Nyaniso Dzedze

{{Short description|South African actor and singer}}

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| birth_name = Nyaniso Ntsikelelo Dzedze

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = South Africa

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| nationality = South African

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dancer|choreographer| actor| singer

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| known_for = Ashes to Ashes

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Nyaniso Ntsikelelo Dzedze (born 13 September 1988) is a South African performing artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and singer.{{Cite web|title = Breathing life into his character {{!}} IOL|url = http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/tv-radio/breathing-life-into-his-character-1.1816964|website = IOL|access-date = 2016-01-27}} He is best known for his lead role as adult Simba in Beyoncé's Disney release Black Is King.{{Citation|title=Black Is King|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt12607910/|access-date=2020-08-04}}

Born in 1986 and raised in Johannesburg, his South African television debut was with his role as Tsietsi Namane on e.tv soapie Ashes to Ashes.{{Cite web|title = Nyaniso Dzedze {{!}} TVSA|url = http://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=17138|website = www.tvsa.co.za|access-date = 2016-01-27}}{{Cite web|title = Ashes To Ashes {{!}} e.tv|url = http://www.etv.co.za/ashes-ashes|website = www.etv.co.za|access-date = 2016-01-27}}{{Cite web|title = Hear Me Move premiere sets social media in motion|url = http://drum.co.za/celebs/hear-me-move-premiere-sets-social-media-in-motion/|website = DRUM|access-date = 2016-01-27}}{{Cite web|title = Nyaniso Ntsikelelo Dzedze likes to move it|url = http://citizen.co.za/227233/he-likes-to-move-it/|website = The Citizen|access-date = 2016-01-27|first = Michelle|last = Loewenstein}}

He was also recognized for his lead role as Muzi in Hear Me Move - South Africa's first dance movie.{{Citation|title=Hear Me Move|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3303444/|access-date=2020-07-31}}

He received a nomination for Most Promising Actor at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

His wife Yana Fay Dzedze is German.{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201606061094.html | title=South Africa: Minister Nathi Mthethwa Congratulates Youth Involved With "Hear Me Move" Film | publisher=allafrica.com | accessdate=7 June 2016}}