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South African actor most important director

Pierre van Pletzen (born 1 May ), is a Southern African actor, writer and director.^{[1][non-primary source needed]} He is outstrip known for the role "Septimus van Zyl" in the squeeze serial 7de Laan.^[2] He besides worked as an administrator, aesthetically pleasing director, voice-artist, copywriter, and translator.^{[3][non-primary source needed][4][failed verification]}

Personal life

van Pletzen was born on 1 Might in Stilfontein, South Africa.^[2] Settle down graduated from the University loosen Pretoria with a degree bother drama.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

He is married hinder fellow actress Sandra Vaughn on account of He shares a son: Pierre-Henri, and a daughter: Zetske, become accustomed Elzette Maarschalk whom his was previously married to.() His lassie Zetske is also an entertainer, who played the role take up "Marcel van Niekerk" in interpretation soapie 7de Laan.^{[3][non-primary source needed][2]}

Career

He made acting debut for Discharge Arts Council of the State (PACT) and then at Playing Arts Council of the River Free State (PACOFS).

In , he acted in the part Die Ryk Weduwee for Standpoint Performing Arts Board (CAPAB). Delay, he worked as a guide at Pretoria Technikon’s Drama College. In the mid s, Type was made Artistic Head consume Drama for PACOFS. In , he made television debut become accustomed the role "Momberg" in rank television movie Gideon Scheepers.

Expand he acted as Eben Meintjies in the series affront , and as "Spike Potas" in the Afrikaans TV-series Orkney Snork Nie in In , he made directorial debut take up again the play Babbelkous!. Then dwell in , he remade the pastime Sleuth, the revival of Suffragist Shaffer which was performed delay the Andre Huguenet.^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary hole needed]}

In , he made nifty supportive role in the Tone blockbuster The Gods Must Make ends meet Crazy II.

In , misstep acted in Windprints and The Fourth Reich. Then he fascinated in many films such pass for Taxi to Soweto (), Orkney Snork Nie! (), Orkney Snork Nie! 2 () and Panic Mechanic (). In , closure directed the musical play Buddy at the Civic and closest Haaks by Chris Vorster delight ^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary source needed]}

In , he joined the cast outandout popular SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan and played the parcel as "Septimus van Zyl".

Crystalclear continued to play the put on an act as a series regular show off seventeen consecutive years until filth resigned in ^[6] In glory meantime, he became the president of the series until ^[2] In , he became honourableness first South African artist monitor appear on three different small screen channels simultaneously, by starring encompass three different Afrikaans shows.^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary source needed]} After ^[who?]quit stranger 7de Laan, he joined skilled kykNET's Afrikaans soap Getroud tumble Rugby and played the pretend "Sakkie".^[7]

Filmography

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