Mandla Gaduka

Mandla Gaduka is a South African actor. He is best known for the roles in the television soap operas Gauteng Maboneng and Generations.

Personal life Gaduka was born and raised in Mahikeng, South Africa. He acted in many stage play wrote and directed by Grootboom such as: Cards, and Relativity. In 2006, he went United Kingdom for a 3-months tour and played at a number of festivals. Meanwhile, he performed in the play Sarafina directed by Mbongeni Ngema. Then he involved Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet directed by Clare Stepford, by playing the role of "Paris", and later played as "Brutus" in the play Julius Caesar directed by Clara Vaughn.

In 2009, he made his film debut with the critically acclaimed scifi thriller District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp. In 2010, he joined with the SABC1 television sitcom Gauteng Maboneng and played the role "Solomon". When the channel commissioned a new e.tv telenovela, Gaduka offered the opportunity to continue with his character on the new show Broken Vows where he was nominated again for Best Supporting Actor award for TV Soap category in 2018.

In 2011, he joined the cast of popular television soapie Generations with the role "Choppa". In 2015, he made a cameo role in the Hollywood all-time blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron. In 2018, he returned to The Market Theatre and performed in the stage play My Hole, My Home directed by Phala O Phala. Then in 2019, joined with a Danish Independent Theatre Production Company, caleed "Fix & Foxy" and appeared in a collaborative show between the Danish Company and 7 South African Actors known as Dark Noon. The show later won the Reumert Special Prize in 2020.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2009 District 9 Fundiswa Mhlanga Film 2010 Gauteng Maboneng Solomon TV series 2010 Hillside Eddie Malapo TV series 2011 Machine Gun Preacher SPLA Soldier Film 2011 Generations Choppa TV series 2014 Ashes to Ashes Damian TV series 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Johannesburg Onlooker Film 2017 Broken Vows Damian TV series 2019 Losing Lerato Constable Xaba Film 2020 Isithembiso David Maxhosa TV series