Anton David Jeftha (born 1986), is a South African actor, model, MC and a voice over artist.

Personal life

Jefta was born in 1986 in

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, South Africa. He later grew up in

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on the

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. He graduated from

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with a BCom degree in finance, economics, and information systems, but later did not complete his honors degree in finance. Since 2016, he is living in the United States. He occasionally come to South Africa to visit his family in

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. He has three sisters. He has been speculated to be dating with rapper Boity Thulo as the two have some time been hinting some romance.

Career

In 2009, he made acting debut with the short film ''Pumzi''. In 2012, he appeared in the American action series '' Strike Back'' as a Mossad agent in an episode "Vengeance: Part 5". In the same year, he made television debut with the

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television series ''Crimes Uncovered'', and played the role of "kidnapper Zubair". Then he acted in the film '' Mankind: The Story of All of Us'' and ''Texas in a Bottle''. In 2014, he made a supportive role in the international series ''

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'' and ''

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''. In the modeling career, he became one of the top 14 finalists for Cosmo's sexiest man. In 2020 he joined with the M-Net telenovela, ''

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'', by playing the role as "Sebastian Junior (SJ) Prince". In 2019, he played the role "Rhiyaaz" in the kykNET soap opera ''Suidooster''. Apart from cinema and television, he made some appearances in theatre by performing in the plays ''Into The Woods'' (2004), ''Tannie Dora Foes Bos'' (2012) and ''UCB (Impov)'' (2017).

Filmography

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jefta, Anton David Living people South African male film actors South African male television actors South African male stage actors 1986 births