Chumani Pan

Chumani Pan (born 30 August 1985) is a South African actor. He is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Ashes to Ashes, Montana, 'woman king' and Shooting Stars.

Personal life Chumani Pan was born on 30 August 1985 in Eastern Cape, in the Soto location in Mooiplaas, South Africa. He studied acting at City Varsity film and Multimedia School.

Career In 2007, he made his television debut with the role "Loop-en-val Radebe" in the e.tv drama series Shooting Stars and appeared in all three seasons of the show until 2010. Meanwhile, he made a cameo role in an episode of the SABC2 sitcom Stokvel in 2007. In 2012, he made the lead role "Malusi" in the SABC1 drama serial Montana. as "Luxolo Dladla" in the kykNET drama series Projek Dina, and then as "a doctor" in the SABC3 medical drama serial Vutha. Apart from them, he made a guest role in an episode of the first season of SABC2 police procedural serial The Docket.

In 2015, he acted in the Ghanaian pan-African film Silver Rain with the role "Mark". For his role, he won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and nominated at the Eko International Film Festival. Apart from that, he also made supportive roles in the films such as Special Forces UK, Ella's Secret, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, End Game and Bakgat 3. Apart from cinema and television, he also made sporadic appearances in the theatre with the plays such as; Career Awareness and Destiny of Stone.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2007 Shooting Stars Loop-en-val Radebe TV series 2007 Stokvel Guest role TV series 2008 Special Forces Heroes Foday Kelley TV series documentary 2009 Endgame Youth #1 - Shabeen Film 2009 Ella's Mystery Ben TV movie 2009 Montana Malusi Ntshinga TV series 2010 Themba Zakes Film 2010 Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove Gate Guard Video 2010 I Now Pronounce You Black and White Patrick Muyambwo Film 2012 iNkaba Investigating Agent TV series 2013 Donkerland Gerald TV series 2013 The Road Warrior Mzi Thulo Short film 2013 Bakgat! tot die mag 3 Vusi Film 2014 Loxion Lyric Brian TV series 2015 Ashes to Ashes Monwabisi Namane TV series 2015 Silver Rain Mark Film 2017 Igazi Ntando TV series 2017 Isithembiso Whitey TV series 2016 The Kingdom Mayenzeke TV series 2018 The Docket Guest role TV series 2019 Shadow Richard TV series 2020 Generations Jonas TV series 2020 Vutha Dr Bhengu TV series 2020 Projek Dina Luxolo Dladla TV series 33 episodes 2021 Wounds Sonwabo Dube TV series 2021 Die Sentrum Muzi Gadluma TV series 2021 Atlantis Captain Grootboom Film 2022Blood & WaterStingTV Series