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TERENCE BRIDGETT
Born and bred in Cape Town, Terence Bridgett began his schooling at the
Drakensberg Boys Choir School, and graduated from UCT Drama School in '95 with a BA, a Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama and a Fleur du Cap nomination for Most Promising Student.
Two years on the boards in Cape Town saw him in various dramas, comedies and
musicals including Into the Woods well as various Shakespeare productions.
In 1998 Clare Stopford's Twelfth Night brought him to Johannesburg in '98, where his subsequent stage production Babes in the Wood earned him a Vita nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Role.
Since then, the lure of the cameras has kept him very busy. After his TV debut in Hotnotsgode Terence appeared in various dramas and sitcoms before landing the role of Chico Booysens in SABC 3's Isidingo which garnered him an Avanti award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001.
Guest star appearances in“soapies” 7de Laan and Backstage were followed by leads in such local productions as Zero Tolerance, Snitch and The Lab plus a bevy international features playing everything from a Mexican astronaut to an Arabic retard! His most recent feature has been Disgrace with John Malkovich.
In 2004, together with actor and entrepreneur Rowan Cloete, Terence launched 8Ball productions - a theatre company which since then has mounted "CRIMES OF THE HEART, PLOFSTOF, THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH" the 25th anniversary production of "POPPIE NONGENA", the box office success "MY NIGHT WITH REG" and the critically
acclaimed "LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!".
Most recently Terence can be seen on SABC 3's hit drama Jozi H and is preparing to shoot the second season of The Lab. His last appearance in a musical being as Pharoah in Paul Warwick Griffin's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat he is now looking forward to playing the role of Marcus Lycos, the pimp, in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
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