Arno Greeff is a South African actor. On television, he is known for his roles in Getroud met rugby: Die Sepie (2016–2018), the Netflix series Blood & Water (2020–), season 2 of Legacy (2021–), and Recipes for Love and Murder (2022).

Arno Greeff
Born
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Alma materHelpmekaar Kollege
Years active2012–present
Spouse
Iluska Nagy
(m. 2022)

Early life

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Greeff is from Johannesburg. Originally into sports,[1] he discovered drama through school at the age of 16. He matriculated from Helpmekaar Kollege in 2013.[2][3]

Career

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Greeff made his acting debut in the 2012 feature film Verraaiers. The year after matriculating, Greeff made his television debut in the kykNET soap opera Binnelanders as Krige Vos, a recurring character he would play for 2 seasons. He starred in the 2015 surfing film Die Pro.[4] Greeff landed his first main role as Thomas "Tommie" Bekker in the 2016 soapie revival of the kykNET sports series Getroud met rugby by Deon Opperman. He exited the soap in 2018.[5]

Greeff played the older version of Texan opposite Marguerite van Eeden as the titular character of Vaselinetjie in 2017.[6][7] Greeff appeared alongside van Eeden again in the 2020 film Vergeet my nie.[8] He had a supporting role in the 2019 miniseries Tydelik Terminaal.

As of 2020, Greeff stars as Chris Ackerman in the Netflix English-language teen mystery Blood & Water.[9] The following year, he joined the cast of Legacy on M-Net for its second season as Ben[10] and starred in the film Briefly (Afrikaans: Vlugtig), a feature-length version of the 2017 short film of the same name.[11] In 2022, he starred as warrant officer Regardt Snyman in the adaptation of Recipes for Love and Murder, which also aired on M-Net followed by an international release on Acorn TV.

Personal life

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Greeff married Iluska Nagy on 13 October 2022.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Verraaiers Botha
2015 Die Pro Dustin Jackson
2017 Vlugtig Simon Berg Short film
Vaselinetjie Older Texan
2020 Vergeet my nie Braam Malherbe
Naamloose Woord Dylan
2021 Briefly (Afrikaans: Vlugtig) Simon Berg

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2014–2015 Binnelanders Krige Vos Recurring role
2015 Bloedbroers Jong Stormjaer 1 episode
2016–2018 Getroud met rugby: Die Sepie Thomas "Tommie" Bekker Series regular
2018 7de laan Gerrie 1 episode
2019 Desember Liam Burger Television film
Playboyz Ryno Johnson Television film
Tydelik Terminaal Drikus Miniseries
2020 Cas Oppie Kassie Brummer Nel Episode: "Die Laager"[13]
2020–present Blood & Water Chris Ackerman Main role
2021–present Legacy Ben Season 2
2022 Recipes for Love and Murder Regardt Snyman Main role

References

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  1. ^ Kamogelo, Bandile (15 June 2021). "Getting To Know Blood and Water's Arno And Dillon". ZA News. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (27 June 2020). "Arno Greeff expands on his pansexual character in 'Blood And Water'". IOL. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Broide, El (27 May 2020). "Arno Greeff on his career-defining role as Chris on 'Blood & Water', the importance of the series for Africa, and his next move". The House of Pop. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Arno Greeff". The Film Factory (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ Havenga, Franco (4 October 2018). "GMR-akteur: 'Ek het sepie gelos om my drome te volg'". Huisgenoot (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 25 September 2021.(subscription required)
  6. ^ "Arno Greeff reveals how he got into character for Vaselinetjie". Channel24. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. ^ Schenck, Catherine (29 September 2017). "Ons gesels met akteur Arno Greeff van Vaselinetjie". Rooi Rose (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ Havenga, Franco (13 December 2019). "Vergeet my nie-akteur: 'Ek lyk soos 'n ou wat stout is'". Huisgenoot (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 25 September 2021.(subscription required)
  9. ^ Morkel, Graye (17 June 2020). "We meet Arno Greeff and Dillon Windvogel - the stars behind Parkhurst College's most loyal BFFs". Channel24. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  10. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (2 October 2021). "'Blood & Water' bad boy Arno Greeff joins 'Legacy'". IOL. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  11. ^ Zietsman, Gabi (13 April 2022). "Eating raw meat in the middle of Magoebaskloof - the metamorphosis of acting with star Arno Greeff". News24. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  12. ^ Matiwane, Nonkululeko (30 May 2022). "PICS - Blood & Water star Arno Greeff proposes to girlfriend and she said 'Yes'". Drum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Cas Oppie Kas". DStv. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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