Personal Info
Birth date
1952-02-19 (73 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
南非
Also known as
-Marcel Van Heerden
Biography
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Filmography
Suidooster
7.217
Overview:
Suidooster is a South African television soap opera produced by Suidooster Films which revolves around a matriarch, her family, friends and the people of Suidooster, a small shopping and business centre in the fictional Cape Town suburb of Ruiterbosch.Kelders van Geheime
6
Overview:
Kelders van Geheime (Cellars of Secrets) is a South African, Afrikaans-language telenovela based on the wheeling's and dealings of the community that lives on Soebatskloof (a wine farm in the Cape). The series focuses on three families: the Abrahams, Syster and Marais households. These families will have to stand together, agree (or agree to disagree), and work together to earn their bread and butter – and a glass of wine.Die Byl
8
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The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.Pad Na Jou Hart
6.391
Overview:
Basson has five days to make it to his father's funeral in Cape Town, but needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. On the road he meets free-spirited bohemian girl, Amory. As they journey across the breathtaking landscape of South Africa, they meet wonderful characters that allow for hilarious moments and life-changing experiences. Their trip takes a sudden turn for the worst when a villainous figure makes an appearance. Basson and Amory are faced with disappointment and heartache. On the road called life, it is inevitable that you will take some wrong turns. But no matter how hard the road might be, on route to true love is where you will find your true north.Niggies
8
Overview:
An Afrikaans drama series based on the double murders in 1965 of Issie Fourie and Petro Nel in the Free State province town of Odendaalsrus who were both abducted and murdered. Issie's brother, André decided to bring the perpetrator to justice - something that took 18 years.Die Boekklub
8
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The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.Steel Dawn
5
Overview:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
8.5
Overview:
Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond is a South African television drama series created and written by Chris Barnard and produced by Sonneblom Films about beautiful people, good wine and respectable neighbours living on the banks of the Hartebeespoort Dam with lives that are seemingly idyllically peaceful and romantic, but which harbour deep secrets just beneath the surface of the facade.Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu
5.7
Overview:
Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime and ends up becoming an icon of South Africa's liberation.Amalia
8
Overview:
Amalia is a South African television drama series created by Chris Barnard, directed by Katinka Heyns and produced by Sonneblom Films about an unsolved murder where all the inhabitants of a small town are suspects. The series is in Afrikaans, with English subtitles.Lipstiek Dipstiek
6.4
Overview:
The story is about Poenie (Franscois Coertze) who burns his scrotum with a welding iron while working on his car and lands in hospital a few days before he is to marry the virgin Martie. This is the first mishap in a series of disasters and misunderstandings that provides many belly-clutching laughs. As Poenie's father Frikadel (Zak du Plessis) puts it, "Die seun sit sy voet uit die voordeur uit en dan is hy kniediep in die kak!"Donkerland
5
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The story is set in the mountains of Kwazulu-Natal on the farm Donkerland. It follows the lives and times of seven generations of the De Witt family, from the Groot Trek in 1838 until 1996.Konings
NYR
Overview:
Konings is a South African period drama television series created and written by Paul C. Venter and taking place over a period of 45 years which documents the titanic struggle between two families for control of a "Superspaar" store, a shop "as big as a football field, where one can buy everything".Torings
NYR
Overview:
Torings (Towers) is a South African period drama television series created by Paul C. Venter as a sequel to his series Konings which continues to tell the story of the fierce and often bloody struggle between the Groenewald and Roodt families for control of the Superspaar company, placed in the context of the larger political post-Apartheid struggle in South Africa. The Konings/Torings saga is the story of the fierce and often bloody struggle between Dolf Groenewald (Dawid Minnaar) and Herman Roodt (Albert Maritz) for control of the Superspaar company, placed in the context of the larger political post-Apartheid struggle in South Africa. The eternal feud between the Groenewalds and Roodts becomes fiercer as Dolf recovers from his stroke and from the beginning is a threat for the RoodtsShepherds and Butchers
6.331
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A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.Hostage
7
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The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.Sterlopers
9
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Sterlopers is a South African musical youth drama television series created and written by Deon Opperman and produced by Bottom Line Entertainment which follows the fortunes of a group of young people who are all trying to make it in the entertainment industry, as viewers get an inside view into the secrets that are to be found behind the scenes of success.The Visual Bible: Matthew
8.85
Overview:
The only dramatization using the actual scriptures...word for word from the New International Version (NIV). In Israel, then known as Judea of the Roman Empire, Nazarene Jesus Christ travels around the country with His disciples preaching to the people about God and salvation of their souls.Krotoa
5.9
Overview:
Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and the first Governor of the Cape Colony. She is brought into the first Fort established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. There she grows into a visionary young woman who assimilates the Dutch language and culture so well that she rises to become an influential translator but ends up being rejected by her own people as she tries to bridge the gap between the two cultures about to collide.Beauty and the Beast
4.8
Overview:
Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed by his god Odin.Hond se Dinges
5.2
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A mad-cap Afrikaans comedy set in a small town on the platteland. The plot revolves around a dog, and a diamond, and the assorted people who would like very much to get their hands on that diamond.Max and Mona
6.8
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Max Bua leaves his country life behind in hopes of becoming a doctor in Johannesburg, though the big city has different plans for him.Wenners
NYR
Overview:
A Story about two children who ended up in a Orphanage home and must try to make a living and cope with the other orphanage childrenMapantsula
6.2
Overview:
A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.Molly & Wors The Movie
6
Overview:
Based on the Afrikaans TV series by the same name, this comedy comes to the big screen. The plot-line is rather convoluted as befits a farce, and sees the main characters get themselves into serious troubles before everything works out like it is supposed to.White Wedding
6.6
Overview:
A young groom and his best man lost on the road trip to the wedding, run into a young English doctor. Set against South Africa's breathtaking landscapes, White Wedding is a high-spirited modern-day road comedy about love, commitment, intimacy, friendship, and the unbelievable obstacles that can get in the way of a fairy-tale ending.Hijack Stories
5.3
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A young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.Jobman
NYR
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Smith, the deaf and dumb son of a rural coloured preacher, refuses to accept the menial labour on offer in the small farming community where he’s grown up. He tries to earn a living in the city, but this ends in assault, and his return home sparks off a cycle of vengeful violence.In a Time of Violence: The Line
5
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This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.Acting
2025Niggies (1 Episode) as Dominee
2024Kelders van Geheime (260 Episodes) as Rijk Nel
2017Krotoa as Wagenaar
2017Shepherds and Butchers as Justice J. P. van Zyl
2017Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu as Judge Theron
2016Die Byl (1, 20 Episode) as Werner Barnard, Dr. Anton Fourie
2016Die Boekklub (21 Episodes) as Jan
2016A Paw-Paw For My Darling as Tango Du Toit
2015Suidooster (1769 Episodes) as Chris du Plooy
2015The Pro as Ed Nothnagel
2014Die Munisipaliteit van Gwarra-Gwarra (39 Episodes) as Joe Hall
2014Sterlopers (2 Episodes) as Spike Swanepoel
2014Pad Na Jou Hart as Dawn
2013Molly & Wors The Movie as Lawyer
2013Donkerland (2 Episodes) as Wynand van Tonder
2013Durban Poison as Du Plessis
2013Traitors as Boshoff
2012Punk in Africa as Unknown
2009White Wedding as Mr. Fanie van Zyl
2009Hond se Dinges as Oudolf de Lange
2005Beauty and the Beast as Kogla
2005Amalia (26 Episodes) as Swys van Wyk
2005The Flyer as Anders
2004Max and Mona as Old Man September
2002Hooded Angels as Deek
2002Arsenaal (10 Episodes) as Valken
2001Hijack Stories as Toyota owner
2000The Brotherhood as Unknown
1997Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond (20 Episodes) as Basie De Wet
1997Jump the Gun as Johnny Fouché
1994Lipstiek Dipstiek as Louis Kakiades (as Marchel van Heerden)
1994In a Time of Violence: The Line as Fanie de Villiers
1994Torings (10 Episodes) as Ricky Roodt
1993The Visual Bible: Matthew as John the Baptist
1992Wenners (1 Episode) as Heinrich Lindeman
1992Konings (20 Episodes) as Stoffel Roodt
1992Orkney Snork Nie (Die Movie) as Ouboet
1991Taxi to Soweto as Armed Patrol Man
1991Nag van die 19de as Albert Kriel
1991Night of the Cyclone as Salvo
1990The Fourth Reich as Hendrik Erasmus
1989Jobman as Sergeant Louis
1988Mapantsula as Stander
1987Steel Dawn as Lann
1987Hostage as Hussein
1986Place of Weeping as Cafe Owner
1983The Outcast as Unknown
1980Savage Encounter as Unknown