Marius Weyers (born 3 February 1945, in Johannesburg) is a South African actor. He lives with his wife Yvette, an artist in her own right, in Rooi-Els in the Western Cape. He received international attention playing Andrew Steyn, a bumbling scientist in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). He appeared in Blood Diamond (2006).

Selected filmography

1967 Love Nights in the Taiga as Markjoff

1974 No Gold for a Dead Diver as Rene Chagrin

1977 Target of an Assassin as Colonel Pahler

1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy as Andrew Steyn

1982 Gandhi as Train Conductor

1988 Thieves of Fortune as Unknown

1989 DeepStar Six as Dr. John Van Gelder

1989 Farewell to the King as Sergeant Conklin

1989 Happy Together as Denny Dollenbacher

1989 Jewel of the Gods as Snowy Grinder

1992 The Power of One as Professor Daniel Marais

1992 Golden Girls as Derek

1993 Bopha! as Van Tonder

1997 Paljas as Hendrik MacDonald

2003 Stander as General Francois Jacobus Stander, Andre Stander's Father

2005 The Triangle as Karl Sheedy

2006 Blood Diamond as Rudolf Van de Kaap

Woestynblom (TV series) as Jerry F. 2013 Nothing for Mahala as Hendrik Botha 2018 The Seagull (Die Seemeeu) as Piet 2018 The Recce as General Piet Visagie 2019 The Story of Racheltjie De Beer as George

Marius Weyers

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Detailed filmography

Living people

1945 births

Afrikaner people

Male actors from Johannesburg

South African male actors

South African people of German descent

Marius Weyers