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Acting

Grant Swanby

Career

Active from 2003 to 2020, busiest in 2011 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Grant Swanby Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.6, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Grotesque 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • South Africa 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 55
Street Trash
Street Trash (2025)
GoodWatch score 40

as Businessman

The Fix
The Fix (2024)
GoodWatch score 61

as James McPhee

Invasion
Invasion (2021)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as General Mitchell

Sulphur & White
Sulphur & White (2020)
GoodWatch score 55

as Koetze

Projek Dina
Projek Dina (2020)

TV show · as Robert du Preez

Fried Barry
Fried Barry (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

as Doctor

2010s

21 titles · average score 64
Troy: Fall of a City
Troy: Fall of a City (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Eetion

Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

as Pastor Abrahams

Beyond the River
Beyond the River (2017)
GoodWatch score 73

as Steve

The Last Post
The Last Post (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as SAS Commanding Officer

Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers (2017)

as Kiril

Blood and Glory
Blood and Glory (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

as Colonel Swannell

Ice
Ice (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Antwerp Board Member

Die Byl
Die Byl (2016)

TV show · as Carel Massyn

The Salvation
The Salvation (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

as Joe No Leg

Taste of Rain
Taste of Rain (2012)

as Tomas

Women in Love
Women in Love (2011)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Wolfgang Loerke

Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies (2011)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jan Rabie

2000s

18 titles · average score 51
Invictus
Invictus (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

as Co-Captain of 747

Endgame
Endgame (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as President's Agent Botha (uncredited)

The Fall
The Fall (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

as Father Augustine

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
GoodWatch score 45

as Barkeeper

Deadly Harvest
Deadly Harvest (2008)
GoodWatch score 51

as Dr. Geyer

More Than Just a Game
More Than Just a Game (2007)
GoodWatch score 56

as Warder Delport

Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as UNCHR Official

Slipstream
Slipstream (2005)
GoodWatch score 44

as Tokin

Dracula 3000
Dracula 3000 (2004)
GoodWatch score 23

as Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood

Critical Assignment
Critical Assignment (2004)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jon Marshall

Blast
Blast (2004)
GoodWatch score 51

as Michael's Heavy 3

Consequence
Consequence (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

as Doc

1990s

2 titles · average score 22
Isidingo
Isidingo (1998)

TV show · as Ryno Broekhuizen

Tarzan and the Lost City
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
GoodWatch score 22

as Douglas