Robert Hobbs
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Biography: Robert Hobbs was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1972. At an early age his family moved to Welkom, a small mining town in the interior of SA. There he was educated at Christian Brothers College and developed a love of performance through a series of school concerts and trips to the local Saturday morning film matinées. Following his passion, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts / Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama from the University of Cape Town in 1993. He was cast in a number of theatre roles including Macbeth for the SA State Theatre and his performance in Yasmina Reza's Life x 3 garnered him a Naledi Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cape Town - South Africa
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Birthday: January 01, 1972
Age: 53 years old
Gender: Male
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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
Overview: This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-11
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District 9
Overview: Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-05
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Bravo Two Zero
Overview: When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture and torture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border. Based on the true story of a British Special Forces unit behind enemy lines during the Gulf War, Bravo Two Zero explores the tragedies and triumphs of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War.
Genres: War Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-07
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Overview: A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-28
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Young Ones
Overview: In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
Genres: Western Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-28
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Chappie
Overview: Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.
Genres: Crime Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-04
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The Salvation
Overview: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-05-22
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The Siege of Jadotville
Overview: Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-19
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The Trail
Overview: After her mothers death, Grace, 14, decides to go back to Africa to find her father whom she hasn't seen since her parents divorced. After his plane crashes in the desert, her father gets caught by diamond hunters. Grace follows her fathers route along with family friend Kadjiro...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-02-08
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Catch a Fire
Overview: The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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Safe House
Overview: A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-08
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Shepherds and Butchers
Overview: A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-12
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Invictus
Overview: Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-11
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Firebase
Overview: Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier Hines through an ever-deepening web of science fiction madness.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-28
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Rakka
Overview: A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-14
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In My Country
Overview: An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-04
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Serenity
Overview: The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-24
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Oats Studios: Volume 1
Overview: A compilation of shorts, diverse experimental content and more weird stuff spread directly from the devious mind of the South African film director Neill Blomkamp. Includes: Rakka, Firebase, Zygote, Kapture-Fluke, Cooking with Bill, Praetoria, God and Gdansk.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-30
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The Last Days of American Crime
Overview: In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-05
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Wild Life
Overview: The new film by French director Cédric Kahn focusses on Philippe Fournier, a man who lives with his 2 sons, having decided not to give them back to their mother after she won custody of the children. The children Okyesa and Tsali must grow up in the shadow, hunted by the police but always free and on the move.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-29
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The Forgiven
Overview: After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-09
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Uncovered
Overview: The journalist Aluta finds herself unfolding a government conspiracy involving her father figure Frank Drake, a corrupt mine magnate.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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The Mauritanian
Overview: The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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G20
Overview: After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Genres: Action Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-10
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