Drikus Volschenk
Actor · Born May 7, 1979 (47) · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Drikus Volschenk is one of South Africa's top actors who has worked on over 70 film, television and theatre productions, both locally and internationally. Drikus has starred in multiple award winning productions, alongside world class talent, including Idris Alba and Naomi Harris in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (20th Century Fox: 2013); Beauty (2011), the Queer Palm Award Winner at Cannes Film Festival, which was also the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards; Durban Poison (2013), which won the Best South African Feature Film at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). He also starred in Dis ek, Anna (2015), which won six South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTAs), and was cast alongside Laurence Fishburne and Michael Nyqvist in the international series, Madiba (2017) distributed by Black Entertainment Television (BET), USA. He also featured in the American blockbuster, Batman vs Superman - Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros: 2016) and in addition, Drikus played alongside Sophie Okonedo and Sam Neil in, Skin (BBC Films: 2008), the biopic which won 19 international awards. Well versed in the art of theatre and film, Drikus also lectures Film and Television, and is one of the top Screen Acting coaches on the African continent. He headed up the Screen Acting Department at AFDA in Johannesburg for several years. AFDA has won numerous local and international awards, including the student film Oscar (2013) and several other Academy awards Nominations the past few years. In 2018, Drikus starred in the critically acclaimed dystopian science fiction series alongside Dylan O Brien and Rosa Salazar in the American Blockbuster, Maze Runner: Death Cure (20th Century Fox: 2018). The series is nominated for several awards including BreakTudo Awards (BTDAs) and Teen Choice Awards. In his latest work he stars as one of the leading men in the remake of the iconic SA film Fiela's Child (SAFTA winner best feature film 2019) and is currently Head of Mo Abudu's prestigious EbonyLife Creative Academy in Lagos, Nigeria, where he also heads up the screen acting department.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 7, 1979 (47)
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Actor
- 7 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Drikus Volschenk's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Heraldas Constable De Wit in Hunting Emma (2017)
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 Drikus Volschenk's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Drikus Volschenk'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
16 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Fiela's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Meerkat Moonship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Vaselinetjie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Hunting Emma(2017)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
For The Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Dis ek, Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Ballade vir 'n Enkeling(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Pandjieswinkelstories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Durban Poison(2013)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Beauty(2011)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Skin(2008)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Binnelanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Dit Wat Stom Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 2005 to 2022; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
Hunting Emma (2017)
Highest rated
Hunting Emma (2017)
Most popular right now
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)
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.
- 2005Screen debut· Binnelanders
- 2011First film· Beauty
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.
How do Drikus Volschenk's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 40. 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.
Who does Drikus Volschenk work with?
People who share at least 2 of Drikus Volschenk's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Albert Maritz shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Albert MaritzShared titles: Hunting Emma (2017), Beauty (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Maritz
Cinematographers and editors
- Byron DavisShared titles: Hunting Emma (2017), Durban Poison (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Byron Davis
- William CollinsonShared titles: Hunting Emma (2017), Durban Poison (2013)See all 2 shared titles with William Collinson
Producers
- Deon MeyerShared titles: Hunting Emma (2017), Durban Poison (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Deon Meyer
- Diony KempenShared titles: Hunting Emma (2017), Durban Poison (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Diony Kempen