Casper De Vries is an South African actor, comedian, entertainer, composer, director, producer and author of sketches famous for his Afrikaans one man shows.
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Background
He was born and grew up in Pretoria and went on to study drama at the University of Stellenbosch. His shows are very popular amongst Afrikaans-speaking South Africans and he even held shows in the London Palladium, where a lot of Afrikaners reside. His professional career started in 1986, and in 1997 he began his one man shows with "Walgwors". That show was followed by "Wetter" (98), "Toet&Taal" (99), "Laat Daar Lag Wees" (00/01), "Dimensie" (02), "Snaaks Genoeg" (04), "My Wereld" (05) and "Mondig" (07). He also acted in two Leon Schuster movies , "Oh Schucks here comes UNTAG" and "Sweet 'n Short", and wrote and produced two TV shows, "Die Casper Rasper Show" (2001 - 2003) and "Haak & Steek" (2003/04).
Controversy
In 2004 an alleged radical right-wing activism Afrikaner group called the "Boeremag" was on trial for terror attacks in South Africa. During the trial plans to blow up De Vries together with eight other individuals was revealed. The group is quoted for saying that the reason for this plan was because De Vries "was not on the right path".[1]
