Chris van Rensburg

Chris is an an Actor Voice Artist Writer and Producer He received his Drama training from the University of Pretoria where he received the award for the Best Creative contribution to the Drama department in 2005 As an actor and singer he has appeared in a variety of theatrical television and film productions His TV credits include South Africas first Superhero Television series Jongo as the sinister villain Mr Angel in High Rollers he played Kallie the klutzy IT guy and in KykNets Moeggeploeg he played the charming milk farmer Myburgh he also featured in 7de Laan the miniseries Huis van Liefde and the Mzansi Magic drama series The Road He is a familiar face in South African and International commercials having proved his versatility in performing as a multitude of different characters for major national and international brands Garmin Toyota Energade SABC MTN Wimpy and the list goes on As a theatre actor hes performed in musicals and straight theatre alike some of his credits include The Rocky Horror Show as Riff Raff Spongebob Squarepants the Musical as Squidward Houtkruis the musical and in Maralin Vanrenens I Have Life he played the psychopath Franz du Toit His Feature film credits include the Netflixproduced International feature Jadotville directed by Richie Smyth American PostApocalyptic Horror Film Last Broken Darkness directed by ChristoperLee dos Santos the biopic Hansie and Afrikaans family film Pretville He also starred in the 48 hour film project short films Lady Trompie and Beau Belle Cosmetics both produced by PI R Squared productions the latter of which received 7 awards including overall winner at the 2012 Johannesburg 48 hour Film Project As a voice artist he has given life to various voice campaigns on Radio and Television including Disney LG MTN and Toyota amongst others He is the cofounder of Pôkô Productions a puppetry and theatre production company which specialises in Shadow puppetry having produced Shadow Theatre productions Yanagi Into The Light and The Greatest African Love Story among others