André Jacobs
Acting
Biography
Andre Jacobs is an actor.
Born: March 31, 1954
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Known For
Felix
13-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil's music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship for grade eight at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and turns to two aging members of his father's old band to help him prepare for the school jazz concert.
Hansie
"How do you start over once you have betrayed a nation's trust?" The news of Hansie Cronjé's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his resulting public confession rocked the international sporting community. An unprecedented rise to glory was followed by the most horrific fall. A tarnished hero fueled the nation's fury.
Die Byl
The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.
Summertide
The story of marine biologist and father of two children, Martin Field, who moves to the False Bay area to get away from a big secret - the death of his wife. There he starts a marine conservation trust for False Bay - but life isn't as simple as it seems.
Plan B
Miniseries based on the novel by Deon Meyer which tells the story of the hunt for a stolen painting by three people with different interests in it. Plan B is the story of a man with a military background, Ivan Malan, and his partner, Paul Schmidt, who rob a gangster and steal The Fire Maiden – a painting by the Dutch master Vermeer worth €30-million.
Die Byl
The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.
Warrior
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
Abraham Lincoln
The true story of America's iconic 16th president as told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life and commentary by authoritative historians and public figures.
Black Sails
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.
Breathe
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Filmography
as Jack Patterson
as Self - Shabban Meyer
as Amos
as Tinus Kriel
as Zeev Lansky
as Jack Field
as Radcliff
as Gideon Welles
as General Alan Shard
as Dr. Robert G. Peterson
as Judge Robertson
as Reginald 'Reggie' Swann
as Wyman Thatcher
as Sergeant Sam Abrams
as Merriweather
as Governor
as Andre Wentzel
as Pienaar Greeff
as New Glock
as De Groot
as Mr. Murray
as Teddy
as Donald van Dein
as Hendrick Caezar
as T.V. Announcer
as Detective Roemer
as Dr. Ali Bacher
as Brigadier Morkel
as Gravanese
as Dr. Muller
as Sgt. Winslow
as Harvey
as Niels Barnard
as Navigator
as Chris Gregory (as André Jacobs)
as Bob Jenkins
as Frenchie (as André Jacobs)
as Geoff Armstrong
as Bob Matthews (as André Jacobs)
as Sgt. Garcia
as Captain Davies
as Santino
as Prester John