Atandwa Kani (born June 6, 1984) is a South African actor, and the son
of South African veteran actor John Kani.Kani was born in Port
Elizabeth, South Africa. He was exposed to the entertainment industry
at a young age by observing and learning from his father, who studied
scripts for his own acting roles and took his son to theatre
performances. These experiences influenced him to follow in his
father's footsteps. He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand
(Wits), where he studied theatre performance and participated in
school productions. He graduated in 2008, with an Honours degree in
theatrical performance. Kani is currently completing a MFA in Acting
at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.Kani made his
international stage debut in The Tempest, a collaboration between the
Baxter Theatre Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he
played Ariel alongside his father (Caliban) and Sir Antony Sher
(Prospero). One reviewer described him as "the star of this
production...he was a true pleasure to watch, embodying the character
and interacting beautifully with the rest of the cast". Sean Hewitt of
the Nottingham news site, Nottingham Post, wrote "....scene-stealing
Atandwa Kani, the best Ariel I've ever seen".In 2009, Kani made his
United States television debut in the CW Television Network program
Life Is Wild, an American adaptation of the hugely popular ITV family
drama Wild at Heart that aired in the United Kingdom from 2006 until
2012. The American adaptation was commissioned for only one season,
but from 2010 to 2012, Kani played the role of Thabo in series 5 and
6, plus a brief appearance in series 7, of the original British Wild
at Heart, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Dawn Steele.
of South African veteran actor John Kani.Kani was born in Port
Elizabeth, South Africa. He was exposed to the entertainment industry
at a young age by observing and learning from his father, who studied
scripts for his own acting roles and took his son to theatre
performances. These experiences influenced him to follow in his
father's footsteps. He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand
(Wits), where he studied theatre performance and participated in
school productions. He graduated in 2008, with an Honours degree in
theatrical performance. Kani is currently completing a MFA in Acting
at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.Kani made his
international stage debut in The Tempest, a collaboration between the
Baxter Theatre Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he
played Ariel alongside his father (Caliban) and Sir Antony Sher
(Prospero). One reviewer described him as "the star of this
production...he was a true pleasure to watch, embodying the character
and interacting beautifully with the rest of the cast". Sean Hewitt of
the Nottingham news site, Nottingham Post, wrote "....scene-stealing
Atandwa Kani, the best Ariel I've ever seen".In 2009, Kani made his
United States television debut in the CW Television Network program
Life Is Wild, an American adaptation of the hugely popular ITV family
drama Wild at Heart that aired in the United Kingdom from 2006 until
2012. The American adaptation was commissioned for only one season,
but from 2010 to 2012, Kani played the role of Thabo in series 5 and
6, plus a brief appearance in series 7, of the original British Wild
at Heart, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Dawn Steele.
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