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name: "Brandon Auret"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brandon-auret"
roles: []
born: "27 December 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T09:46:08.292602+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brandon Auret

Actor. Born 27 December 1972 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 December 1972, Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Active:** 2009–2013
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Auret, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18378828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1409827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1029029

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Elysium*](https://film.one/film/elysium.md) (60)

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## Biography

Brandon Auret is a South African actor born on 27 December 1972 in Johannesburg. He began his career in the late 1990s with roles in South African television, including the part of Leon du Plessis in the SABC3 soap opera *Isidingo* (1998–2005). He has a background in musical theatre, with credits including productions such as *The Buddy Holly Story*, and studied drama at Pretoria Tech.

Auret has appeared in international films, notably as an MNU Mercenary in *District 9* (2009), Drake in *Elysium* (2013) and Hippo in *Chappie* (2015). Other film roles include Johan Dreyer in *Tremors 5: Bloodlines* (2015), Elijah Dekker in *Rogue* (2020) and Faunus in *Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023). He is a co-owner and producer of the production company A Breed Apart Pictures.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Elysium* (2013), Fi1m 60, as Drake — [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *District 9* (2009), Fi1m 81, as MNU Mercenary — [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *They Will Kill You* (2026), as Teardrop Man
- *Sniper: No Nation* (2026), as Kruger
- *Bird Boy* (2025), as Dirk
- *London Calling* (2025), as Seamus McRory
- *Pound 4 Pound* (2024), series, as Frans
- *Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023), as Faunus
- *Redeeming Love* (2022), as Magowan
- *Oats Studios: Volume 1* (2021), as Nosh
- *Broken Darkness* (2021), as Troy
- *OATS Studios* (2021), series, as 纳什
- *Rogue* (2020), as Elijah Dekker
- *The Last Days of American Crime* (2020), as Lonnie French
- *Still Breathing* (2020), series, as Danny
- *Inside Man: Most Wanted* (2019), as Johnny
- *Empire of the Sharks* (2018), as Captain Barrick
- *Dead in the Water* (2018), as Stranger
- *6-Headed Shark Attack* (2018), as William Nix
- *Mia and the White Lion* (2018), as Dirk
- *The Lullaby* (2018), as Dr. Timothy Reed
- *Double Echo* (2017), as Paul Mullan
- *Rakka* (2017), as Nosh
- *Blood Drive* (2017), series, as Rib Bone
- *Blood Drive* (2017), as Rib Bone
- *Planet of the Sharks* (2016), as Dillon Barrick
- *Tremors 5: Bloodlines* (2015), as Johan Dreyer
- *Tiger House* (2015), as Reg
- *Chappie* (2015), as Hippo
- *Alien Outpost* (2014), as Savino
- *Avenged* (2014), as Warren
- *Elysium* (2013), as Drake — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *Durban Poison* (2013), as Piet
- *Expiration* (2012), as William Hunter
- *Night Drive* (2010), as Ian
- *District 9* (2009), as MNU Mercenary — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)
- *Hansie* (2008), as Frans Cronje
- *Isidingo* (1998), series, as Leon du Plessis

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