Marius Weyers

South African actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSouth African actor
PlacesSouth Africa
isActor Film actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth3 February 1945, Johannesburg, South Africa
Age79 years
Star signAquarius
The details

Biography

Marius Weyers (born 3 February 1945, in Johannesburg) is a South African actor. He lives with his wife Yvette, an artist in her own right, in Rooi-Els in the Western Cape. He received international attention playing Andrew Steyn, a bumbling scientist in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). He starred in Blood Diamond (2006).

Selected filmography

  • No Gold for a Dead Diver (1974)
  • Target of an Assassin (1977) as Colonel Pahler
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) as Andrew Steyn
  • Gandhi (1982) as Train Conductor
  • Thieves of Fortune (1988)
  • DeepStar Six (1989) as Dr. John Van Gelder
  • Farewell to the King (1989) as Sergeant Conklin
  • Happy Together (1989)
  • Jewel of the Gods (1989)
  • The Power of One (1992) as Prof. Daniel Marais
  • Bopha! (1993) as Van Tonder
  • Paljas (1997)
  • Stander (2003) as Andre Stander's father
  • The Triangle (2005) as Karl Sheedy
  • Blood Diamond (2006) as Rudolf Van de Kaap
  • Woestynblom (TV series) as Jerry F
  • The Seagull (Die Seemeeu) (drama) (2019) as Piet
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