Katleho Ramaphakela, is a South African filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is best known as the director and producer of popular television serials and films Check Coast, Thulani No Thuli and Seriously Single.
Personal life He has one brother: Tshepo and one sister: Rethabile.
Career Along with his brother and sister, Rethabile co-founded the film production company 'Burnt Onion' in 2010. In 2012, he played the role 'Thami' in the SABC1 drama series Intersexions and in which he later nominated for a SAFTA Award in the category Best Actor in a Drama Series. He produced the SABC1 sitcoms My Perfect Family, Thuli noThulani, and Vuzu mockumentary Check-Coast through the production house.
Other than production, he then appeared in popular television sitcoms and serials such as Scandal!, Wild at Heart, Isidingo, Backstage and Kota Life Crisis. Apart from television, he starred in few number of films including: Blood and Oil, Mary and Martha, Iron Will, Finding Lenny and Journey is the Destination. He is also a prolific writer, who wrote the several 'Lokshin Bioskop' productions Uyaphapha, Reflections, Check-Coast, 4 Hours, Kasi Superhero and Naledi. In 2017, he played the popular role 'Detective Dlamini' in the television serial Bedford Wives.
In August 2020, he directed the comedy film Seriously Single with his sister Rethabile. It was released on July 31, 2020 on Netflix.
Filmography
Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2005 Blow Newspaper Seller Short film 2005 Backstage Neo TV series 2005 A Warm Heart Tembo Short film 2010 Blood and Oil John Nanawe TV movie 2010 Intersexions Thami TV series 2012 Wild at Heart Sizwe TV series 2013 Mary and Martha South African Doctor TV movie 2014 Kota Life Crisis Executive producer TV series 2014 Check Coast Writer TV series 2015 My Perfect Family Executive producer TV series 2017 Thulani No Thuli Executive producer TV series 2017 Bedford Wives Detective Dlamini, executive producer TV series 2020 Seriously Single Director, executive producer Film
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