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Sharlto Copley

1973 - Today

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Sharlto Copley is a South African actor. His acting credits include lead roles in the Academy Award-nominated science fiction film District 9; the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team; the science fiction film Elysium; the science fiction horror film Europa Report; the 2014 dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent; and the 2022 thriller Beast. He also played the title character in the 2015 science fiction film Chappie; Jimmy in the 2015 science fiction action film Hardcore Henry, and starred in two seasons as Christian Walker of the TV series Powers (2015-16). In 2025 he played Leo Bonhart in season 4 of the Netflix TV series The Witcher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Sharlto Copley is the 4,805th most popular actor (up from 4,824th in 2024), the 120th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 114th in 2019) and the 11th most popular South African Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sharlto Copley ranks 4,805 out of 13,578. Before him are Mae Murray, Clotilde Courau, Michael Stuhlbarg, Toshiko Fujita, Michèle Laroque, and Kerem Bürsin. After him are Eddie Marsan, Emilie de Ravin, Oleg Anofriyev, Boris Babochkin, Vladimir Korenev, and Kristen Cloke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Sharlto Copley ranks 180. Before him are Tore André Flo, Édouard Ngirente, Kevin Feige, Tyrus, Maryam Nawaz, and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. After him are Seiji Kubo, Julie Depardieu, Nacho Vidal, Jane March, Juninho Paulista, and Kaoru Nagadome.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sharlto Copley ranks 120 out of 454. Before him are Bevil Rudd (1894), David Bailie (1937), Margaret Gardiner (1959), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Gary Player (1935), and Stanley Mandelstam (1928). After him are Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Kevin Curren (1958), Deon Meyer (1958), Ruth First (1925), and Eric Sturgess (1920).

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Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Sharlto Copley ranks 11. Before him are Arnold Vosloo (1962), Cyril Cusack (1910), Alice Krige (1954), Janet Suzman (1939), John Kani (1943), and David Bailie (1937). After him are Cecil Kellaway (1890), Glynis Barber (1955), Johnny Flynn (1983), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Cariba Heine (1988), and Charlbi Dean (1990).

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