Deon Lotz

Deon Lotz (born 20 July 1964) is a South African film, television, and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for roles in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Beauty (Skoonheid). He has appeared in both English- and Afrikaans-language productions.

Early life and career Lotz was born 20 July 1964 in Cape Town. He sang for the Drakensberg Boys Choir in his teenage years. Lotz is the second youngest of four children, having an older brother and sister and a younger brother. Prior to becoming an actor, Lotz worked as a hotelier. Beauty won the Queer Palm Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was the first Afrikaans-language film to be screened at Cannes. Lotz received the Best Actor award at the 2011 Zurich Film Festival for his performance in the film. In 2012, Lotz also was named Best Actor in a Feature Film for his role in Beauty at the South African Film and Television Awards.

Lotz played the role of Kobie Coetzee in the 2013 feature Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He was nominated for a 2015 SAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. Other notable films Lotz has appeared in include Musiek vir die Agtergrond (2013), Winnie Mandela (2013), "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys (2010), and Proteus (2003).

Television career Lotz has starred in South African, European, and North American television productions, including The Book of Negroes (2015), Wallander (2015), When We Were Black (2014), and Flight of the Storks (2012).

Theatre career Lotz has appeared in a number of South African theatre productions, including Liefde, Anna with noted South African actress Sandra Prinsloo; an Afrikaans-language version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull; and Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders, a translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage. Lotz won Best Supporting Actor awards for Die Seemeeu and Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders at the 2015 Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.

Awards Nominee, Best Actor, Wrestlers, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, 2008 Winner, Best Actor, Beauty, Zurich Film Festival, 2011 Winner, Best Actor - Feature Film, Beauty, South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), 2012 Winner, Best Supporting Actor, Faan se Trein, kykNET Silwerskeemfees, 2013 Winner, Best Supporting Actor, Die Seemeeu, Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, 2015 Winner, Best Supporting Actor, Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders, Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, 2015 Nominee, Best Supporting Actor - Feature Film, Faan se Trein, South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), 2015 Winner, Best Supporting Actor - TV Drama, When We Were Black, South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), 2016

Filmography

Feature films Year Title Role Notes 2003 Consequence Cop Proteus Governor 2004 Blast Pentagon CIA Representative 2007 Anner House Werner TV movie The World Unseen White Farmer 2008 Hansie: A True Story Rory Steyn 2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys Policeman 2011 Skoonheid François van Heerden Roepman Abram Rademan Winnie Mandela F.W. de Klerk 2012 Sleeper's Wake Roelf Venter 2013 Verraaiers Generaal Koos de la Rey Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Kobie Coetzee Four Corners Supt. Adams Musiek vir die Agtergrond Louis Cold Harbour Col. Venske 2014 Faan se trein Dr. André Dippenaar Kite Detective Prinsloo 2015 De(Con)Struction of Love Short Recovery Counsellor Short French Toast Izak le Roux The Man with the Heavy Leg Doctor Short Destination Short 'n Paw-Paw Vir My Darling Vleis Beeslaar 'n Man Soos My Pa Kolonel Nieuwoudt 2016 Shepherds and Butchers Warrant Officer Rautenbach Modder en Bloed Maartens Free State Gideon Nolte Dis Koue Kos, Skat Bernard Starry Night Manager Short Bypass Dr. Wright Post production 2017 The Blue Mauritius Müller Pre-production Hoener met die Rooi Skoene Du Toit de Waal Post production The Number 2019 The Seagull (Die Seemeeu) Elias2022GerezaStellies2024A Family AffairDavid Howell

Television