Dawid Minnaar

Dawid Minnaar is a South African actor best known for his extensive work on stage and, amongst other roles, his roles in the highly acclaimed television series Konings (Kings) (1992) and the follow-up series Torings (Towers) (1994), in which he played Dolf Groenewald.

He is also known for his work in feature films such as Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child) (1998), in the role of Benjamin Komoetie, and Die Wonderwerker (The Wonder Worker) (2012) in which he played the iconic Afrikaans poet, healer and naturalist, Eugène Marais. Both of these films were directed by the veteran director Katinka Heyns.