Leroy Gopal (born 6 July 1979), is a Zimbabwe-born South African actor, comedian and a voice artist. He is best known for his roles in the films Yellow Card and Strike Back.
Personal life He was born on 6 July 1979 in Harare, Zimbabwe. When Gopal was 14 years old, his father died. He has one elder sister, Claudia Gopal Muvuti, who is the former title holder of the Iron Woman Zimbabwe. He completed primary education from Blackiston Primary School and then secondary education from Gateway High School and Prince Edward Senior School. He has a BA (Honors) degree in Live Performance and Motion Picture from AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy. He is one of two students to ever win the prestigious M-NET Student of the Year award 2003 and 2004 consecutively.
Gopal is married to South African, Keletso Molefe since 2017. The couple has three children: Kiki Leroy Gopal, Didi Tadiwa, and Mimi Naima.
Career
In 2000, he made his maiden cinema appearance with the film Yellow Card where he played the lead role of soccer player 'Tiyane Tsumba'. From 2006 to 2007, he played the role 'Thabang Ngema' on the SABC 3 soap opera One Way which became highly popular. In 2012, he appeared in SABC 1's sitcom, Ses'Top La in the role as 'Oleshe'. In 2013, he won the award for the Best Actor in a comedy role at South African Film and Television Awards for this role. With the success and established as an accomplished actor, he was hired to act in the TV series Mzansi Love: Kasi Style in 2013. His role was a Kenyan man named 'Joshua Pembe'. He also acted in the short Through the Flight of a feather which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival as well.
In the same year, he acted in the film Seal Team 8 as a Congolese dictator 'Tonga'. Then he made the appearance on TV series Mzansi Magic with the role 'Abomama' which became a popular character throughout the series. In 2014, he played in the SABC1 political series Ihawu le Sizwe. He later founded 'Creation Station Entertainment Company'. Leroy also directed a Zimbabwean music video for the singer Audius Mtawarira.
Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. – Through the Flight of a Feather Film – Smart Rewards Ride Show TV series 1986 Paraffin TV series 1993 Generations Jackson TV series 1996 Adventure Unlimited Film 1998 Choose Freedom Film 2000 Yellow Card Tiyane Tsumba Film 2003 Scarred Instinct Chidzonga Short film 2004 Four Days Joe Short film 2004 Cut Skinny Short film 2005 Binnelanders TV series 2005 Hush Felix TV series 2006 Backstage Duma TV series 2006 One Way Thabang Ngema TV series 2007 Andre Metstrepie Dave Short film 2007 Home Affairs Remy TV series 2007 Jacob's Cross Jacab's Lawyer TV series 2008 Surprise! Zeb Agent Film 2009 Siren's Feast Film 2010 Hola Mpinji Doctor Chinyamurindi TV mini-series 2010 Night Drive Tafadzwa Film 2011 Mzansi Love Home Affairs TV series 2012 The Way T TV series 2012 Ses'Top La TV series 2013 Strike Back Medical Orderly TV series 2013 Zabalaza TV series 2013 The Game Fact Show TV series 2013 The Lost Diaries of Livingstone Arbian Slave Trader Film 2014 Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines General Ntonga Film 2014 Check-Coast TV series 2014 Kite Doctor Film 2014 Ihawu le Sizwe TV series 2015 Making A Killing Bosco Short film 2016 The Crisis Caravan Seleka Sergeant Film 2017 Harry's Game Tanner Film 2017 Revolt Jeandre Film 2017 Happy Family Detective Mpilo TV series 2017 All About Love Film 2017 It's OK We're Family TV series 2017 The Wall Film 2018 Ice N'Koulou Film 2018 Beautifully Broken Matisse Film 2018 Mzansi Love: Kasi Style TV series 2018 Abomama TV series 2019 #Karektas TV series 2019 Jozi-H Red Cake – Not the Cooking Show TV series 2019 Blackout Journalist Short film
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