Robert Mpisi

Actor Robert Mpisi

QUICK FACTS
Birth Name:	Robert Mpisi
Occupation:	Actor
Date of Birth	20 March 1985 (age 39 years)
Place of Birth	Klerksdorp, North West
Nationality:	South Africa
Gender:	Male
Education:	AFDA

AFDA graduate, Robert Mpisi is a South Africa actor best known for playing the role of London on Mzansi Magic drama series Gomora.

Who is Robert Mpisi?

Born on 20 March 1985, in Klerksdorp, North West, Robert Mpisi landed his first acting job in a drama series called TSHA TSHA for SABC 1 when he was just 17 years old.

Education

Robert Mpisi matriculated in Klerksdorp and graduated with a BA in Live Performance at AFDA.

Robert Mpisi Career

Robert Mpisi’s first stage appearance was in the play Madeline En Sy Kinders when he was just seventeen.

Friends in the industry taught him a thing or two, including Candice Hillebr and and Dorothy Ann Gould who showed him the ropes, and he soon found himself in adverts, films and TV dramas.

He also acted in TV dramas such as Tsha Tsha, City Ses’la, Home Affairs, Good Friday Special, Take Charge and Buckets, a Swedish film about a boy who comes to South Africa to find his roots.

Robert has acted in popular adverts for Nashua Mobile and Boys Town as well as being a voice artist for a number of radio and TV ads, and also for the soapies Generations and Rhythm City.

On stage, Robert had the lead in Cellphone, a comedy production that was shown at the Grahamstown Festival. He also played a drug dealer in a play written by Dr. Allan Kolski called The Pump Room.

Robert speaks six languages fluently: English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana and Zulu.