Nelson mandela biography film actor
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 film by Justin Chadwick
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a 2013 biographical film directed by Justin Chadwick from a script written by William Nicholson and starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris. The film is based on the 1994 autobiographical book Long Walk to Freedom by anti-apartheid revolutionary and former South African PresidentNelson Mandela.[5]
Plot
[edit]Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa and working to improve the country once ravaged by Apartheid.[6]
Cast
[edit]Production
[edit]Producer Anant Singh started working on the project after interviewing Mandela while he was still imprisoned two decades prior.[7] Following the publication of Mandela's autobiography, Singh was granted the rights to the film adaptation, which was
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Idris Elba
English actor (born 1972)
Not to be confused with Idris (wasp), a species of parasitic wasp named after the actor.
Idrissa Akuna Elba (IH-driss; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, rapper, singer and DJ. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016.[3] His films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors.
Elba studied acting at the National Youth Music Theatre in London. He rose to prominence playing Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire (2002–2004), and DCIJohn Luther in the BBC One series Luther (2010–2019), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film as well as a four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
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‘Endgame’
Clarke Peters portrayed Mandela in this 2009 telefilm, which dramatized the final days of apartheid in South Africa and the hemlig discussions leading up to it. William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller and Mark Strong star in the movie, based on RobertHarvey'sbook The Fall of Apartheid. Endgame was nominated for an Emmy for best made-for-TV movie, while Ejiofor earned a Golden Globe nom for his performance.
‘Mandela’
HBO's 1987 telefilm starred Danny Glover as Mandela and Alfre Woodard as his wife, Winnie. "I clawed and scratched to do Mandela," Glover once said of the role. "I was reading Mandela when I was 20 years old and making it part of my own conscience." He earned an Emmy nom for his performance.
‘Invictus’
Clint Eastwood's 2009 movie documented the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in the African cou