Roberto Kyle

Roberto Kyle (born 7 December) is a South African actor and vocalist. He is best known for his role as Lee-Roy Foster in the Telenovela Arendsvlei.

Early life Kyle is from Paarl, Western Cape. He attended William Lloyd Primary School and then Klein Nederburg Secondary School. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town in 2015.

Career Since teen age, he started music and drama career. In 2005, he joined with the Frank Pietersen Music Centre (FPMC) and studied classical voice and music literacy under classical singer Jo-Nette Le Kay. He studied under him for five years and established as a prolific musician and won the FPMC Solo Singer of The Year twice. In 2007, he appeared in the reality competition series Supersterre 2. He finally made into the final preliminary round in the competition. In 2011, he graduated from FPMC with both Trinity Guildhall Intermediate Graded Examinations in Music Theory and Classical Voice. Then in 2013, he signed by SHINE Models Cape Town and was chosen as the runner-up for the national CSquared Brand Ambassador search. The show became very popular and he continued to play the role in all four seasons up to date. For his role, he won the SAFTA Golden Horn Award for Best Actor in Telenovela category at the 2020 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA). In the same year, he along with Craig Adriaanse were nominated for Outstanding Couple Award at the 2020 Royalty Soapie Awards.

In 2019, he made the guest role "Wesley" in the kykNET supernatural police procedural serial Die Spreeus. In 2020, he appeared in the kykNET serial Fynskrif with the role "George". In 2021, he joined with kykNET drama Afgrond by playing the supportive role "Franklin Klaasen".

Apart from theatre and television, he acted in the films such as; Eye in the Sky, The Dark Tower, The Number and A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2014 Homeland Marwand TV series 2015 Eye in the Sky Rasheed Hamud Film 2016 A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Event Crew Admin Man Video 2017 The Dark Tower Innocent Looking Man Film 2017 The Number Curly Film 2018 Arendsvlei Lee-Roy Foster TV series 2018 Knapsekêrels Skalkie Fortuin TV series 2019 Die Spreeus Wesley TV series 2020 Fynskrif George TV series 2020 Rage Cheswin TV movie 2021 Afgrond Franklin Klaasen TV series 2021 Sons of the Sea Gabriel Film 2021 Atlantis Nusrah Film