Christo Lloyd Davids (born 20 August 1983), is a South African filmmaker and actor.[1] He is best known for the roles in the films, Forgiveness, Ernest in the Army and A Boy Called Twist.[2][3] He co-owns the production company called "Jester Productions" together with Jody Abrahams and Diaan Lawrence. He is also the Artistic Director of Cape Heart Theatre Company.[4]
Christo Davids | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christo Lloyd Davids (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 38) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Davids (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
Davids was born on 20 August 1983 in Simon's Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Until the age of nine, he lived in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain. After that, he relocated to Heidelberg and lived with his late grandfather, Goliath Davids.[4]
He is married to Cindy Davids since 2013.[5] The couple has two children. The elder child Elijah was born in 2016.[6][7][8]
He started his career when Davids was 11 years of age with the television serial Onder Engele and played the role "Dial September" in 1994. For this role, he was nominated for the Artes Award for the Best Actor in a TV series in 1996. After that he acted in the serial Hagenheim: Streng Privaat in 1996. In 1998, he made his maiden film appearance by playing the supportive role "Ben-Ali" in the film Ernest in the Army.[4][9]
In 2008, he joined with the cast of popular SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan, where he played the role "Errol Pieterse". The role became very popular and he played the role for nine consecutive years.[10] In 2010, he wrote the short film Bullets Over Bishop Lavis, which received critics acclaim, premiered at the KKNK 2011 and later run at the Baxter Theatre in March 2011. In 2014, he acted in two films: Boy Called Twist and Forgiveness.[4] In 2015, he was the program host at the upcoming Carnival of the Mossel Bay Correctional Services, hosted at the Youth Centre.[11]
In 2016, he also started to direct some episodes of the soapie 7de Laan. He continued to direct 25 episodes in total until 2019. In 2020, he directed 26 episodes in the television serial Takalani Sesame. In the same year, he produced the tribute play Van Wyk, The Storyteller of Riverlea, based on the life of late writer, political activist and poet Chris Van Wyk.[12][13] In 2021, he wrote the script of two direct-to-video films Nagvrees and Krismisboks.
| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Onder Engele | Dial September | TV Series | |
| 1996 | Meeulanders | Donovan | TV Series | |
| 1996 | Hagenheim: Streng Privaat | Brandon | TV Series | |
| 1998 | Ernest in the Army | Ben-Ali | Film | |
| 2000 | Die Wüstenrose | Kamante | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | Shooting Bokkie | Christo | Film | |
| 2003 | Shooting Bokkie | Bokkie | TV Series | |
| 2004 | Forgiveness | Ernest Grootboom | Film | |
| 2004 | Boy Called Twist | Noah | Film | |
| 2004 | The Eastern Bride | Ahmed Razzaq | Video | |
| 2005 | Dollar$ + White Pipes | Angelo | Film | |
| 2008-17 | 7de Laan | Errol Pieterse, Director | TV Series | |
| 2010 | Bullets Over Bishop Lavis | Writer | Short film | |
| 2012 | Erfsondes | Mephistopheles | TV Series | |
| 2018 | Dominee Tienie | Hanse | Film | |
| 2020 | Takalani Sesame | Director | TV Series | |
| 2021 | Spoorloos 3 | Jason | TV Series | |
| 2021 | Nagvrees | Writer | TV Movie | |
| 2021 | Krismisboks | Writer | TV Movie |