Multi-award winning actor, director and teacher pioneers an amazing course in acting for film and TV. Gopie who has worked on film, TV, stage and radio - locally and internationally, created the Actorwize acting program to develop and train actors seeking an alternate way to enter the performance industry.
Gopie is a specialist teacher and has a Masters’ Degree in actor training and coaching at the world-renowned Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD) in London after being the recipient of the prestigious Oppenheimmer and Guilford Scholarships.
At RCSSD he specialized in coaching for screen and studied under coaching mentors Amanda Brennan (Head of Screen acting at RCSSD), Mel Churcher (Acting Coach on Narnia, Harry Potter) and Geoff Coleman (Star Trek, Mirmax acting consultant), all world class coaches in the UK and US. Some of his screen work includes working with Laurence Fishburne on the upcoming international mini-series Madiba, Hansie, and Keeping up With The Kandasammys. His stage work repertoire includes his acclaimed solo show Out of Bounds and his ensemble piece The Coolie Odyssey, as well as playing the lead in Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Baxter Theatre under the direction of Dame Janet Suzman.
