Marius Weyers


Marius Weyers is a South African actor. He was married to Yvette Weyers, an artist, who died on 11 July 2023. He lives in Rooi-Els in the Western Cape. He received international attention playing Andrew Steyn, a bumbling scientist in the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. He appeared in Blood Diamond.

Selected filmography

  • 1967 Love Nights in the Taiga as Markjoff
  • 1970 Stop Exchange as Attie.
  • 1974 No Gold for a Dead Diver as Rene Chagrin
  • 1977 Target of an Assassin as Colonel Pahler
  • 1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy as Andrew Steyn
  • 1982 Gandhi as Train Conductor
  • 1988 Thieves of Fortune as Unknown
  • 1989 DeepStar Six as Dr. John Van Gelder
  • 1989 Farewell to the King as Sergeant Conklin
  • 1989 Happy Together as Denny Dollenbacher
  • 1989 Jewel of the Gods as Snowy Grinder
  • 1992 The Power of One as Professor Daniel Marais
  • 1992 Golden Girls as Derek
  • 1993 Bopha! as Van Tonder
  • 1997 Paljas as Hendrik MacDonald
  • 2003 Stander as General Francois Jacobus Stander, Andre Stander's Father
  • 2005 The Triangle as Karl Sheedy
  • 2006 Blood Diamond as Rudolf Van de Kaap
  • Woestynblom as Jerry F.
  • 2013 Nothing for Mahala as Hendrik Botha
  • 2018 The Seagull as Piet
  • 2018 The Recce as General Piet Visagie
  • 2019 The Story of Racheltjie De Beer as George