Robin Smith

Robin Smith

Born: February 28, 1955
in Basutoland, South Africa
Robin B. Smith is a South African former wrestling manager and actor. He is most famous for participating in the 2009 film Invictus. He was known in the WWF as the Commandant, who managed the South African Truth Commission for a short time in 1997.

Born in South Africa, his film career started in 1987 in the film Scavengers. He appeared in many South African movies throughout the late 1980s to the 2000s.

Wrestling career

Smith became a manager in professional wrestling in early 1997. Bret Hart visited South Africa and met Smith. Hart recommended him for a role in the World Wrestling Federation, however he never fought as a wrestler. Smith made his wrestling debut in Tennessee in the US Wrestling Association (USWA). He wrestled under the name Commandant, and managed a group of wrestlers including "Interrogator", "Tank" and "Recon" as the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission".

This tea won the USWA Tag Team Championship three times. In June 1997, the Truth Commission made their WWF debut. Smith made promos on WWF about the Truth Commission and attacking the United States for not having discipline. He was hated by the fans. "Sniper" replaced "Tank" on the commission. He was interviewed by Sunny, but scared her by yelling at her. During the summer of 1997 the group lost only to "Legion of Doom". In September, Smith was replaced by Don Callis, the "Jackyl"; the WWF wanted someone who could participate physically in the matches. Smith returned to South Africa, ending his wrestling career.

Acting

Smith appeared in 2006's The Fall, a film about Los Angeles based in the 1920s. In 2009 he played Johan De Villers in Invictus, about a South Africa rugby team fighting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Personal

As of 2011 he lived in South Africa, as a freelancer.

Movies for Robin Smith...

Title: Projek Dina
Character: Kobus Ferreira
Released: January 14, 2020
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Die Byl
Character: Wikus
Released: July 12, 2016
Type: TV
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.
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Bow Tie
Title: Bow Tie
Character: Blignaut (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Don “Vossie” Vorster is a geeky bunny-hugger with a good heart. About to set off for Stellenbosch University, Vossie’s proud father hands him a box. Inside, he discovers a slightly tatty black bowtie. In a tradition passed down from generation to generation, the eldest son in the Vorster family is given the honour of wearing the bowtie when he finishes high school. Imbued with the courage to stand up for the things he cares about, he’s ready to take on courting the girl of his dreams.
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Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
Title: Angus Buchan's Ordinary People
Character: Herman Visser
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: Movie
The plot follows the individual journeys of three ordinary South African men in the build up to their attendance of the 2010 Mighty Men Conference, where their lives are forever changed by God's message for them.
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Beauty
Title: Beauty
Character: Gideon
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: Movie
François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.
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Master Harold... and the Boys
Title: Master Harold... and the Boys
Character: Man in Bar / Radio news reader
Released: March 17, 2010
Type: Movie
This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam. Sam is a black waiter and Hally's friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his father's racist jokes, by contrast, Sam exposes Hally to uplifting experiences. One day Hally was terribly humiliated by his father and Sam shows Hally how to be proud of something he can achieve.
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Invictus
Title: Invictus
Character: Johan De Villiers
Released: December 11, 2009
Type: Movie
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.
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Deadly Harvest
Title: Deadly Harvest
Character: Ambulance Driver
Released: February 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Marisa and Frank honeymoon in South Africa. A particularly favourable offer lures them to a lonely and run-down hotel. There, they are attacked by men. Frank is beaten and kidnapped, while Marisa barely escapes. She receives help from the young South African Biko, who helps her to escape the men. Marisa and Biko find out that people are abducted to be cannibalized for the trade in organs. Finally, the two try to find frank and save him.
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Poena Is Koning
Title: Poena Is Koning
Character: Security Guard
Released: September 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse and his high school buddy Vaatjie, who have decided that they have to lose their virginity by the time they finish school. But they've picked the worst moment to embark on their sexual escapade – it's matric exam time and their quest results in major distractions from their studies. The consequences are dire.
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Running Riot
Title: Running Riot
Character: Vladimir Brutonov
Released: December 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Tjokkie and Crispin decide to take a bet with their rival, Ratkas Koekemoor that Crispin can beat him in the Comrades marathon.His wife suspect he really wants to go to Durban to fool around, so she hires a private detective to keep an on him. In Durban, he meets and falls for a stunning Russian athlete, but her ex-KGB trainer also has his eye on her. One thing leads to another, and after the race, things come to a head as the competing lovers, coach, and private detective find themselves in compromising and complicated situations.
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The Fall
Title: The Fall
Character: Luigi / One Legged Actor
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Man to Man
Title: Man to Man
Character: Douglas
Released: April 13, 2005
Type: Movie
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
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Red Dust
Title: Red Dust
Character: Duty Officer
Released: January 11, 2004
Type: Movie
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
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Proteus
Title: Proteus
Character: Munster
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: Movie
An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the passionate (true) story of two men caught in an unjust system rife with racism, homophobia and cruelty.
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The Meeksville Ghost
Title: The Meeksville Ghost
Character: Ox
Released: August 26, 2001
Type: Movie
A cowboy ghost, one young man, a mother and son separated at his birth by a disapproving father, dream / time travel, a big fiery accident, a small town in need of saving by the power of love.
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Running Free
Title: Running Free
Released: November 11, 1999
Type: Movie
The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.
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Black Velvet Band
Title: Black Velvet Band
Character: Vermeer
Released: December 24, 1997
Type: Movie
Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian times when a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia, their ship, however, docks in South Africa and the gang manage to make their escape. The film starred Nick Berry, Chris McHallem and Todd Carty, who had all previously appeared in EastEnders together. The initial idea came from McHallem, whilst Nick Berry, thanks to being the darling of ITV at the time because of his hit show Heartbeat, had the clout to get it made.
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The Lost City
Title: The Lost City
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
After surviving a helicopter crash in the uncharted South African wilderness, two young men, a girl and a renegade thief discover an ancient city unknown to civilisation.
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Hearts & Minds
Title: Hearts & Minds
Character: Willem
Released: August 29, 1995
Type: Movie
In the final days of the pro-apartheid government, bigoted policeman and assassin Andries Fourie is assigned an undercover job. His task is to pose as a political progressive to infiltrate the African National Congress and assassinate one of the party’s leaders.
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Lunar Cop
Title: Lunar Cop
Character: Stopper
Released: April 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A cop from the moon is sent to the Earth, now possessed by motorcycle-riding "Mad Max"-like inhabitants, to stop a serum from being released that he believes is going to destroy the Earth
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Lipstiek Dipstiek
Title: Lipstiek Dipstiek
Character: Frikkie
Released: November 25, 1994
Type: Movie
The story is about Poenie (Franscois Coertze) who burns his scrotum with a welding iron while working on his car and lands in hospital a few days before he is to marry the virgin Martie. This is the first mishap in a series of disasters and misunderstandings that provides many belly-clutching laughs. As Poenie's father Frikadel (Zak du Plessis) puts it, "Die seun sit sy voet uit die voordeur uit en dan is hy kniediep in die kak!"
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Cyborg Cop II
Title: Cyborg Cop II
Character: Fats
Released: September 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Jack, a cop, loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue sending the man to death row. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group".
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Never Say Die
Title: Never Say Die
Character: Angel
Released: May 24, 1994
Type: Movie
The peaceful existence of boat repairman Blake (Frank Zagarino) is destroyed when the Reverend James (Billy Drago) shows up with his disciples. Back in the days when Blake had been a member of an elite commando force, James had been his friend. But things have changed. Worried that Reverend James has fostered a cult and is planning on a mass suicide, the government sends spies to investigate. The government is also concerned because a prominent general's daughter is among the cultists. When the spies are killed, Blake is forced to reveal his true identity and join the fray to stop James and save the general's daughter.
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Project Shadowchaser II
Title: Project Shadowchaser II
Character: Prine
Released: May 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Terrorists led by an android take over a nuclear plant and threaten to launch a missile at Washington. While the authorities desperately attempt to negotiate, the terrorists persue their real goal. A plant worker, her son and a tough-guy repair man have other ideas, and attempt to stop the terrorists from inside the plant.
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Bopha!
Title: Bopha!
Character: Retlief
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: Movie
In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
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Title: WWE Raw
Character: The Commandant
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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Pursuit
Title: Pursuit
Character: Crazy Ezra
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A mercenary is hired to hunt down a group of rebel soldiers in Africa.
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Reason to Die
Title: Reason to Die
Character: Otto
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.
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Death Force
Title: Death Force
Character: Robert McCullam
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
A private eye investigates fraud in the world of horse racing.
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The Revenger
Title: The Revenger
Character: Chuck
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
When saxophonist Mike Teller's brother Mackie is killed before being able to deliver $500,000 to mob boss Jack Fisher, Mike is arrested as an accomplice and thrown into prison for five years. Upon his release, he finds Fisher has kidnapped his wife, Lisa, believing Mike has the stolen drug money. With the help of Mackie's old Vietnam war buddy, Harry Crawford, Mike and Harry rescue Lisa, but now have to escape the clutches of the mob in Harry's remote cabin. Will Jack Fisher retrieve his money or will Mike get his revenge?
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Merchants of War
Title: Merchants of War
Character: Harry Gere
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
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Red Scorpion
Title: Red Scorpion
Character: Russian Officer
Released: December 24, 1988
Type: Movie
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.
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Blind Justice
Title: Blind Justice
Character: Max
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Intrigue and injustice in Rhodesia