Norman Anstey

Norman Anstey is a South African actor, singer, voice artist, presenter and MC. He is best known for the roles in the television serials such as Black Sails, Heartlines, and Snitch.

Personal life Norman Anstey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his education at several schools including the Rudolf Steiner School in Chambi-sur-Montreux, Switzerland. He studied drama at the De Leon Drama School in Richmond, Surrey, UK. Before starting his drama career, he worked as a tour guide on Dalmatian Coast, then as a shipping clerk at the Automobile Association SA, as an office worker at Die Afrikaanse Pers and as a barman.

He is married to Penny, who was a ballet dancer with the PACT ballet. The couple has two daughters, Amy and Jay, both actresses. His daughter Jay has had several notable roles in the films Sleeper's Wake, Farewell Ella Bella, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, and Hell Trip.

Career He started his theatre career in 1976 with the play Journey's End. Then he appeared in Johannesburg and Pretoria in many theatre productions such as The Deep Blue Sea, Fringe Benefits, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, The Crucible, The Front Page, Anyone for Denis, Stevie, Ross. Apart from them, he also performed in the musicals such as Evita, The King and I, Fings Aint Wot They Used To Be and The Boys in the Photograph. Before starting television acting, he made extensive appearances in advertisements such as "a clueless cellphone owner" in a series of commercials for Vodacom. In 1987, he had a guest role in the TV1 drama Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling.

His first notable television role came in the M-Net drama series Snitch in 2004, where he played one of the lead roles as Hilton Aimes. In the next year, he reprised this role in the second season. In 2006, he appeared in two television serials as Arnie Katz in the SABC3 drama The Lab and then as Tom Anderson in the SABC2 anthology drama Heartlines. In 2007, he played the role of Arnoldus van der Watt in the SABC2 comedy Andries Plak. In the same year, he joined the kykNET drama Dryfsand and played the role of Dr. Jonker.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1987 Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling Guest role TV series 1992 Running Wild Jack Hutton Film 2004 Snitch Hilton Aimes TV series 2006 The Lab Arnie Katz TV series 2006 Heartlines Tom Anderson TV series 2007 Andries Plak Arnoldus van der Watt TV series 2007 Goodbye Bafana Jimmy Kruger Film 2007 Dryfsand Dr. Jonker TV series 2008 Innocent Times Zac's Father TV series 2012 Jacob's Cross McKenzie TV series 2014 Pandjieswinkelstories Reverend TV series 2015 Black Sails Merchant Captain TV series 2016 Fluiters Dudi Oz TV series