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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Copley resides in [[Cape Town]] and [[Los Angeles]]. He has two younger siblings: Donovan, a musician and leader of the South African band Hot Water,<ref name=hotwater>http://www.hotwater.co.za/ Hotwater with Donovan Copley</ref> and Marisa, a fashion designer and owner of the clothing label WithOut.<ref name=without>http://www.without.co.za/stores.htm WithOut</ref> |
Copley resides in [[Cape Town]] and [[Los Angeles]]. He has two younger siblings: Donovan, a musician and leader of the South African band Hot Water,<ref name=hotwater>http://www.hotwater.co.za/ Hotwater with Donovan Copley</ref> and Marisa, a fashion designer and owner of the clothing label WithOut.<ref name=without>http://www.without.co.za/stores.htm WithOut</ref> Their father is Dr Bruce Copley,<ref name=bruce1>http://www.filmcontact.com/south-africa/interview-with-team-star-sharlto-copley Interview with Sharlto Copley</ref><ref name=bruce>http://www.fullcirclemag.co.za/media/articles/misc/allfiredup.jpg Donovan Copley and Dr Bruce Copley</ref> a holistic animator who stays in [[Pringle Bay]] in the Western Cape, and their mother is Linda Copley.<ref name=linda>http://christianscience.com/lectures/speakers/stockscopley/ Linda Copley</ref> |
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==Acting, producing, and directing career== |
==Acting, producing, and directing career== |
Revision as of 13:57, 21 February 2011
Sharlto Copley | |
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Occupation(s) | Actor, Producer, Director |
Years active | 2005–present |
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 co-founded a media production company, visual effects company and a talent agency. He is perhaps best known for playing the roles of Wikus van der Merwe in the Oscar-nominated science fiction film District 9[1] and H. M. Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team.
Personal life
Copley resides in Cape Town and Los Angeles. He has two younger siblings: Donovan, a musician and leader of the South African band Hot Water,[2] and Marisa, a fashion designer and owner of the clothing label WithOut.[3] Their father is Dr Bruce Copley,[4][5] a holistic animator who stays in Pringle Bay in the Western Cape, and their mother is Linda Copley.[6]
Acting, producing, and directing career
A year after leaving high school, Copley first met director Neill Blomkamp; Copley was 22 and Blomkamp was 16, and Copley provided Blomkamp with the use of computers at his production company to assist the company with pitches for various projects and allow Blomkamp to further pursue his passion and talent for 3D animation and design.[7]
Copley starred in Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp's District 9 where he plays the leading role of Wikus van der Merwe,[8] an Afrikaner bureaucrat assigned to relocate a race of extraterrestrial creatures unexpectedly stranded on Earth, referred to as "prawns", from District 9, a military-guarded slum in Johannesburg, South Africa, to an internment camp outside the city. He improvised all of his dialogue in the film.[9]
In 2009, Copley won the Favorite Hero award at the IGN Summer Movie awards[10] and Best Performance of 2009[11] for his role in District 9.
In 2010, Copley produced, wrote and directed an insert for the South African Music Awards called "Wikus and Charlize", featuring fellow South African star Charlize Theron. The clip features Copley as Wikus attempting to track down Charlize in Hollywood to help him present the Award for Best Afrikaans Pop album[12].
Copley then starred alongside Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in the feature film adaptation of The A-Team,[13] which was produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. Copley starred as H. M. Murdock (originally played by Dwight Schultz in the TV series) and adopted a Southern American accent for the role. He also imitated other accents, including English, Scottish, Australian, and that of his Afrikaans character Wikus from District 9. Schultz praised Copley's performance and stated that Copley was the only actor true to his character.[14]
Copley guest co-hosted WWE Raw on June 7, 2010, along with his A-Team co-stars Bradley Cooper and Quinton Jackson.
Copley will star in Elysium,[15] an upcoming science-fiction film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. Despite similarities with District 9, Blomkamp has confirmed it will not be a sequel.[16] Copley will also appear in Men in Black III as "a fast-talking Yoda type alien".[17]
Filmography
Year | Title | Credited as | ||||
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Director | Producer | Writer | Actor | Role | ||
2005 | Alive in Joburg | Yes | Yes | Sniper | ||
2005 | 2001: A Space Oddity | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2005 | Hellweek | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Drill Sergeant |
2008 | Spoon | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2009 | District 9 | Yes | Wikus van der Merwe | |||
2010 | The A-Team | Yes | Capt. H. M. "Howling Mad" Murdock | |||
2011 | Elysium[15] | Yes | ||||
2012 | Men in Black III[17] | Yes | Alien[18] |
Television appearance
On June 7, 2010, Copley had a guest co-host cameo on WWE Raw together with his The A-Team co-stars Bradley Cooper (Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck) and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus).
References
- ^ 2010 "MTV Movie Awards Nominees Announced; New Category for Horror".
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value (help) - ^ http://www.hotwater.co.za/ Hotwater with Donovan Copley
- ^ http://www.without.co.za/stores.htm WithOut
- ^ http://www.filmcontact.com/south-africa/interview-with-team-star-sharlto-copley Interview with Sharlto Copley
- ^ http://www.fullcirclemag.co.za/media/articles/misc/allfiredup.jpg Donovan Copley and Dr Bruce Copley
- ^ http://christianscience.com/lectures/speakers/stockscopley/ Linda Copley
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSON9w5Pm8o
- ^ IMDb.com
- ^ "District 9 director Neill Blomkamp". A.V. Club. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
- ^ IGN Summer Movie Awards Favorite Hero
- ^ IGN Movies Best Performance of 2009
- ^ Wikus From District 9 Hunting Down a Different Beast - Charlize Theron!
- ^ http://www.zimbio.com/Quinton+%27Rampage%27+Jackson/articles/b_3a4RynGWV/Team+starring+Liam+Neeson+Bradley+Cooper+Jessica Sharlto in A-Team
- ^ "The team characters are sufficiently different and, with so many roles reversed from the original, one could say they are not really derivative, save for their names. The exception is the brilliant Sharlto Copley as Murdock. He is faithful to the original, but at the same time is big screen twisted and right at home with the new team. I saw the film with a packed house and the audience applauded, laughed and were all smiles as they filed out of the theater.", Schultz, Dwight (2010-06-22). "Dwight's opinion about the A-team movie". Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ a b Child, Ben (2010-12-13). "Matt Damon in talks to star in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "'District 9' Director Neill Blomkamp Drops A Few Hints About His Next Project".
- ^ a b SciFiMania
- ^ Adam Quigley (October 13, 2010). "Sharlto Copley, Alec Baldwin and Gemma Arterton in Negotiations for 'Men In Black 3′". /Film. Retrieved November 14, 2010.