This is an alphabetical list of notable South African actors.
Born in the 1900s
Siegfried Mynhardt (1906–1996)
Born in the 1910s
Donald Gray (1914–1976) Sid James (1913–1976)
Born in the 1920s
Born in the 1930s
Ndaba Mhlongo (1933–1989) Lydia Mokgokoloshi (born 1939) Mary Twala (1939–2020) Washington Xisolo (1934–2017)
Born in the 1940s
Born in the 1950s
Born in the 1960s
Born in the 1970s
Born in the 1980s
Born in the 1990s
Born in the 2000s
Greteli Fincham (born 2001) Paballo Koza (born 2002) Khosi Ngema (born 2000) Shalate Sekhabi (born 2000) Brent Vermeulen (born 2001)