Personal Info
Birth date
1973-11-27 (51 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Johannesburg, South Africa
Also known as
Шарлто Копли
沙尔托·科普雷
Шарлто Коплі
شارلتو کوپلی
Sharlto Copley
Biography
Sharlto Copley (born November 27, 1973) is a South African producer, actor, and director who has produced and co-directed short films which have appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as commercials and music videos. He is perhaps best known for playing the roles of Wikus van der Merwe in the Oscar-nominated science fiction film District 9 and H. M. Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharlto Copley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Heads of State
6.984
Overview:
The UK Prime Minister and US President have a public rivalry that risks their countries' alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they're forced to rely on each other as they go on a wild, multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world.Raw
6.785
Overview:
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.023
Overview:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.Russian Doll
7.385
Overview:
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.Powers
6.689
Overview:
Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?Maleficent
7.09
Overview:
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.Chappie
6.787
Overview:
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.The A-Team
6.408
Overview:
A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.Monkey Man
6.905
Overview:
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.Elysium
6.513
Overview:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.District 9
7.453
Overview:
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.Boy Kills World
6.793
Overview:
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.Beast
6.575
Overview:
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.Oldboy
5.917
Overview:
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.Hardcore Henry
6.393
Overview:
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.Free Fire
6.26
Overview:
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.Seal Team
6.9
Overview:
After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can’t whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.Europa Report
6.276
Overview:
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.Gringo
5.875
Overview:
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.The Last Days of American Crime
6.476
Overview:
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.The Hollars
6.31
Overview:
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.Ted K
6.127
Overview:
The True Story of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber, who wants to destroy modern technology to create a world for himself in the Montana wilderness.ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord
6.8
Overview:
South African producer / director JON DAY spent the last 5 years making a documentary about the mysterious rap-rave group, DIE ANTWOORD. Art directed by surrealist photographer, ROGER BALLEN. Narrated by NINJA & ¥O-LANDI'S daughter, 16 JONES.Open Grave
5.964
Overview:
A man awakes-- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.Oats Studios: Volume 1
6.1
Overview:
A compilation of shorts, diverse experimental content and more weird stuff spread directly from the devious mind of the South African film director Neill Blomkamp. Includes: Rakka, Firebase, Zygote, Kapture-Fluke, Cooking with Bill, Praetoria, God and Gdansk.Desert Warrior
NYR
Overview:
An honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the desert.Acting
TBASapien Safari as Unknown
TBADesert Warrior as Unknown
2025Heads of State as Agent Coop
2024Boy Kills World as Glen Van Der Koy
2024Monkey Man as Tiger
2024ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord as Self
2022Beast as Martin Battles
2021Oats Studios: Volume 1 as God
2021Ted K as Ted
2021Seal Team as Switch (voice)
2020The Last Days of American Crime as William Sawyer
2019Russian Doll (3 Episodes) as Chez
2018God: City as Dieu
2018Gringo as Mitch Rusk
2017God: Serengeti as God
2017Free Fire as Vernon
2016The Hollars as Ron Hollar
2015Hardcore Henry as Jimmy
2015Powers (20 Episodes) as Christian Walker
2015Chappie as Chappie
2014Maleficent as Stefan
2013Oldboy as Adrian Pryce
2013Open Grave as John
2013Elysium as Kruger
2013Europa Report as James Corrigan
2010The A-Team as Murdock
2010Wikus and Charlize as Wikus van der Merwe
2009The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log as Self
2009District 9 as Wikus van de Merwe
2005Alive in Joburg as Sniper
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm (2 Episodes) as Michael Fouchay
1993Raw (1 Episode) as Unknown
Production
2021Ted K ... Producer
2015Hardcore Henry ... Executive Producer
2010Wikus and Charlize ... Producer
2005Alive in Joburg ... Producer
Editing
2010Wikus and Charlize ... Editor