Pierre van Pletzen

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Pierre van Pletzen (born 1 May 1952), is a South African actor, writer and director.^{[1][non-primary source needed]} He is best known for the role "Septimus van Zyl" in the television serial 7de Laan.^[2] He also worked as an administrator, artistic director, voice-artist, copywriter, and translator.^{[3][non-primary source needed][4][failed verification]}

Personal life[edit]

van Pletzen was born on 1 May 1952 in Stilfontein, South Africa.^[2] He graduated from the University of Pretoria with a degree in drama.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

He is married to fellow actress Sandra Vaughn since 1996. He shares a son: Pierre-Henri, and a daughter: Zetske, with Elzette Maarschalk whom his was previously married to.(1985-1995) His daughter Zetske is also an actress, who played the role of "Marcel van Niekerk" in the soapie 7de Laan.^{[3][non-primary source needed][2]}

Career[edit]

He made acting debut for Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT) and then at Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS). In 1974, he acted in the play Die Ryk Weduwee for Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB). Meanwhile, he worked as a lecturer at Pretoria Technikon’s Drama School. In the mid 1980s, He was made Artistic Head of Drama for PACOFS. In 1982, he made television debut with the role "Momberg" in the television movie Gideon Scheepers. Then he acted as Eben Meintjies in the series 1922 in 1984, and as "Spike Potas" in the Afrikaans TV-series Orkney Snork Nie in 1989. In 1984, he made directorial debut with the play Babbelkous!. Then in 1988, he remade the play Sleuth, the revival of Anthony Shaffer which was performed at the Andre Huguenet.^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary source needed]}

In 1989, he made a supportive role in the Hollywood blockbuster The Gods Must Be Crazy II. In 1990, he acted in Windprints and The Fourth Reich. Then he acted in many films such as Taxi to Soweto (1991), Orkney Snork Nie! (1992), Orkney Snork Nie! 2 (1993) and Panic Mechanic (1996). In 1993, he directed the musical play Buddy at the Civic and later Haaks by Chris Vorster in 2005.^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary source needed]}

In 2000, he joined the cast of popular SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan and played the role as "Septimus van Zyl". He continued to play the role as a series regular for seventeen consecutive years until he resigned in 2017.^[6] In the meantime, he became the director of the series until 2016.^[2] In 2017, he became the first South African artist to appear on three different television channels simultaneously, by starring in three different Afrikaans shows.^{[5][unreliable source?][3][non-primary source needed]} After ^[who?]quit from 7de Laan, he joined with kykNET's Afrikaans soap Getroud met Rugby and played the role "Sakkie".^[7]

Filmography[edit]

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External links[edit]

• IMDb