Keenan Arrison

Keenan Angelo Arrison (born 23 February 1981) is a South African actor, director, voice artist and singer. He is best known for his lead role in the feature film The Heart is a Muscle, South Africa's entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, and prominent roles in South African television series such as The Wild, After 9 and Shooting Stars.

Personal life Arrison was born on 23 February 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a BA degree graduate in Live Performance and Motion Picture from AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.

Career In 2006, he wrote and directed two short films: Ongeriewe and Freedom Days, where the former was a Cannes-nominated piece. In 2007, he played the role "Roland" in the SABC1 drama series Divers Down. In the same year, he joined with the e.tv soccer drama Shooting Stars and played the role of "Clinton Arendse", Between 2011 and 2012 he appeared in the M-Net soap opera The Wild in the lead role of "Ashwin Fernandez".

In 2013, Keenan had a minor role as "Doctor" in the second season of the SABC1 drama series Skeem Saam. In the same year, he joined with the SABC1 drama series After 9 in its second season in the lead role of "Zane Matthews". The following year, he appeared in three television series: the SABC2 mystery thriller Swartwater as "Vincent," the SABC1 anthology miniseries When We Were Black as "Shaheed Aziz," and the M-Net Edge drama fantasy Dominion as "Brother Paul. In 2019, he appeared in the M-Net miniseries Trackers as "Ibrahim November". In 2020, he acted in the serials: Siende Blind with role "Ricky" and The Riviera with role "Naz Isaacs". In 2021, he joined with the cast of seventeenth season of popular kykNET soap opera Binnelanders.