Rapulana Seiphemo is one of South Africa’s best know actors. In 1989 he completed his diploma in Acting and Playwriting at the Federated Union of Black Arts Academy in Johannesburg. He then went on to complete a BA in Theatre at the Arts College Station Texas A & M Univers
ity in the US.His theatre career started in 1987 with Apartheid in the Court of History at the FUBA Academy. Other performances include the acclaimed My Children My Africa in 1992 and The Blacks which opened at the Stockholm Stad Theatre in 2001. Rapulana has directed a number of plays, includ
ing Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.Probably best known for his lead role in the TV soap Generations, Rapulana has appeared in South African TV in Muvango, Isidingo, Deafening Silence and in Silent Witness for the BBC.
He played the lead in the recent box office hit and critically acclaimed Jerusalema for which he won the best actor award at the Durban International Film festival. Other features include Themba by Stefanie Sycholt, Hijack Stories by Oliver Schmidt, the Oscar winning Tsotsi by Gavin Hood, Dead End by Donovan Marsh and Les Blair. He created the role of Tumi and co-produced and directed the comedy hit White Wedding.
