Gérard Rudolf is a South African actor. He has starred in many TV series and films since 1992, including the 2013 Bengali film Chander Pahar and the SABC 3 soap Isidingo. He stars as Boef Beukes in the 2023 M-Net series Devil's Peak, based on the novel of the same name by Deon Meyer.
Early life and education Gérard Rudolf was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but spent most of his younger years in Cape Town and then his teenage years in Johannesburg.
After completing high school he did two years of compulsory military service, and was sent to fight in the Angolan War. In 1987 he joined the drama school at the University of Pretoria, where he graduated in 1989.
Career Rudolf joined the CAPAB (Cape Performing Arts Board) drama company for a year, during which he performed on stage in Shakespeare plays, comedies, and dramas.
He left the company in 1991 to start his own theatre company called Makeshift Moon, specialising in original South African works. In the same year, he developed an interest in film and appeared in several roles over the following decade, beginning in 1992 with the series Arende II. He received some notoriety as an outspoken opponent to the Apartheid regime at the time, and he also campaigned against forced military conscription.
In 2013, Rudolf played Diego Alvarez in the award-winning Bengali film Chander Pahar, opposite Bengali star Dev (Bengali). Based on the 1937 adventure novel of the same name, which was filmed in South Africa. He described the role as "the most challenging and beautiful character I have ever played".
From 2017 until mid-2019, Rudolf played Hendrik Lategan in the SABC 3 soap Isidingo, before his character suddenly dies of a brain aneurysm.
In 2018, he starred in Kanarie, a "coming-of-age musical war drama" set in South Africa in the 1980s.
Rudolf played Boef Beukes in the 2023 crime drama series Devil's Peak.
Other roles and activities In 1998, he started his own acting school in Cape Town, but left after feeling burnt out in 2002.
Rudolf published a collection of poetic writings in 2009, titled Orphaned Latitudes.
Personal life Rudolf divorced his wife after quitting his acting school in 2002 and moved to the United Kingdom, returning in 2010 to Johannesburg.
Publications Year Book Publisher Type 2009 Orphaned Latitudes Red Squirrel Press Poetry
Filmography Selected Filmography : Year Film Role Notes 1992 Arende II TV series 1993Arende III TV series 1997–1998 The Adventures of Sinbad TV series 1998 Paljas Jan Mol 2001 Styx Sloan 2001 Dust 2002 Pavement 2002 The Piano Player Ryan Tyler 2003 Adrenaline Ben 2003 The Young Black Stallion Rhamon 2008 Transito Priester 2012 Wolwedans in die Skemer 2012 Wild at Heart TV series 2013 Layla Fourie Van Niekerk 2013 Chander Pahar Diego Alvarez Bengali film 2013 Jimmy in Pienk Gigi 2015 Die Ontwaking Capt. Fred Lange 2016 The Siege of Jadotville Black Jack 2018 Canary (Kanarie) Ds Koch 2018 Griekwasted Hannes Cloete 2018 The Tokoloshe 2023 Devil's Peak Boef Beukes TV series based on Deon Meyer's novel of the same name2025Recipes for Love and Murder Ricus "The Satanic Mechanic" TV Series 2
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