Sharlto Copley (born 27 November 1973) is a South African actor. He
has played Wikus van der Merwe in the Academy Award-nominated science
fiction film District 9, Howling Mad Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of
The A-Team, Agent C.M. Kruger in the science fiction film Elysium,
James Corrigan in the science fiction horror film Europa Report and
King Stefan in the dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent. He also
played the title character in the science fiction film Chappie, as
Jimmy in Hardcore Henry, and starred in two seasons as Christian
Walker of the TV series Powers. Sharlto is married to fellow South
African actress and fashion model Tanit Phoenix.Sharlto Copley was
born in Johannesburg and educated at St. Andrew's Preparatory School
in Grahamstown and Redhill School in Morningside, Johannesburg. His
father is Dr. Bruce Copley, a former university professor. His
brother, Donovan, is the lead singer of the Cape Town band Hot Water.A
year after leaving high school, Copley met director Neill Blomkamp.
Blomkamp was 16 and Copley was 22, and Copley provided Blomkamp with
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.
has played Wikus van der Merwe in the Academy Award-nominated science
fiction film District 9, Howling Mad Murdock in the 2010 adaptation of
The A-Team, Agent C.M. Kruger in the science fiction film Elysium,
James Corrigan in the science fiction horror film Europa Report and
King Stefan in the dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent. He also
played the title character in the science fiction film Chappie, as
Jimmy in Hardcore Henry, and starred in two seasons as Christian
Walker of the TV series Powers. Sharlto is married to fellow South
African actress and fashion model Tanit Phoenix.Sharlto Copley was
born in Johannesburg and educated at St. Andrew's Preparatory School
in Grahamstown and Redhill School in Morningside, Johannesburg. His
father is Dr. Bruce Copley, a former university professor. His
brother, Donovan, is the lead singer of the Cape Town band Hot Water.A
year after leaving high school, Copley met director Neill Blomkamp.
Blomkamp was 16 and Copley was 22, and Copley provided Blomkamp with
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.
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