Actors

Francis Chouler

Francis Chouler

Francis is a South African born actor living and working from Cape Town. Born the youngest of four to a German/Dutch mother and English South African father, Francis was schooled in two of Cape Town's Rudolf Steiner schools before attending the University of Cape Town, where he received his four year Bachelors degree in acting 'cum laude' in 2010. Beginning his career in theatre, Francis has played 4 seasons of Shakespeare at Maynardville open air theatre in Cape Town. He first came to international attention in the 2010 Bollywood action film Crook: It's Good to Be Bad where he played the lead antagonist opposite Emraan Hashmi Francis appears as Jack Cleary in fellow South African and Academy Award Winner Gavin Hood's thriller Eye in the Sky, opposite Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Iain Glen, which opened Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. Television includes Netflix/ BBC's The Crown, Amazon's The Widow. Francis will play John Rawlins in the upcoming "Ulysses Grant" mini series on The History Channel. Francis recently appeared in first commercial for Rolls Royce in 40 years, directed by Lena Heady of HBO's Game of Thrones. A keen improviser, Francis is a member of "The Longshots" improvised theatre troupe and performs regularly in Cape Town. He recently performed his first solo theatre production in Nocturne by Adam Rapp to critical acclaim. Francis is represented by Samantha Bernhardi Artists Management and Moonyeenn Lee Associates. @francischouler on Instagram and twitter.
Francis Cruz

Francis Cruz

Francis Cruz Actor / Voice Over / Theatrical Producer franciscocruzimdb : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2876605/ FC was born on November 29, 1967 , in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He stared in the performing arts in hands of Germana Quintana in 1994 as Assistant Director and Lights ( " Educando a un Sinvergüenza " ) for Theatre Company Club Arroyo. In 1995 , the same director assigned his first acting role ( "Monja o Detective" ) and has since working on 21 plays ( "Visiting Mr. Green " , " Toc - Toc " ), 20 feature films ( " Biodegradable " " No Hay Más Remedio ", " La Gunguna " , "Flor de Azúcar " , " Y a Dios que me Perdone !" ), 4 short films, 3 mini TV series, one short for Internet , 3 industrial shorts , one voice commercial for Radio and 5 TV commercials. He has trained in acting techniques, stage space, creativity, management of voice, voice-over dubbing, singing, building characters, etc. Francis studied in Cuba "Technical Meisner / Mamet for Directors and Actors" at the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños with professors Stephen Bayle (Actor's Temple, England) and Mary Gowland (Argentina). In 2013 it constitutes "Hutia Productions" being the worldwide hit "Visiting Mr. Green" his first theatrical production, which also stars alongside Ivan Garcia, scoring three nominations "Soberano's Awards" in Dominican Republic. Francis Cruz has worked under the direction of: Angel Muniz, Otto W. Retzer (Austria), Juan Basanta, Luisito Martí, Archie López , Alfonso Rodriguez, Javier Balaguer (Spain), Cesar Rodriguez, Neri Parentis (Italy), Fernando Báez Mella, Jose Enrique Pintor, Vicenzo Marano (France), Ronnie Oscar Castillo, Ernesto Alemany, Vicenzo Marano (Italy), among others.