Siyabonga Ricky Mayola (born 10 May 1988) is a South African actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the series Amaza, Projek Dina, Die Spreeus and Sara se Geheim.
Personal life Mayola was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. His father was a teacher and mother was a nurse. He completed primary education at Victoria Park Grey and Sundridge Park Primary. Then he matriculated from Alexander Road High School. He took classes at the Stage World Theatre School in Port Elizabeth and performed in the local plays. He completed his degree at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.
Career In 2011, he made his film debut as Baby Face in the Hollywood indie film 419 filmed in Cape Town. Then in 2012, he was cast in the stage play Faces Of Betrayal co-directed by Dr. Christopher John and Caroline Duck. In 2012, he appeared in the short film The Brave Unseen, for which he won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the annual AFDA awards. After the short, he shot the documentary Antartica for two and a half months. After his return in 2014, he joined the SABC1 youth drama series Amaza in the role of Bongani Mapanga. In 2016, he played Isaac in the Mzansi Magic drama Isikizi.
Then in 2018, he joined the second season of kykNET drama Sara se Geheim as Nyaniso. In 2019, he played Victor in the kykNET police procedural series Die Spreeus. In 2020, he appeared in another kykNET police procedural series Projek Dina as Constable Conjwa. That same year, he appeared in John Pogue's Hollywood sci-fi film Deep Blue Sea 3. Then he played Willy in the 2020 Fugard Theatre production of Master Harold produced by Athol Fugard.
Apart from local television, he had a supporting role in the series Rugby Motors and Black Sails (2013). He also appeared in theatre productions such as Chance Musical, Passport to Tele Land, Beyond All Reason, Sofia is Gone and Faces of Betrayal.
Filmography
Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2012 419 Babyface TV series 2012 The Brave Unseen Vuyo TV series 2014 Amaza Bongani Mapanga TV series 2014 Black Sails Slave TV series 2015 Wallander Second Assassin TV series 2016 Jabu's Jungle Anteater TV series 2016 Shepherds and Butchers Condemned Man TV series 2016 Isikizi Isaac TV series 2018 Sara se Geheim Nyaniso TV series 2018 Ice Vendor TV series 2019 Die Spreeus Victor TV series 2019 Poppie Nongena du Preez TV series 2019 Moffie Tracker TV series 2019 The Devil Speaks Ken Rogers TV series 2020 Fried Barry Hensley TV series 2020 Projek Dina Constable Conjwa TV series 2020 Deep Blue Sea 3 Bahari Film
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