Portrait of James Borthwick

Acting

James Borthwick

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with a break from 1987 to 2015, busiest in 2023 and 2025 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
Not enough ratings

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Borthwick Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Mystery
    2.7, average 3.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Workplace Comedy 2
  • Small-Town Life 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 62
Die Kantoor
Die Kantoor (2026)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Oom Sakkie

Som van Twee
Som van Twee (2025)

as Gert

Die Tert
Die Tert (2025)

as Dr. Vermeulen

The Shakedown
The Shakedown (2024)
GoodWatch score 47

as Worsie Ferreira

Who's a Good Boy
Who's a Good Boy (2024)

as Tjaart

Taktiek
Taktiek (2023)

TV show · as Venter

Do Your Worst
Do Your Worst (2023)

as Dad

A Safari Romance
A Safari Romance (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Peter

Diepe Waters
Diepe Waters (2022)

TV show · as Leon Botha

2010s

3 titles · average score 82
Nobody Dies
Nobody Dies (2019)

as Acker

Hotel
Hotel (2016)

TV show · as Ferdie Kruger

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Leonid Brezhnev

2000s

2 titles · average score 58
Hansie
Hansie (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as Commentator Jack

Song Vir Katryn
Song Vir Katryn (2003)

TV show · as Priester

1990s

3 titles · average score 58
Isidingo
Isidingo (1998)

TV show · as Boet

Sweet 'n Short
Sweet 'n Short (1991)
GoodWatch score 58

as Shawn Raymond

The Fourth Reich
The Fourth Reich (1990)

as Sidney Cohen

1980s

1 title
Who Laughs Last
Who Laughs Last (1986)

as Stiff Roodman

1970s

2 titles
What You Sow
What You Sow (1979)

as Minister

The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais (1977)

as Doorsie Meyer