Robert Hobbs
Biography
Robert Hobbs was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1972. At an early age his family moved to Welkom, a small mining town in the interior of SA. There he was educated at Christian Brothers College and developed a love of performance through a series of school concerts and trips to the local Saturday morning film matinées. Following his passion, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts / Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama from the University of Cape Town in 1993. He was cast in a number of theatre roles including Macbeth for the SA State Theatre and his performance in Yasmina Reza's Life x 3 garnered him a Naledi Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Movie Appearances
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
as Inspector Blakkie Swart
2008
District 9
as Ross Pienaar
2009
Bravo Two Zero
as Stan
1999
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
as Chief Warder
2013
Young Ones
as Caleb
2014
Chappie
as The Procurement Officer
2015
The Salvation
as Silvertooth
2014
The Siege of Jadotville
2016
The Trail
as Mark
2006
Catch a Fire
as Special Branch Lieutenant
2006
Safe House
as Morgan
2012
Shepherds and Butchers
as Pierre De Villiers
2017
Invictus
as Presidential Guard
2009
Firebase
as Sgt. Carr
2017
Rakka
as Carl
2017
In My Country
as Van Deventer
2004
Serenity
as Ape
2019
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Carl / Sgt. Carr
2021
The Last Days of American Crime
as Police Sergeant
2020
Wild Life
as Terry Lomas
2014
TV Appearances
To the Ends of the Earth
as Lieutenant Cumbersham
2005
Warrior
as Stone
2019
The Girl from St. Agnes
as Gary Clayton
2019
Invasion
as Sheriff Owen Perkins
2021
Binnelanders
as Dr. Brian Els
2005
OATS Studios
as 卡尔
2021
Black Sails
as Jenks
2014
The Devil's Whore
as Man with Whip
2008
Homeland
as PMC Gary
2011
The Alliance
as Malan
2026