Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley

Born: November 27, 1973
in Johannesburg, South Africa
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.

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Boy Kills World
Title: Boy Kills World
Character: Gideon Van Der Koy
Released: April 24, 2024
Type: Movie
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
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Monkey Man
Title: Monkey Man
Character: Tiger
Released: April 3, 2024
Type: Movie
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
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Beast
Title: Beast
Character: Martin Battles
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: Movie
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
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Oats Studios: Volume 1
Title: Oats Studios: Volume 1
Character: God
Released: October 30, 2021
Type: Movie
A compilation of shorts, diverse experimental content and more weird stuff spread directly from the devious mind of the South African film director Neill Blomkamp. Includes: Rakka, Firebase, Zygote, Kapture-Fluke, Cooking with Bill, Praetoria, God and Gdansk.
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Ted K
Title: Ted K
Character: Ted
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: Movie
The True Story of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber, who wants to destroy modern technology to create a world for himself in the Montana wilderness.
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Seal Team
Title: Seal Team
Character: Switch (voice)
Released: October 28, 2021
Type: Movie
After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can’t whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.
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The Last Days of American Crime
Title: The Last Days of American Crime
Character: William Sawyer
Released: June 5, 2020
Type: Movie
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
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Title: Russian Doll
Character: Chez
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: TV
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
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God: City
Title: God: City
Character: Dieu
Released: September 17, 2018
Type: Movie
God presides over a modern metropolis.
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Gringo
Title: Gringo
Character: Mitch Rusk
Released: March 8, 2018
Type: Movie
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
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God: Serengeti
Title: God: Serengeti
Character: God
Released: July 6, 2017
Type: Movie
God presides over a prehistoric tribe.
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Free Fire
Title: Free Fire
Character: Vernon
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
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The Hollars
Title: The Hollars
Character: Ron Hollar
Released: August 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.
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Hardcore Henry
Title: Hardcore Henry
Character: Jimmy
Released: September 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
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Title: Powers
Character: Christian Walker
Released: March 10, 2015
Type: TV
Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?
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Chappie
Title: Chappie
Character: Chappie
Released: March 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.
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Maleficent
Title: Maleficent
Character: Stefan
Released: May 28, 2014
Type: Movie
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
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Oldboy
Title: Oldboy
Character: Adrian Pryce
Released: November 14, 2013
Type: Movie
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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Open Grave
Title: Open Grave
Character: John
Released: August 13, 2013
Type: Movie
A man awakes-- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.
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Elysium
Title: Elysium
Character: Kruger
Released: August 7, 2013
Type: Movie
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
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Europa Report
Title: Europa Report
Character: James Corrigan
Released: June 27, 2013
Type: Movie
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
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The A-Team
Title: The A-Team
Character: "Howling Mad" Murdock
Released: June 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck help out various people they encounter.
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Wikus and Charlize
Title: Wikus and Charlize
Character: Wikus van der Merwe
Released: April 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Wikus attempts to track down Charlize Theron in Hollywood to help him present the Award for Best Afrikaans Pop album.
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The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log
Title: The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary that discusses the making of the Oscar-nominated movie District 9 (2009).
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District 9
Title: District 9
Character: Wikus van de Merwe
Released: August 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
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Alive in Joburg
Title: Alive in Joburg
Character: Sniper
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary-style short film about the arrival of an alien spaceship over Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Michael Fouchay
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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Title: WWE Raw
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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Desert Warrior
Title: Desert Warrior
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
It’s 7th century, when Arabia is made up of rival, feuding tribes, disunited and forever at each other’s throats. Emperor Kisra has a fearsome reputation for being utterly ruthless. But when the Arabian Princess Hind refuses to become the emperor’s concubine, the stage is set for an epic confrontation. It is a battle that, by its conclusion, will have changed the region forever and echo throughout history. Escaping with her father, King Numan, into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisra’s seasoned mercenary Jalabzeen and his bloodthirsty troops. Hind and her father are forced to entrust their safety to a mysterious bandit, whose fighting prowess is second to none. The bandit harbors his own secrets, which will play a large part in deciding the fate of the battle. Hind inspires the fractious tribes to come together for one last stand and unite against an army that outnumbers them and is far better equipped.