Kaz McFadden (born 16 December 1984) is a South African actor, director and writer. He is best known for his roles in the series Egoli, Binnelanders, Villa Rosa and 7de Laan.
Personal life McFadden was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He matriculated at HTS John Vorster. After matriculation, he joined the Performing Arts Lifestyle Institute (PALI).
Career In 2006, after completing his third year at PALI, he made his television debut in the telenovela Binnelanders telecast on national television. After his fourth year at PALI, he joined the KykNet soap opera Villa Rosa in 2007. He then appeared in several series Die uwe Pottie Potgieter and Pantjieswinkel Stories. In 2009, he appeared in the final season of the M-Net soapie Egoli: Place of Gold as Alexander, Nenna's grandson. He went on to reprise his role in Egoli: The Movie in 2010.
In 2009, McFadden joined the SABC2 soap opera 7de Laan as Dewald. Meanwhile, he appeared on stage in plays such as Paulus, Noises Off, Vaselinetjie, Somewhere on the Border, Wetters, No Service Please, Die Seemeeu and Katjie Kekkelbek. He made his feature film debut in Bakgat, followed by roles in its sequel and then 5 min late, Spoorloos, Head Hunters and Acting Heroes. In 2010, he starred as Sebastiaan in the SABC2 sitcom Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter. In 2015, he made the title role "Don 'Vossie' Vorster" in the film Strikdas. In 2012 Kaz was nominated for an Ikussasa Youth actor of the year Award and in 2015 he received a nomination from the Royal Soapy Awards.
Apart from acting, he also worked as the artistic director of Nomad Productions. Then he wrote and directed the shows Fladder, Grond, Skemer and the Christmas special Aan die Ander Kant. As a voice over artist, he rendered his voice for the ATKV "Innie Bos" commercial and ATVK "Volksblad" Radio commercial.
Filmography
Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2008 Bakgat! Cheetah Slagoffer Film 2009 7de Laan Dewald TV series 2010 Egoli: Afrikaners is Plesierig Alexander Film 2010 Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter Sebastiaan Potgieter TV series 2010 Bakgat! II Perry Film 2012 Angus Buchan's Ordinary People Jake Cloete Film 2012 Die Wonderwerker Adriaan van Rooyen Film 2014 Pandjieswinkelstories Donovan / Mosie van Zyl TV series 2014 Knysna James Roos Film 2015 Strikdas Don 'Vossie' Vorster Film 2015 'n Pawpaw Vir My Darling Giepie Briel Film 2015 The Pro Wave-Seekers Commentator (voice) Film 2016 Koue Voete Homeless man Short film 2017 Seepglad Andy TV series 2017 Kampterrein Kareltjie Film 2017 Droomdag Nolan Film 2017 Swartwater Pepe TV series 2017 Erfsondes Jaco Lottering TV series 2017 Ouboet & Wors Hendrikkie van Tonder TV series 2018 Boesman My Seun Teenage Boesman TV movie 2019 Die Dag is Bros Tertius van Zyl TV movie 2019 Hoe om 'n perd te teken Director Short film 2020 Dust Caleb Film 2020 Fladder Writer TV movie 2021 Kranksinnig Writer, Andries TV movie 2021 Koshuis Director, writer TV movie
References
External links IMDb