Portrait of Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley

Acting

Biography

Sharlto Copley (born November 27, 1973) is a South African producer, actor, and director who has produced and co-directed short films which have appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as commercials and music videos. He is perhaps best known for playing the roles of Wikus van der Merwe in the Oscar-nominated science fiction film District 9 and H. M. Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharlto Copley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: November 27, 1973

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

Filmography

2025
2025
Heads of State

as Agent Coop

2024
Boy Kills World

as Glen Van Der Koy

2024
Monkey Man

as Tiger

2022
Beast

as Martin Battles

2021
Ted K

as Ted

2021
Seal Team

as Switch (voice)

2020
2019
The Witcher

as Leo Bonhart

2019
2018
God: City

as Dieu

2018
Gringo

as Mitch Rusk

2017
2017
Free Fire

as Vernon

2016
The Hollars

as Ron Hollar

2015
2015
Powers

as Christian Walker

2015
Chappie

as Chappie

2014
Maleficent

as Stefan

2013
Oldboy

as Adrian Pryce

2013
Open Grave

as John

2013
Elysium

as Kruger

2013
Europa Report

as James Corrigan

2010
The A-Team

as Murdock

2010
Wikus and Charlize

as Wikus van der Merwe

2009
District 9

as Wikus van de Merwe

2005
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Michael Fouchay

1993
Raw

as Self