Athol Fugard
Acting · Writing
Born June 11, 1932
Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.
Filmography
- 2020"Master Harold" ...and the Boys — Writer
- 2019National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys — Writer
- 2019The Space: Theatre of Survival — as Self(rumored)
- 2010Master Harold... and the Boys — Theatre Play
- 2005Tsotsi — Novel
- 2000Boesman and Lena — Theatre Play, Writer
- 1991The Road to Mecca — Rev. Marius Byleveld, Writer, Director
- 1985'Master Harold'... and the Boys — Author
- 1984The Killing Fields — Dr. Sundesval
- 1982Gandhi — General Jan Christiaan Smuts
- 1980Marigolds in August — Paulus Olifant, Writer
- 1979Meetings with Remarkable Men — Professor Skridlov
- 1977The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais — Eugène Marais, Writer
- Arena
- Playhouse — Writer
- 1974Sizwe Bansi Is Dead — Writer
- 1973Boesman and Lena — Boesman, Writer
- 1968Mille Miglia — Writer
- BBC Play of the Month — Writer
- Theatre 625 — Morris, Writer
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard — Self
- 1994In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self (archive footage)
- 1981A Sizwe Bansi Workshop — Himself
- 1974The Public's Right to Know — Self