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Sharlto Copley Biography
Birth Name:Sharlto Copley
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Profession Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Visual effects
Fast Facts
- In 2009, he was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
- In 2010, he was nominated for the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
- Won the 2009 IGN Summer Movie Award for Best Performance
- After leaving high school, he helped future director Neill Blomkamp with producing early projects
- Frequently performs in projects that deal with science fiction or fantasy
- Improvised his entire dialog throughout the film "District 9․"
- In 2010, he guest co-hosted an episode of "WWE Raw․"
Awards
- 2009CFCA Award-Most Promising Performer: nominated
- 2009Golden Schmoes-Best Actor of the Year: nominated
- 2009Golden Schmoes-Breakthrough Performance of the Year: nominated
- 2009IGN Award-Favorite Hero: winner
- 2010Empire Award-Best Newcomer: nominated
- 2010ICS Award-Best Actor: nominated
- 2010MTV Movie Award-Best Scared-As-S**t Performance: nominated
- 2010OFTA Film Award-Best Breakthrough Performance: Male: nominated
- 2010OFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated
- 2010Scream Award-Best Science Fiction Actor: nominated
- 2010Scream Award-Breakout Performance - Male: nominated
- 2010Teen Choice Award-Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi: nominated
- 2016BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award-Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film: nominated