Grant Swanby
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 25, 1967
Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa
Known For
Projek Dina
A south African series that takes place in the work and life environment of the emergency response task force, where the pressure is sky high and the room for error is tiny. Now that the task force has just been set up by the Western Cape police - as a way to combat the rapidly increasing cases of missing persons in South Africa - the members of the task force have a seemingly impossible task at hand: to find the missing persons in Cape Town and bring them home one by one.
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Based on true events, the film tells a story of the damaged relationship between a woman and her son, who is addicted to drug abuse. It also narrates the itenary of events that led to the murder of her son, as well as the legal process that followed afterwards.
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.
The Fall
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Blood Diamond
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Invictus
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
Invasion
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
Critical Assignment
The president of an African country decrees that the arms budget will be diverted in to the Water for All project. Journalist Michael Power discovers a coup set by the arms dealers.
Beyond the River
Inspired by the true story of Siseko Ntondini and Piers Cruickshanks, who together won gold in the 2014 Dusi, Beyond the River delivers a nail-biting adventure story about the triumph of the human spirit.
Zulu
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
Filmography
as Businessman
as General Mitchell
as Doctor
as Koetze
as Robert du Preez
as Leigh’s dad
as Captain Le Roux
as Pastor Abrahams
as SAS Commanding Officer
as Kiril
as Steve
as Antwerp Board Member
as Carel Massyn
as Colonel Swannell
as Diggler
as Frank
as Joe No Leg
as Policeman at grave
as Captain Kruger
as Tomas
as Crassus
as Drikus
as Wolfgang Loerke
as Jan Rabie
as Colonel Ronin
as Co-Captain of 747
as Slang
as President's Agent Botha (uncredited)
as Self
as Barkeeper
as Dr. Geyer
as Warder Delport
as UNCHR Official
as Father Augustine
as Tokin
as Michael's Heavy 3
as Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood
as Jon Marshall
as Willer
as Doc
as Ted Hansen
as Security Officer #2
as Douglas