Hamilton Dhlamini

South African actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSouth African actor
A.K.A.Hamilton Dlamini
A.K.A.Hamilton Dlamini
PlacesSouth Africa
isActor Film actor Television actor Film director
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth15 December 1969, Sebokeng, Emfuleni Local Municipality, Sedibeng District Municipality, South Africa
Age55 years
Star signSagittarius
The details

Biography

Hamilton Dhlamini (born 15 December 1969), sometimes as Hamilton Dlamini, is a South African actor, playwright and a filmmaker. He is best known for the roles in the films and teleserials Isithembiso, Faith like Potatoes and The King's Messenger .

Personal life

He was born on 15 December 1969 in a township South of Johannesburg, called Sebokeng, Vaal Triangle, South Africa to a family with poor economy.

He is married to a nutritionist, Martha, where they have three children. He first met Martha in a lift.

Career

He started his acting career in early 1984 through stage plays. He also played as a businessman Korea in the SABC 1 sitcom Mzee Wa Two Six. In early 2008, he made a lead role in the short series on SABC1, adapted by William Shakespeare’s play King Lear. Also, he played a lead character on the SABC 2 sitcom Stokvel with the role 'Mojo Khumalo'. In 2008, he acted in the series Ten Bush directed by Mncedisi Shabangu. For his role, he later won the Naledi Theatre Award for the best supporting actor. Then in 2009, he collaborated with William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company on Woyzeck in the Highveld.

In 2006, he acted in Regardt van den Bergh’s film Faith like Potatoes. This time, he won a South African Film and Television Awards (Safta) for best supporting actor for his role. In 2007, he won the Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. In 2018, he played the role 'Banzi Motaung' in the popular television series Isithembiso. In the same year, he again won the Golden Horn Award for Best Actor in a TV soap opera 'Isithembiso'.

In 2018, he starred in the play 'Woza Albert' with Joburg City Theatres which was staged at The Kenya International Theatre Festival. His outstanding performance and the general impact of 'Woza Albert' in the festival attribute to his celebration as the most outstanding act of the previous year in the 2019 edition of The Kenya International Theatre Festival. He appeared in the official #KITFest2019 poster.

He also founded his own production company, 'Ndlondlo Productions'.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1990The King's MessengerPoacherFilm
2001Scoop SchoombieSparksTV series
2004Gums & NosesStreet DealerFilm
2006Faith like PotatoesSimeon BhenguFilm
2009Izingane ZobabaLuckyTV series
2010JoziTraffic copFilm
2011Otelo BurningSkhumbuzoFilm
2013Nothing for MahalaForemanFilm
2016FluitersBantu NtengaTV series
2016UmliloMnqobi SimelaneFilm
2017LokozaDirectorShort film
2017Five Fingers for MarseillesSepokoFilm
2018IsithembisoBanzi MotaungTV series
2021IsibayaAndile Sibiya
2021DiepCityBongaTV series
2021ReykaHector ZwaneTV series

Other Television roles

  • Askies!, season 1 as Homeless Man
  • Boo & TT, season 1 as TT
  • City Ses'la, season 1 as Uncle Mto eKasi
  • Our Stories, season 5 as Mbangiseni
  • Fluiters, season 1 as Bantu Ntenga
  • Home Affairs, season 2 as Katleho's Father
  • Home Affairs, season 3 & 4 as Senzo Mbatha
  • Izingane zoBaba, season 1 as Lucky
  • Mutual Friends (2014), season 1 as Pat
  • Mzansi, season 1 & 2 as Prosper
  • Mzee wa Two Six, season 1 as Korea
  • Saints and Sinners, season 2 as Andries
  • Shooting Stars, season 2 as Themba Zwane
  • Soul Buddyz, season 1 as Melusi's Teacher
  • Stokvel, season 6 as Mojo Khumalo
  • The Mayor, season 1 as Mapula
  • Matlala Umlilo, season 1, 2, 3 & 4 as Mnqobi Simelane
  • Zero Tolerance, season 1 as Lefty
  • Zero Tolerance, season 3 as President Tubman
  • Emzini Wezinsizwa, as Ndwandwe

See also

  • 2018 DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards
  • List of South African films

References

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 20 Jul 2024. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.