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Gérard Rudolf is a Actor Sud africain born on 20 april 1966 at Pretoria (South africa)

Gérard Rudolf

Gérard Rudolf
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Nationality South africa
Birth 20 april 1966 (57 years) at Pretoria (South africa)

Gérard Rudolf is a South African Film actor and Poet. He started his career in 1992 with Arende II TV Series.



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Biography

Gérard Rudolf was born in Pretoria, South Africa on 20 April 1966. After completing high school in 1983 he did two years compulsory military service. In 1987 he joined the Drama school at the University of Pretoria where he graduated in 1989.

He then 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 Apartheid regime at the time, he also campaigned against the forced military conscription by the Government.

It was also in 1991 that he started developing an interest in film and appeared in numerous leads and supports over the next decade. In 1998 he became the youngest head of a drama school in the history of South African drama schools at CityVarsity in Cape Town.

He has worked with prolific actors such as Dennis Hopper(The Piano Player), Peter Weller(Styx) and Bryan Brown(Styx).

He left Cape Town and moved to India United Kingdom in 2002. But decided to move back in 2010. He currently continues his acting career in films, and also directs theater shows.

He is also a poet, and published his first collection of poetic writings in 2009, named "Orphaned Latitudes"


His mother tongue is Afrikaans, but he is also fluent in English and Dutch.



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Filmography of Gérard Rudolf (4 films)

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Layla Fourie, 1h30
Directed by Pia Marais
Origin German
Genres Thriller
Actors August Diehl, Rapulana Seiphemo, Jeanne Balibar, Gérard Rudolf
Roles Van Niekerk
Rating56% 2.81222.81222.81222.81222.8122
Layla, l'employée d'un casino sud-africain, est soupçonnée de meurtre.
Mountains of the Moon, 2h28
Directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Dev, Gérard Rudolf, Laboni Sarkar
Roles Diego Alvarez
Rating63% 3.1976453.1976453.1976453.1976453.197645
Chander Pahar is the story of a young Bengali man's adventures, named Shankar Roy Chowdhury (Dev) in Africa in the years 1909-1910. Shankar Roy Chowdhury, the protagonist, is a 20-year-old man, recently completed his FA (First Arts)(graduation) and about to take up a job in a jute mill, a prospect he absolutely loathes.
Young Black Stallion, 48minutes
Directed by Simon Wincer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Richard Romanus, Gérard Rudolf
Roles Rhamon
Rating54% 2.739372.739372.739372.739372.73937
The film follows the adventures of Shetan, a young black Arabian colt. After a band of robbers separates a young Arabian girl named Neera (Biana Tamini) from her father, she finds herself alone in the desert. Before too long, a mysterious black colt comes to her rescue. The two quickly form a special bond, and the horse returns Neera to her grandfather. Once Neera is back home, the stallion disappears.
The Piano Player, 1h31
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Christophe Lambert, Dennis Hopper, Jeane Manson, James Faulkner, Gérard Rudolf, Diane Kruger
Rating43% 2.16522.16522.16522.16522.1652
Un tueur à gage dont les parents ont été tués en Afrique du Sud doit y retourner pour un contrat de garde du corps.