David Clatworthy
Actor · Died September 8, 2020, aged 60 · South Africa
David Geoffrey Clatworthy (11 July 1960 – 8 September 2020) was a South African actor and director. Clatworthy was born on 11 July 1960 in South Africa. He completed education from Pretoria Boys High School. From 1978 to 1979, he became the regimental instructor for the School of Artillery. In 1980, he enrolled to the University of Cape Town to study a bilingual Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama. He graduated with the degree in 1983. He was married to fellow actress Wilmien Rossouw. The couple had two children. He was later in a relationship with Michelle Botha, where they have a son. He diagnosed with an esophagus cancer for some time. He died on 8 September 2020 at the age of 60. He made notable performances in many theatre plays such as; The King and I, Life Is a Pitch, Macbeth, Revamp, The Boys Next Door, and Beyond Therapy. He played the role "Jamie" in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, where he won the Fleur Du Cap Award for Best Supporting Actor. Apart from that, he was also nominated for a Fleur Du Cap Award and the Dalro award in 1989. In 1990, he made film debut with Return to Justice and played the role "Hayes". In 2008, he acted in the SABC2 television sitcom On the Couch with the role "Arno". In 2012, he starred as "Commander Schoeman" in the Mzansi Magic crime drama serial Mshika-shika. In 2013, he made a guest role in the SABC3 sitcom Safe. In 2016, he joined with the kykNET Afrikaans soap opera Getroud met Rugby and played the role "Gerald Richter". In the meantime, he also became a director of the show. In 2018, he played the role "Clive Wright" in SABC2 sitcom Konsternasie Oppie Stasie. Other than that, he acted in the international science fiction film District 9 and joined with the first season of Netflix film The Crown. Apart from cinema, theatre and television, he rendered his voice in over 100 radio dramas. Some his other notable film appearances came through, Mia et le lion blanc, Harry Game, Young Ones, The Making of the Mahatma, Everyman's Taxi, Lunar Cop, Verraaiers, Platteland, and Winnie Mandela. Source: Article "David Clatworthy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 11, 1960
- September 8, 2020 (aged 60)
- South Africa
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are David Clatworthy's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch David Clatworthy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for David Clatworthy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Mia and the White Lion(2018)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Crown(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Young Ones(2014)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Traitors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Platteland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Winnie Mandela(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
White Lion(2010)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Mrs Mandela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
District 9(2009)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Getroud Met Rugby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Borderline(2002)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The One That Got Away(1996)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Cry, the Beloved Country(1995)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Lunar Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Visual Bible: Acts(1994)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Daisy de Melker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Career shape
Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1993 to 2018; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
White Lion (2010)
Highest rated
White Lion (2010)
Most popular right now
Young Ones (2014)
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1995Screen debut· Cry, the Beloved Country
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do David Clatworthy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.