Brendon Daniels (actor)

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Brendon Daniels is a South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the South African television series Vallei van Sluiers and Die Francois Toerien, and international productions Trackers (2020) and White Lies (2024), as well as films such as Four Corners (2013), Zulu, and I Now Pronounce You Black and White. He has also performed on stage many times.

Career

= Screen =

Brendon Daniels has starred in several series on South African television, such as Interrogation Room, Madam & Eve, Stellenbosch, Shooting Stars, Transito, Geraldina die Tweede, The Philanthropist, and League of Glory.{{cite web| url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=15452| title=Brendon Daniels Bio| publisher=tvsa| access-date=6 November 2020| archive-date=22 October 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022035331/https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=15452| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=https://www.thelegacyproject.co.za/2015/06/15/449-brendon-daniels-interview-actor/| title=Brendon Daniels Actor| publisher=The Legacy Project| access-date=6 November 2020| archive-date=22 October 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022101151/https://www.thelegacyproject.co.za/2015/06/15/449-brendon-daniels-interview-actor/| url-status=live}}

In 2013, he was invited to act in the kykNET crime anthology series Die Boland Moorde, where he played a lead role of warrant officer Shane Williams. In the same year, he acted in the blockbuster Four Corners, in which he plays Farakhan. The film received critical acclaim and later won awards at several international film festivals.{{cite web| url=https://www.plainsman.co.za/news/four-corners-actor-encourages-mitchells-plain-pupils| title=Four Corner's actor encourages Mitchell's Plain pupils| publisher=plainsman| access-date=6 November 2020| archive-date=28 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128045717/https://www.plainsman.co.za/news/four-corners-actor-encourages-mitchells-plain-pupils| url-status=live}}

In Trackers (2020), he played the role of South African crime writer Deon Meyer.{{cite web| url=https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/atypicalinterview-brendon-daniels-cant-wait-to-have-a-beach-day-47568961| title=Brendon Daniels can't wait to have a beach day| publisher=Independent Online and affiliated companies.| access-date=6 November 2020| archive-date=19 May 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519174223/https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/atypicalinterview-brendon-daniels-cant-wait-to-have-a-beach-day-47568961| url-status=live}}{{clarification needed |date=March 2025}}

In 2024 he played a lead role as detective Forty Bell in the crime drama series White Lies, alongside British actress Natalie Dormer.{{cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |title='Game Of Thrones' Star Natalie Dormer to lead South African thriller series 'White Lies' |website=Deadline |date=28 February 2023 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-to-lead-south-african-thriller-white-lies-1235274059/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509072715/https://deadline.com/2023/02/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-to-lead-south-african-thriller-white-lies-1235274059/ |url-status=live }}

Daniels has also featured in films, including The Young Lions, Heaven, Dollars and White Pipes, End of the Road, Fleisch, Master Harold and the Boys, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, The Abyss Boys, Agter die Berge, Black Butterflies, Four Corners, Zulu, and iNumber Number.

= Stage =

Daniels has performed in many stage plays, such as Die Generaal. Rooiland, Babbel and Lot. In 2012 he won the award for the Best Actor for his role in Rooiland at KKNK and kykNET Fiesta Awards.

He also acted in the plays Kho Khoi to Toi Toi, Ladies Night, Bacchus of die Boland, The Joseph and Mary Affair, Om Soos 'n Lyk te Le, Anthony and Cleopatra, Snuf in die Neus, and Skollies.

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleFilm/TVRef.
2005Dollar$ + White PipesArabFilm
2008End of the RoadLionelTV movie
2010I Now Pronounce You Black and WhitePastor KrotzFilm
2010Vallei van SluiersJP (Jean-Pierre) WillemseTV series
2011Vallei van Sluiers IIJP (Jean-Pierre) WillemseTV series
2011Die Boland MoordeShane WilliamsTV series
2013ZuluThug - Beach 1Film
2013LenteblomMarbasFilm
2013BeskermhereMarbasFilm
2013AvengedStakes - Stevland DanielsFilm
2013Four CornersFarakhanFilm
2015UitvluchtDenvorFilm
2016TessMerrickFilm
2016Cape TownGustav ZidaneTV series
2017Die Rebellie van Lafras VerweyGeorgeFilm
2017Sara se GeheimRicky BaatjiesTV series
2017KrotoaAutshumatoFilm
2017VersnelRonaldo PrinsFilm
2017Five Fingers for MarseillesSlim SixteenFilm
2017The ForgivenMosi XhasaFilm
2018Onder die SuiderkruisJazz NormingtonTV series
2018Thys & TrixCapt. SolomonsFilm
2018Cowboy DanDanFilm
2018ArendsvleiConstable KrigeTV series
2019FlatlandBillyFilm
2019Die SpreeusBen SaloorTV series
2020Sons of the SeaPetersonFilm
2020Riding with SugarGreen EyesFilm
2020Open Mike KnightJoeShort film
2020TrackersTV series
2021I Am All GirlsSamuel ArendseFilm
2024White LiesTV series

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