Portrait of Pierre van Pletzen

Acting

Pierre van Pletzen

Career

Active from 1989 to 2023, with a break from 1994 to 2016, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Gods Must Be Crazy II
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
GoodWatch score59/100

Characters

1

The characters Pierre van Pletzen played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Pierre van Pletzen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.8, average 3.9
  • Melancholy
    2.7, average 4.7
  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.5
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.5, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • South African Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 55
Semi-Soeter
Semi-Soeter (2025)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Ignatius Bos

Een Keer Om Die Son
Een Keer Om Die Son (2024)

TV show ยท as Jan

Hans Crosses The Rubicon
Hans Crosses The Rubicon (2023)

as Hans

Projek Dina
Projek Dina (2020)

TV show ยท as Albert

2010s

4 titles
Meerkat Moonship
Meerkat Moonship (2018)

as Oupa Willem

Phil 101
Phil 101 (2017)

TV show ยท as Manie Kraaywinkel

Die Byl
Die Byl (2016)

TV show ยท as Ian du Plessis

Die Boekklub
Die Boekklub (2016)

TV show ยท as Piet Smit

2000s

1 title
7de Laan
7de Laan (2000)

TV show ยท as Septimus "Oubaas" van Zyl

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 61
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond (1997)

TV show ยท as Dolf Massyn

Panic Mechanic
Panic Mechanic (1996)
GoodWatch score 60

as Coetzee

Orkney Snork Nie 2
Orkney Snork Nie 2 (1993)

as Spike

Orkney Snork Nie (Die Movie)
Orkney Snork Nie (Die Movie) (1992)

as Spike

Taxi to Soweto
Taxi to Soweto (1991)

as Arno Theron

Windprints
Windprints (1990)
GoodWatch score 62

as Meinert

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 59
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
GoodWatch score 59

as George

Orkney Snork Nie
Orkney Snork Nie (1989)

TV show ยท as Spike

1922
1922 (1984)

TV show ยท as Eben Meintjies