South African actor

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley, is a South African actor. His acting credits include lead roles in the Academy Award-nominated science fiction film District 9; the 2010 adaptation of The A-Team; the science fiction film Elysium; the science fiction horror film Europa Report; the 2014 dark fantasy adventure film Maleficent; and the 2022 thriller Beast. He also played the title character in the 2015 science fiction film Chappie; Jimmy in the 2015 science fiction action film Hardcore Henry, and starred in two seasons as Christian Walker of the TV series Powers (2015-16). In 2025 he played Leo Bonhart in season 4 of the Netflix TV series The Witcher.

Born

1973

November 27

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Sharlto, in brief

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1973 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

25 Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
176 Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
395 Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.
511 King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.

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The world in 1973

When Sharlto arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
april 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
april 28 The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 27

Abe Lenstra 1920–1985 Dutch footballer (died 1985) Alexander Dubček 1921–1992 Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Alison Pill 1985– Canadian actress Benigno Aquino Jr. 1932–1983 Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932) Bruce Lee 1940–1973 American actor and martial artist (born 1940) Charles A. Beard 1874– American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (died 1948) Charles Scott Sherrington 1857–1952 English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Eddie Rabbitt 1941–1998 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1973

Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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