Sharlto+Copley

Actor Sharlto Copley was born on November 27, 1973 in Pretoria, South Africa. As a child he was educated St. Andrew's Preparatory School in Grahamstown. He was also educated at Redhill School in Morningside, Johannesburg. His father Bruce Copley used to be a University professor. Currently his father he is an educator and entertainer as well as an multi-instrumentalist. His mother Linda Stocks is a Christian Science Healer in Cape Town. Music is a big part of the Copley household. As of right now Copley’s brothers and sister’s have careers in the music and dancing industry. Copley and his family members bond well together and are very close to each other.

Shortly after high school, at the age of 22, Copley met director Neill Blomkamp, who was 16 at the time. Copley lent Blomkamp some computers from his production company to help Neill pursue his dream for 3D animation and design. Later on, Sharlto and Neill continued to work with one another. Sharlto Copley starred in Blomkamp’s movie //District 9//. In the movie he played the lead role of Wikus van der Merwe. //District 9// was just the start of Copley’s career in acting, and brought many accolades and awards. In 2009 Copley won the Favorite Hero award at the IGN Summer Movie awards. He also won Best Performance of 2009. From this point on, he starred in many more movies such as //The A-Team//, //Elysium//, and //Maleficent//.

 Sharlto Copley is currently starring in //Chappie//, a movie directed by his good friend Neill Blomkamp. Copley has showed many South Africans that you can achieve your dreams no matter what. You should never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Copley’s family has been supportive of his career since the beginning. Sharlto Copley should definitely be a person for the South Africans to look up to because he never gave up and now he is living his dream of being and actor, producer, and movie director!