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      • Roberto Kyle (born 7 December), is a South African actor and vocalist He is best known for his role as Lee-Roy Foster in the Telenovela Arendsvlei.


      Early life


      Kyle is from Paarl, Western Cape. He attended William Lloyd Primary School and then Klein Nederburg Secondary School. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town in 2015.


      Career


      Since teen age, he started music and drama career. In 2005, he joined with the Frank Pietersen Music Centre (FPMC) and studied classical voice and music literacy under classical singer Jo-Nette Le Kay. He studied under him for five years and established as a prolific musician and won the FPMC Solo Singer of The Year twice. In 2007, he appeared in the reality competition series Supersterre 2. He finally made into the final preliminary round in the competition. In 2011, he graduated from FPMC with both Trinity Guildhall Intermediate Graded Examinations in Music Theory and Classical Voice. Then in 2013, he signed by SHINE Models Cape Town and was chosen as the runner-up for the national CSquared Brand Ambassador search.
      Meanwhile, he started his acting career with many theatre productions such as; Eben Missing, Our Country's Good, Reparation, Significant Other, Twelfth Night, Peter Pan and Aunty Merle: The Musical. In 2014, he made television debut when he joined with the fourth season of the Showtime drama series Homeland and played the role "Marwand". In 2018, he appeared in the kykNET drama series Knapsekêrels and played the role "Skalkie Fortuin". In the same year, he was invited to play the lead role of Lee-Roy Foster in the kykNET & kie Telenovela Arendsvlei. The show became very popular and he continued to play the role in all four seasons up to date. For his role, he won the SAFTA Golden Horn Award for Best Actor in Telenovela category at the 2020 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA). In the same year, he along with Craig Adriaanse were nominated for Outstanding Couple Award at the 2020 Royalty Soapie Awards.
      In 2019, he made the guest role "Wesley" in the kykNET supernatural police procedural serial Die Spreeus. In 2020, he appeared in the kykNET serial Fynskrif with the role "George". In 2021, he joined with kykNET drama Afgrond by playing the supportive role "Franklin Klaasen".
      Apart from theatre and television, he acted in the films such as; Eye in the Sky, The Dark Tower, The Number and A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits. In 0000, he acted in the short film Model Wife directed by .


      Filmography




      References




      External links


      Roberto Kyle at IMDb
      Roberto Kyle at TVSA

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