Louis Minnaar

Louis Minnaar

História

Louis Minnaar is a South African actor best known for his television roles as Wynand de Kock in the SABC2 drama series Erfsondes and as Pieter Terre'Blanche in the SABC3 drama-turned-telenovela High Rollers. He studied for a National Diploma: Performing Arts at Pretoria Technikon from 1979 to 1982, whereupon he landed a one-year contract at the now-defunct performing arts council PACOFS, where he played a number of roles in repertory theatre in 1983. He worked as a translator at the SABC from 1988 to 2000, working as an actor and voice artist at the SABC. He has been a freelance actor, voice artist and scriptwriter since 2005. He played the role of Nick Dekker in the SABC2 mini-series Huis van Liefde in March 2008. Other television series he has acted in include Dryfsand, Amalia, Begeertes, Justice for All, 7de Laan, Binnelanders, Kruispad, Scandal!, 90 Plein Street, Pandjieswinkelstories and Bloedbroers. Louis has also acted in a number of feature films including District 9, Getroud Met Rugby, Winnie Mandela, Heart and Soul, Blitzpatrollie and Semi-Soet. In 2013 he landed the recurring role of Pieter Terre'Blanche, the head of security who is a recovering gambling addict. The role was upped to a series regular for Season 2 when the show changed from a weekly drama to a telenovela in 2015.

Perfil

Louis Minnaar

Filmes

The Harvesters
Tienus
África do Sul, região do Estado Livre, fortaleza isolada para a cultura da minoria étnica branca do Afrikaans. Nesse território agrícola conservador, obcecado pela força e masculinidade, Janno é diferente, reservado, emocionalmente frágil. Um dia, sua mãe, ferozmente religiosa, leva para casa Pieter, um órfão de rua endurecido que ela quer salvar, e pede que Janno transforme esse estranho em seu irmão. Os dois rapazes começam uma luta pelo poder, herança e amor dos pais.
An Elephant's Journey
Blake Von Stein
A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.
Dirty Laundry
Goty
Wim and Kevin work at a laundromat. By day, things are boring, but when the sun sets they party in their clients’ clothes. During a party, they discover a chopped-off finger in a client’s suit’s jacket. The underhanded owner of the finger, his sons, and a ruthless traitor are hot on Wim and Kevin’s heels and have no regard for their safety.
Semi Sweet
Andries De Villiers
Jaci van Jaarsveld will do everything in her power to stop the advertising company where she works to be taken over by a ruthless businessman known as 'The Jackal'. Her only hope for a big contract to save their company is a wine estate that markets wines to international markets. Easier said than done, especially if the winegrower requires the person to promote his wine to be in an established relationship. In desperation Jaci decided to hire a model pretending to be her fiance. She took the first attractive man walking through their offices send by the modeling agency. Everything seems to be going smooth with the meeting with the winegrower until he invites Jaci and her fiance to visit the winery for the weekend and to compete against their opposition for the contract. And who is the opposition? Jaci's ex-fiance, Mark Rossouw. Just when Jaci think she’s in full control she realized that her ‘fiance’, JP, is the very 'Jackal' who tried to sink their company.
Invictus
Springbok Coach
Recentemente eleito presidente, Nelson Mandela tinha consciência que a África do Sul continuava sendo um país racista e economicamente dividido em decorrência do apartheid. A proximidade da Copa do Mundo de Rúgbi, pela primeira vez realizada no país, fez com que Mandela resolvesse usar o esporte para unir a população. Para tanto, chama para uma reunião Francois Pienaar, capitão da equipe sul-africana, e o incentiva para que a seleção nacional seja campeã.
Distrito 9
Piet Smit
Há vinte anos, uma nave extraterrestre apareceu sobre a Terra. Os Humanos esperavam um ataque hostil ou observar grandes avanços tecnológicos. Em vez disso, encontraram um grupo de não-humanos refugiados, possivelmente os últimos sobreviventes da sua espécie. Enquanto as Nações de todo o Mundo discutiam sobre o que fazer com eles, as criaturas foram relegados para um gueto - Distrito 9. A Multi-National United (MNU), uma empresa de segurança privada, e também a maior fabricante de armas do Mundo foi contratada para supervisionar os visitantes. O verdadeiro objectivo da MNU é descobrir o segredo para a activação das armas mais poderosas, que requerem o DNA dos não-humanos. O clima de tensão entre os não-humanos e os humanos surge quando um agente de campo da MNU, Wikus van der Merwe, contrai um vírus misterioso que começa a converter o seu próprio DNA.
The Stick
Platoon Captain
A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.
Van der Merwe PI
Karl Snyder
South African beauty and former Miss World, Anneline Kriel stars in this action comedy about Van der Merwe, a struggling private eye. The detective’s bad luck seems set to change when drug lord Jack Barnard hires him to find Barnard’s missing girlfriend, Angel Labuschagne.
Wild Maneuvres
Maj. Murray
Military-Comedy. Sequel to "Boetie gaan border toe". Boetie (Translated into English as 'Buddy' or "Brother") wants to win his girlfriend Liza back, who just dumped him. With the help of some money, he engineers that she is assigned as reporter to the planned manoeuvres, where he would love to impress her. However, things turn out different as Buddy and his comrades are assigned to do the manual labour during the manoeuvres, and the arrogant Captain humiliating them turns out to be Liza's new boyfriend. But when a bunch of criminal madmen disturb the manoeuvre and take a hostage, it is up to Buddy and his comrades to rescue the hostage, their honour - and the girl's love.