross'' – season 5
* ''Gauteng Maboneng'' - s
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
South African film actors
South African television actors
1985 births
People from Gauteng