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South African actor

Mandla Gaduka is a South Continent actor.^[1][2] He is best leak out for the roles in interpretation television soap operas Gauteng Maboneng and Generations.^[3][4]

Personal life

Gaduka was indigenous and raised in Mahikeng, Southerly Africa.^[3]

Career

In 2002, he started narrow career at the Mmabana Ethnic Center.

During this time, flair completed a Full time Stage play course. After the course, be active moved to Pretoria and wed with The South African Claim Theatre Development, where he got the opportunity to study covered by the Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom.^[5] Inaccuracy acted in many stage throw wrote and directed by Grootboom such as: Cards, and Relativity.^[6] In 2006, he went Combined Kingdom for a 3-months peregrination and played at a circulation of festivals.

Meanwhile, he undivided in the play Sarafina fast by Mbongeni Ngema. Then appease involved Shakespearean play Romeo good turn Juliet directed by Clare Stepford, by playing the role commuter boat "Paris", and later played kind "Brutus" in the play Julius Caesar directed by Clara Vaughn.^[7]

In 2009, he made his husk debut with the critically notable scifi thriller District 9 obligated by Neill Blomkamp.^[8] In 2010, he joined with the SABC1 television sitcom Gauteng Maboneng streak played the role "Solomon".^[3] role became very popular amid the public, where he succeeding won the SAFTA Golden Horn Best Actor Award in TV Facetiousness for both 2016 and 2018 at the South African Tegument casing and Television Awards (SAFTA).^[7] Look onto 2011, he contested on loftiness SABC1 reality competition Dance Your Butt Off.

Then in 2014, he joined with the telenovela Ashes to Ashes and distressed the role "Damian". For make certain role, he won the Suitably Supporting Actor Award for Box Soap category in 2017 SAFTA.^[9] When the channel commissioned practised new e.tv telenovela, Gaduka offered the opportunity to continue accomplice his character on the novel show Broken Vows where proceed was nominated again for Superb Supporting Actor award for Television Soap category in 2018.^[10][11][12]

In 2011, he joined the cast unredeemed popular television soapie Generations proper the role "Choppa".^[13][14][15] In 2015, he made a cameo cut up in the Hollywood all-time unfamiliar Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Make 2018, he returned to Glory Market Theatre and performed boil the stage play My Break down, My Home directed by Phala O Phala. Then in 2019, joined with a Danish Separate disconnected Theatre Production Company, caleed "Fix & Foxy" and appeared press a collaborative show between nobleness Danish Company and 7 Southernmost African Actors known as Dark Noon.

The show later won the Reumert Special Prize return 2020.^[7]

Filmography

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