ACTOR / VOICE ARTIST

• Professional actor since 1973
• Acted in over 100 theatre productions (±35 leading roles)
• Received various awards (more than 7 entertainment awards) and nominations as Best Actor
• Acted in various feature films and television series (Orkney Snork Nie, Sterk Skemer, Panic Mechanic, Gods Must be Crazy 2, 7de Laan)
• Worked as voice artist in radio spots, voice-overs, narration, dubbing for last 20 years
• Received an Avanti-Award for Sterk Skemer
• Acted in Chris Vorster's Monsters
• Acted in Chris Vorster's Die Vals Snor

• Directed over 40 theatre productions all over South Africa
• One of the recent productions directed was the very successful Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Involved in all aspects of this production: marketing, merchandise sales, publicity, media liaison, etc.
• Directed for radio dubbing and radio spots
• Directed numerous TV ads (including Dairybelle campaign - 72 ads) commercials and short stories
• Directing for 7de Laan on SABC2
• Planned and directed 10 years of succesful productions of Afrikaans farces/comedies. Productions include My Vrou se Man se Vrou, As die Kat weg is...is die Muis Baas?, Kat en Muis Speletjies, Vlooi in die Kooi, Nog 'n Vlooi in die Kooi (written by and played lead role) and Vettie Vettie, etc.
• Currenttly working at Danie Odendaal Productions
• Director of Pierre van Pletzen Productions CC
• Directed Haaks (2005), featuring Elma Postma and Chris Vorster
• Directed Chris Vorster's Monsters

• Artistic Director of Drama at PACOFS 1984 - 1987
• Artistic Director of Drama at PACT 1987 - 1997
• Responsible for planning and artistic overseeing of theatre productions since 1984

• As Head of Drama Department had full control of the following sub-departments: Publicity, Marketing, Administration, Technical and day-to-day running of the Drama Department
• Undertook study tours in Europe and America in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993, liaising with overseas agents and producers
• Administartive skills acquired over last decade include: chairing of meetings, fundraising, budgeting and bookkeeping, etc.

• Wrote / reworked / translated (into English and Afrikaans) over 20 plays and revues, including co-authorship of two plays with Deon Opperman
• Wrote two Revues and one Cabaret
• Wrote film scripts Heavy and One Up
• Wrote television drama script Nowhere Man
• Co-wrote documentary (for film) on Wildlife in SA
• Wrote television series Life in a Small Town
• Wrote television sit-com series In a Factory...
• Ghostwriter for various television and film scripts
• Editing of scripts for the theatre, radio, cabaret, ads, etc.
• Copywriter for numerous ads for radio and television
• Reworked 26 episodes of "Fishy Féshuns"