{"id":212,"date":"2020-07-15T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=212"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:46:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:46:12","slug":"robert-mpisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/robert-mpisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mpisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 407px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>QUICK FACTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b>Birth Name:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span class=\"st\">Robert Mpisi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b>Occupation:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Actor<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b>Date of Birth<br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><span class=\"st\">20 March 1985 (age [age]19850320[\/age] years)<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div><b>Place of Birth<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"st\">Klerksdorp, North West<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b><strong>Nationality:<\/strong><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b>Gender:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Male<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><b>Education:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>AFDA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p>AFDA graduate, Robert Mpisi is a South Africa actor best known for playing the role of London on Mzansi Magic drama series Gomora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Robert Mpisi?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Mpisi matriculated in Klerksdorp and graduated with a BA in Live Performance at AFDA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Mpisi Career<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Mpisi&#8217;s first stage appearance was in the play Madeline En Sy Kinders when he was just seventeen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also acted in TV dramas such as Tsha Tsha, City Ses&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert speaks six languages fluently: English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana and Zulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robert Mpisi\u2019s Business<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Mpisi is also the founder of casting and modeling agency called Talent Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Robert Mpisi\u2019s Instagram and Twitter?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Mpisi\u2019s on Instagram and his official handle is @robertmpisi and the star is also on Twiter as @Robert_Mpisi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"1190\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robert_Mpisi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by Robert_Mpisi<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUICK FACTS Birth Name: Robert Mpisi Occupation: Actor Date of Birth 20 March 1985 (age [age]19850320[\/age] 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. 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