Danny de Bruyne, South African Actor | Actor, Writer, Director

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South African actor, Danny de Bruyne.

Taking the risky leap and joining the film industry at 34, Danny de Bruyne is becoming a common face in the film industry, having appeared on screen in product commercials, local soaps, on the stage and in film.

His background in acting training began with many hours on film sets as a humble background artist, learning from the pro’s as they do their thing in front of the camera, but moved in to the more serious realm of method acting, completing training in both the Stanislavsky and Meisner acting methods, and also took the opportunity to complete an intensive class of The Actors Foundry training.

Being fluent in at least 3 languages (English, Afrikaans and Greek), Danny landed his first lead role in a fully Afrikaans, Kyknet Production during 2017 named Die Man Met Die Snor (The Man With The Moustache), which is available now to watch on ShowMax.com.

In 2019, Danny appeared on stage for the first time, playing two charismatic roles of both Alfie Doolittle and Zoltan Karpathy in Alan Jay Lerner/George Bernard Shaw’s, My Fair Lady! Later in the same year, Danny takes the stage once again in Tammany Barton’s “Cupcakes & Commiserations” playing Frank, the conflicted husband of his wife, Nola who is suffering from mental health issues.

In 2022, Danny de Bruyne is now a credit playing Detective Danny Pienaar in the recently launched drama series, The Executives on SABC1 in South Africa. He can also be spotted on Lioness (on MNET) and The River (Showmax) in featured roles undertaken during the year.