Christo Davids

Christo Lloyd Davids (born 20 August 1983) is a South African filmmaker and actor. He is known for his roles in the films Forgiveness, Ernest in the Army and A Boy Called Twist. He is also the Artistic Director of Cape Heart Theatre Company.

Personal life Davids was born in Simon's Town, Cape Town. Until the age of nine, he lived in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain. After that, he relocated to Heidelberg and lived with his late grandfather Goliath Davids. The couple have two children; the elder child Elijah was born in 2016.

Career Davids was 11 when he began his career in the series Onder Engele as Dial September in 1994. For the role, he was nominated for the Artes Award for the Best Actor in a TV series in 1996. He then appeared in Hagenheim: Streng Privaat. In 1998, he made his film debut with the supporting role of Ben-Ali in the film Ernest in the Army.

In 2008, he joined the cast of the SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan as Errol Pieterse, a role he would play for nine years. In 2010, he wrote the short film Bullets Over Bishop Lavis, which received critics acclaim, premiered at the KKNK 2011 and later ran at the Baxter Theatre in March 2011. In 2014, he appeared in the films Boy Called Twist and Forgiveness.

In 2016, he began to direct some episodes of the soapie 7de Laan. As of 2019, he has directed 25 episodes in total. In 2020, he directed 26 episodes of Takalani Sesame. That same tear, he produced the tribute play Van Wyk, The Storyteller of Riverlea, based on the life of late writer, political activist and poet Chris Van Wyk. In 2021, he wrote the script of two direct-to-video films Nagvrees and Krismisboks.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1994 Onder Engele Dial September TV series 1996 Meeulanders Donovan TV series 1996 Hagenheim: Streng Privaat Brandon TV series 1998 Ernest in the Army Ben-Ali Film 2000 Kamante TV movie 2003 Shooting Bokkie Christo Film 2003 Shooting Bokkie Bokkie TV series 2004 Forgiveness Ernest Grootboom Film 2004 Boy Called Twist Noah Film 2004 The Eastern Bride Ahmed Razzaq Video 2005 Dollar$ + White Pipes Angelo Film 2008-17 7de Laan Errol Pieterse, Director TV series 2010 Bullets Over Bishop Lavis Writer Short film 2012 Erfsondes Mephistopheles TV series 2018 Dominee Tienie Hanse Film 2020 Takalani Sesame Director TV series 2021 Spoorloos 3 Jason TV series 2021 Nagvrees Writer TV movie 2021 Krismisboks Writer TV movie