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Silas Lekgoathi

September 18, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Silas Lekgoathi

Silas Lekgoathi a voice over artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with almost a decades worth of experience.

Born and bred in Benoni, and with a background in Fine Arts, Silas found himself behind the scenes in the world of television, which is where he found his calling and passion for voice work.

During his career, Silas has worked on a range of projects and in a number of formats including television and radio commercials, E-learning and training modules, documentary narration and AVM systems.

People have described his voice as rich, deep, and friendly, with a good range. Without a strong accent, his voice is extremely versatile and suitable for a variety of projects and brands. Besides the unique voice that he brings, Silas also has a great ability to take direction too. Along with a in-depth understanding of the industry and a knack for understanding a client’s expectations.

Make the smart choice and book Silas for your next project, no matter the scope or urgency of the job, if you have a story to tell, let Silas help you tell it.

Some of the clients Silas has worked with include: ABSA / FNB Gold-Nedgroup Investments / Dimension Data / Old Mutual / Alexander Forbes / Investec / SA Home Loans / Revlon / Nissan / Toyota / DSTV / Gumtree / Jack Daniels / Cipla Pharmaceuticals / Department Of Education / Havoline / Varsity College / Property 24 / Volkswagen

For bookings or more information on Silas, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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ProVerb

September 18, 2017 By Owen Swanson

ProVerb

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Tebogo Thekisho most popularly known as ProVerb, host and co-producer of South African Idols, hails from the Diamond Capital of the world, Kimberley in the Northern Cape. He carved a name for himself as a budding Emcee after winning a few rap competitions on Radio, and even appearing as a contestant on Jam Alley in ‘99. After completing his diploma in Sound Engineering, he landed a job at Yfm as Technical Producer for DJ Fresh 2003, and secured a TV Presenting spot on Channel O, hosting a Hip-Hop segment called “Head-Rush.”

ProVerb released his debut album “The Book of ProVerb” in 2005, which to date is considered a classic in the Hip-Hop Community. This was followed by four other albums, a mixtape, DVD and countless collaborations in a music career that would span two decades and yield two awards. One for “Hustler of the Year 2017” and another for “Verse of the year 2019.”

His Radio career would see him move to Metro Fm, where he launched his on-air career, followed by a slot at Highveld Stereo (now 947) before settling at Kaya Fm 95.9 where he hosts two radio shows, namely: The Kayasette – Fridays 12 to 3pm and The Winner’s Circle – Saturdays 11 to 2pm. In 2010 he participated in Survivor Santa Carolina where he was the last man standing, raising money for a charity from his home-town Kimberley. This would lead to an invitation to audition for South African Idols, a position he still holds after 11 seasons, now also co-produces, and has won a You Spectacular “Favourite TV Presenter” Award for in 2017.

He is now a formidable speaker, Master of Ceremonies and businessman in and outside of entertainment. The latter would include serving as a Non-executive Director for a travel & tourism company, co-owning a television production company “SIC Entertainment – which produces among others: SA Idols, Miss South Africa Pageants and Wedding Bashers. His passion for property, has seen him completed a UCT certificate in Property Development and Investment and he now manages a property portfolio which spans across Johannesburg, Ballito and Cape Town and he is currently pursuing a qualification in Tax Law.

For bookings or more information on Proverb, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Mothusi Magano

September 18, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Mothusi Magano

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Mothusi Magano is a South African actor best known for his starring role as Charles "Mingus" Khathi in the SABC3 drama series The Lab, from 2006-2009.

He was born in the small village of Phokeng on the outskirts of Rustenburg. At the age of five, his family moved to Mafikeng where, at the Mmabana Cultural centre, he got his first taste of performance when he performed in a pantomime called A Dragon For Dinner.

In 1998, Mothusi enrolled at the Wits School of Dramatic Art. In his first year of study he auditioned for all plays at Wits and got into two: Death and the Maiden where he played Gerardo Escobar and Little Shop of horrors, in which he played Audrey Two.

In 2003, a friend asked him to be Harry Lime in his production of The Third Man and Mothusi was signed to an agent and filmed his first film: Gums and Noses, followed by Hotel Rwanda and Tsotsi (Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Film), as well as FNB commercials.

He has acted in numerous theatre productions including The Third Man, Stones in His Pockets, Venus, Four, Lysistrata, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Bread and Butter, Maid in the New South Africa, American Buffalo, The Coloured Museum, Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Hamlet.

In 2006 he landed his first major television role in The Lab, in which he starred for three seasons. He had a recurring role in the fifth season of the ITV drama series Wild at Heart, in 2010.

In 2011 he had a guest starring role in the SABC1 drama series Intersexions and in 2012 he guest-starred in the SABC2 drama series 90 Plein Street.

He landed his second starring role in 2013 in the SABC1 drama series Tempy Pushas, set against the backdrop of the lavish fashion world and juxtaposed with the vibrant township culture. In November of the same year he joined e.tv soapie Scandal! in the role of mysterious assassin The Dustbin Man.

Mothusi won the best actor award at the SAFTAS and the African Academy for his starring role in Of Good Report in 2014. Airing in 2016 – 2017 on Etv Mothusi plays the part of the cunning journalist Maxwell in Hustle. Showing in 2017 on SABC 2 Mothusi is acting in the sports drama Keeping Score.

2019, Mothusi won the SAFTA for Best Actor in a TV Drama for his role as Phaks in Emonyeni: Nsanguluko.

For bookings or more information on Mothusi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Wayne van Rooyen

September 14, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Wayne van Rooyen

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Wayne van Rooyen is a Naledi Award winning Actor. He studied drama at the University of the Witwatersrand and graduated in 2003 with a BA in Dramatic Art with Honours.

Since graduating, he has performed on stages both locally and internationally, and has appeared on several local television shows and appeared in the locally produced film 'Jozi.'

Some of his work in theatre includes 'Sophiatown,' 'The King of Laughter,' for which he won the Naledi for Best Supporting Actor, the world premiere of Athol Fugard's 'Victory,' and the Royal Shakespeare Company's South African collaboration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest,' with the Baxter Theatre.

Wayne has a long list of television credits, and currently he is playing the role of "Stokkies" on "Scandal! Soap Opera" on ETV, weekday evenings.

For bookings or more information on Wayne, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Meren Reddy

September 14, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Meren Reddy

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Meren Reddy is an award winning actor, writer and producer who has had local and international success in all these disciplines.

International work by Meren include acting roles in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Invictus’ and the TV Series ‘Homeland.'

Locally his most notable television acting credits include City Ses’la, Gazlam, Home Affairs, Beetroot, Fella’s TV and Scandal.

Local films include Darryl Roodt’s ‘Lullaby’, Leon Schuster’s ‘Mr Bones 2’ and John Barker’s ’13 Million Reasons’.

Meren holds an Honours Degree in Live Performance from AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance).

Meren has won several awards including 3 SAFTA’s (South African Film & Television Awards) for Best Writing in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 & 2015 and a SAFTA for Best Actor in Comedy Series in 2009.

In 2013 Meren was part of the team that broke the Guinness World Record for “The Fastest Film Ever Made”, “Shotgun Garfunkel”.

Meren’s responsibilities included script development, producing and acting.

The film broke the last standing record which was held by India, and came in at 10 days, 10 hours, and 30 Minutes from script to screen.

For bookings or more information on Meren, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Kaseran Pillay

September 14, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Kaseran Pillay

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Kaseran Pillay is a South African actor, MC, stand-up comedian, voice artist, director and writer best known as one of the regular cast members of the SABC3 travel series Going Nowhere Slowly, from 2005-2007.

He has appeared in numerous television shows including the SABC1 drama series Bay of Plenty (2007), The History of Bunny Chow from Uhuru Productions (2005-2007) and the M-Net drama Innocent Times, in 2008.

He was also a Durban field presenter for the e.tv entertainment show The Showbiz Report, from 2005-2006.

He has been performing stand-up comedy since 1997 and performs mainly at corporate functions. He is also an accomplished theatre actor, having performed in such shows as Snow White and Several Dwarfs, Hamlet, My Cousing Brother and Abbamaniacs.

In October 2008 he began playing the role of Ricky in the SABC2 comedy series On the Couch.

Kaseran has consistently worked on both television and film since 2005. On television he has appeared in My Perfect Family, High Rollers and Sober Companion, amongst others. In film, Kaseran has played roles in Shotgun Garfunkel (2013) and Kalushi: The story of Solomon Mahlangu (2017.)

For bookings or more information on Kaseran, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Jason Goliath

September 14, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Jason Goliath

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TV Personality, Comedian, MC, actor and facilitator Jason Goliath is best known for his role as ’Gatiep’ in the SAFTA Nominated SABC 1 Sitcom Ses’ Top La, as well as a number of large ad campaigns in which he played leads, including Castle Lager, Cell C, First For Women, Tiger Wheel and Tyre, CTM, Mobicell, Sasol, Bar One and Wimpy.

Nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 SA Comic's Choice Awards, Jason Goliath is a larger than life comedian who literally is larger than life (it’s because all this personality won’t fit into a smaller body, ok!). With a commanding stage presence, ridiculous amounts of energy and a character-based set focused on making audiences laugh at life’s uncomfortable truths, he has performed successfully at numerous corporate events and leading comedy rooms/events, including Blacks Only, Proudly Coloured Comedy Festival, Parkers, Melville Underground, Captains Comedy Festival, AWEdnesday Comedy Jam, LOL at Gold Reef City, Comic's Choice Awards™ Winners Lap, The Box and many more.

In 2015 he was one of the 10 celebrity contestants on the eighth season of the reality competition series Strictly Come Dancing. He was partnered with professional dancer Samantha Bele Viana.

In 2016 he began hosting the late night talk show Larger Than Life on SABC3.

With more than 10 years' professional MC experience, Jason also takes on Facilitation and Motivational roles and has done so for Standard Bank, FNB, Deloitte and SAA to mention a few.

For bookings or more information on Jason, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Donovan Goliath

September 14, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Donovan Goliath

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Parents who name their kid Donovan David Goliath (true story) must surely expect that the internal conflicts caused by giving their son such a name would lead him into comedy one day. And, when he leaves a lucrative advertising job for a full time career in comedy, they only have themselves to blame. But comedy audiences are happy about it, even if his folks are not.

Donovan David Goliath’s bedtime stories about growing up in the Transkei as a coloured boy who looks white but speaks fluent Xhosa are more funny than scary. In fact, it’s these life experiences that launched him into comedy in the first place. It all began on the 26th September 2010 where he did his first ever 4min 35sec set at the Comedy Underground in Melville.

People laughed and rolled on the floor and there were rear ends lying everywhere. This inspired him to keep writing and performing harder, better, faster, stronger. And it’s been a great ride since. It’s safe to say that most of his success thus far has been fueled by his dad’s motto: “Work the hardest. Be yourself.” His act is based around insightful storytelling and simple truths using various characters and impersonations.

As a relatively new comic on the circuit, he has rocked stages and fesses all over the country including Blacks Only, Soweto Comedy Festival, 99% Xhosa Comedy, 99% Zulu Comedy, Jou Ma Se Comedy (Cape Town), Mzansi Festival, Kings & Queens of Comedy, Three Kings Comedy and completed a 51 show, 3 month run for LOL at Gold Reef City.

He was also nominated in the ‘Newcomer Of The Year Category’ at the 2012 Comics Choice Awards and in the Blackberry Breakthrough category in 2013. Donovan has been a contestant in Strictly Come Dancing on SABC 3 in 2014’s 7th season and recently in 2015, co-presented ‘The Great SA Bake Off’ for BBC South Africa.

For bookings or more information on Donovan, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Nicky Rebelo – CPT

September 13, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Nicky Rebelo - CPT

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Nicky Rebelo is CAPE TOWN based.

Nicky still travels regularly to Johannesburg and is generally available for Johannesburg-based work including corporate, television and film work. ISDN voice link work is always an option.

Nicky Rebelo was born in Johannesburg and studied drama at Wits University. Nicky has acted in numerous local and international films and television productions. Films include Darryl Roodt’s Sarafina, Peakviewing’s The Little Unicorn, Bravo Two Zero directed by Tom Clegg, The Floating Outfit, Sweepers, Crime in Gabon and Hearts and Minds and Borderline. Television includes leading roles in the comedy series Louis Motors, The Big Time, The Hidden City and the sitcom series Madam and Eve

In the BBC Production of Rhodes he played the role of Solly Joel. Theatrical highlights include Mamet’s American Buffalo, Berkov’s West, (nominated for best supporting actor), Kushner’s Angels in America and Frayn’s Copenhagen. In 1990 he won the Dalro Best Actor Award for his performance in Hasek’s The Good Soldier Sjvek and in 1995 he was awarded the Vita comedy award for his performance in Paul Slabolepszy’s Heel Against the Head.

Recent television series in which he has appeared include Zero Tolerance, Justice for All, and the soap Scandal.

For bookings or more information on Nicky, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Nic Huddy – USA

September 13, 2017 By Owen Swanson

Nic Hudson Murdoch - USA

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Nick studied Special FX and Sound Design at the South African School of Film, Television and Dramatic Arts in Johannesburg. With a passion for performing as well as working behind the scenes, he would often take small roles in student films and theatrical productions that he was crewing, causing much confusion for the grading bodies.

Nick started a career in standup comedy, combining music and impressions into his set and egged on by Tony Stewart at the Funny Farm who brought him into the weekly Thursday Night lineup. He later joined Joe Parker’s ranks and was a regular face on the Parker Comedy Tours, performing weekly at such venues as Carnival City, Emperor’s Palace, Roxy’s and the Junxion. This led to him doing celebrity impressions on the occasional radio spot and kickstarting a career in voiceover. During the day, he continued to work behind the scenes as the founder of Santa’s Workshop – a 3D animation and visual FX studio based in Johannesburg.

After completing filming on “Gums and Noses”, a feature presentation for M-Net, Nick accepted a position at Fox Studios Australia where he worked as a render artist in their Sydney offices. It was here that he met Nick Tate, a prominent voice actor who became his mentor in the commercial voiceover world and helped him to develop a client list, many of whom he still serves today. Determined not to work in a small, dark office for the rest of his career, Nick left Fox and returned to South Africa where he reestablished himself as a musician and an actor.

As an actor, Nick appeared in a few local and internationally flighted commercials, including the Simon Malls Gift Card campaigns in the US and the revitalized Lunch Bar ads locally. As a musician, he scored many of the tv shows and commercials on the air, including The Spirit of Africa Trophy, Love & Mortar and Rapt on SABC. He joined Stok, a musical theatre group, as a performer and composer where he appeared in several productions around the country. All throughout, he continued to work in voiceover, establishing himself as a character actor, promo voice and announcer, and lending his voice to many advertising and promotional campaigns around the world. Nick is now working in animation again, but this time behind the microphone. He is a student of Charlie Adler in Los Angeles and is voicing characters in several upcoming animated projects.

For bookings or more information on Nic, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Kaseran Pillay

Jason Goliath

Donovan Goliath

Nicky Rebelo - CPT

Nic Hudson Murdoch - USA