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During his second year there he met Lochner de Kock and Marie Human in Windhoek – it was there that he did his first professional acting.
He matriculated at Hoërskool Linden and then enrolled for a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town, but only completed the first year of the three-year course.
The name Gys de Villiers was also used for some of his one-act plays by his father, Dirk de Villiers.
Die Oggendblad, 6 May 2004.
Beeld, 10 January 1985.
Biography
The son of film-maker and playwright Dirk de Villiers, he was born Dirk Gysbert de Villiers in Roodepoort on 4 November, 1960.
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He has also appeared in Scoring a Goal; Kabarette; The Seagull; It's a Boy; Wag tot Donker Kom; Al my Seuns; Vereeniging, Vereeniging; Hamlet Machine; Woyzeck; Bloed in die Strate.
He also directed Rooikaart at the Aardklop Festival in 2011. In December 2019 he performed at The Billie Holiday Theater in the highly acclaimed " Reparations" directed by Michele Shay.
His most recent international work was in 'Mandela Long Walk to Freedom' with Idris Elba where he played president FW De Klerk.
Die Burger 24 August 2015.
After school he began his national military service in Kimberley. To avoid confusion with his father, he was usually called Gys de Villiers, a name he would use in his theatre and film career.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
His first professional role was in Die Drie Van Der Walts.
They moved to New York in April 2015.
De Villiers has also acted in numerous feature films, including City of Blood (1983), The Stick (1987), On the Wire (1990), Dangerous Ground (1997), Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), Inside Out (2000) and Zoop in Afrika (2005).
He starred in Die Sakeman van Venesië at the Alexander Theatre in 1991, Uit die Bloute in 2008,Siener in die Suburbs by P.G. du Plessis, directed by Chris Vorster, KKNK, 2002, Suig 2004.
Work for PACT includes Die Spinner (with its anti-war sentiment), as well as Diepe Grond and Sing jy van Bomme, which truly delved into the Afrikaner psyche.
In 1983 he joined PACT and for the first 10 years of his career he only did theatre work.
Gys is a South African actor who was awarded his Alien of Extraordinary ability visa (Green Card Holder) in 2015 for performance in film, television and theatre and he is now residing in New York.
His career spans 39 years and he has built an impressive theatre, film and television career in South Africa and abroad.
Nominee 1991 Gys de Villiers in In Kamera (Anton de Waal Award for best actor in a leading role in Afrikaans); Gys de Villiers in Die Sakeman van Venesië (Johannesburg Civic Theatre Award for best actor in a supporting role in Afrikaans);
Sources
"Gys de Villiers" on the TVSA website [1]
"Gys de Villiers" on the Thespians website[2]
Outers programme notes, 1985(??).
He appeared in numerous theatre productions during this time.