Dawid Minnaar
July 18, 1956 (70 years old) in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa
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.
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- 2026 · Ontwaak as Dokter Breytenbach
- 2026 · Die Oord as Kaptein Wim
- 2025 · Tuiskoms as Johnathan
- 2024 · Kelders van Geheime as Jan Snyman
- 2024 · Koek as Kat Koekemoer
- 2023 · Devil's Peak as Eugene de Klerk
- 2023 · Hartklop as Prof. Gustav Coetzee
- 2020 · Legacy as Willem Potgieter
- 2020 · Poppie Nongena as Jan Swanepoel
- 2019 · The Girl from St. Agnes as Capt. Marius Du Toit
- 2018 · Canary as Gerhard Louw
- 2018 · The Tokoloshe as Ruatomin
- 2017 · Waterfront as Ben Myburgh
- 2017 · Sara se Geheim as Johan Vermeulen
- 2017 · Life of Jesus as
- 2015 · Dis ek, Anna as Ds. Theron
- 2014 · Republiek van Zoid Afrika as Self
- 2014 · Swartwater as Ben
- 2012 · The Miracle Worker as Eugène Marais
- 2008 · Hansie as Johan Volsteedt
- 2007 · Ouma Se Slim Kind as Meester Roodt
- 2005 · Binnelanders as Dr. Franz Basson
- 2005 · Amalia as Piet Vos
- 2000 · 7de Laan as Leon de Lange
- 1994 · The Visual Bible: Acts as Tertullus
- 1994 · Torings as Dolf Groenewald
- 1993 · The Visual Bible: Matthew as Judas
- 1992 · Konings as Dolf Groenewald
- 1991 · The Night of the 19th as Groenewald
- 1988 · Fiela's Child as Benjamin Sr
- 1986 · Five Star: The Final as




