Casper de Vries
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Casper De Vries is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, composer, director, producer and author of sketches famous for his Afrikaans
one man shows.
on 1 June 1964 and went on to study drama at the University of Stellenbosch.
His shows are very popular amongst Afrikaans-speaking White South Africans and he even held shows in the London Palladium
, where a lot of Afrikaners reside.
Here is a list of Casper's one man shows:
, the Afrikaans
version of Deal or no Deal
. In the early nineties he also hosted an America's Funniest Home Videos-style show called Devries.
In 2009 he guest starred in South Africa's longest running soap, Egoli
.
In 2010 he appears as a guest artist in the Afrikaans
improvisational TV-show Proesstraat
and as judge on the popular Afrikaans reality show Supersterre alongside Shaleen-Surtie Richards and Theuns Jordaan.
was on trial for terror attacks in South Africa. During the trial plans to blow up De Vries together with eight other individuals was revealed. The group is quoted for saying that the reason for this plan was because De Vries "was not on the right path".
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
one man shows.
Background
He was born in PretoriaPretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
on 1 June 1964 and went on to study drama at the University of Stellenbosch.
His shows are very popular amongst Afrikaans-speaking White South Africans and he even held shows in the London Palladium
London Palladium
The London Palladium is a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. From the roster of stars who have played there and many televised performances, it is arguably the most famous theatre in London and the United Kingdom, especially for musical variety...
, where a lot of Afrikaners reside.
Live shows
His professional career started in 1986 with Hallo Suid-Afrika (Hello South Africa), and has been on-stage year after year until he started performing his one-man shows in 1997 where he started gaining major success.Here is a list of Casper's one man shows:
- Walgwors (1997)
- Wetter (1998)
- Toet & Taal (1999)
- Laat Daar Lag Wees (2000)/(2001)
- DiMensie (2002)
- Die Hits (2003)
- Snaaks Genoeg (2004)
- My Wêreld (2006)
- Mondig (2007)
- BroedersAncestors (2009)
- Gaan Groot (2010)
Film Appearances
- Haak en Steek as Blertsie du Toit and Hanno Gelderblom
- Alec to the Rescue (1999) as Train Steward
- Soweto Green (1995) as Adrian Fluit
- Sweet 'n Short (1991) as George Weedle
- Taxi to Soweto (1992) as a Telekom Engineer
- Kwagga Strikes Back also known as Oh, Shucks-here comes UNTAG (1990) as Joop Van den Proes
Characters
De Vries has characters that he portrays himself in his live shows and on TV:- Oom Kallie Marie - An old Afrikaner that represents the old Boere-Folk and is very old fashioned. Married to Tant Anna. Has a gay son from a previous marriage called Karel-Jan.
- Greetje Appelmoes - A Dutch woman who always gives advice. Made her debut on Devries. Has three children called Mooitje, Booitje and Vrooitje.
- Montelle Jansen van Rensburg - A homosexual ex-flight attendant for SAA. Made his debut as Mara in the show Toet en Taal.
- Blertsie du Toit - A mentally disabled young boy. Made his debut in the Haak en Steek series on the Casper Rasper Show.
- Hanno Gelderblom - A man from Kempton Park, drinks Klipdrift from the bottle and makes weird noises. Father of Orpa Gelderblom who sang a duet with him on Noot vir Noot. Made his debut on the Casper Rasper Show as the manager of an old-age girlgroup called Die Jerry-Hattricks.
- Patience Candida April - Ex-prostitute and retired alcoholic from Cape Town. Lost her father at a young age. Has a son called Moses. Made her debut in a sketch called Hoer ry die boere on the Casper Rasper Show.
- Renier Ferreira - Head of the VKTA and organizer of Ikayezi. Made his debut on My Wêreld.
- Gizelle Serfontein - News reader, presenter and porn star.
Television
He wrote, produced and starred in a 3-series comedy variety show, Die Casper Rasper Show (2001–2003) and a soapie-spoof Haak & Steek (2003/04). More recently he became the host of Doen met 'n Miljoen!Doen met 'n Miljoen!
Doen met 'n Miljoen! is the South African Afrikaans language-version of Deal or No Deal. The show was premiered on October 19, 2007 on kykNET and hosted by Casper de Vries....
, the Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
version of Deal or no Deal
Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
. In the early nineties he also hosted an America's Funniest Home Videos-style show called Devries.
In 2009 he guest starred in South Africa's longest running soap, Egoli
Egoli
eGoli is the alternative, Zulu name for Johannesburg, South Africa.Egoli may also refer to:* Egoli: Place of Gold, long-running South African soap opera* Egoli Air, airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa...
.
In 2010 he appears as a guest artist in the Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
improvisational TV-show Proesstraat
Proesstraat
Proesstraat is an Afrikaans Television-Show which airs on kykNet based on the German improvisational comedy show Schillerstrasse...
and as judge on the popular Afrikaans reality show Supersterre alongside Shaleen-Surtie Richards and Theuns Jordaan.
Controversy
In 2004 an alleged radical right-wing activism Afrikaner group called the BoeremagBoeremag
The Boeremag is a South African right-wing activism group with white separatist aims and is accused of planning to overthrow the ruling African National Congress government and to reinstate a new Boer administered republic reminiscent of the era when Boers administered independent republics...
was on trial for terror attacks in South Africa. During the trial plans to blow up De Vries together with eight other individuals was revealed. The group is quoted for saying that the reason for this plan was because De Vries "was not on the right path".