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Bio: 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....
Dawid Minnaar
South African actor
Dawid Minnaar (born 1956), is a South African actor and dramatist.[1] Started his career in theatre in 1980s,[2] Minnaar later made many popular roles in the television serials such as, 7de Laan, Amalia and Binnelanders.[3][4]
Personal life
Minnaar was born in 1956 in Upington in the Northern Cape, South Africa as the youngest of 5 siblings.
He later grew up on a karakul farm in south-western Namibia. He completed primary education from a school in Bethanie.
Minnaar's talent and dedication to his craft led him to enroll at the University of Pretoria, where he studied drama and soon began honing his skills on stage.
But he received high school education at Paarl Boys High. After high school life, he had one year compulsory military service. After military service, he graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a B.A degree in drama. Then he graduated with B.A.
Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town.[5]
Career
In 1981, he started his professional acting career after joined with then South West African Performing Arts