Emmanuel Castis

Emmanuel Castis, a South African performer of Greek descent who acts, sings and dances, began acting in 1997 in theater, playing Lennox in Macbeth with the Forgotten Angle Dance Theatre Company and PJ Sabbagha before moving into musical theater. His television debut came in 1999 as Steve Stethakis on the soapie Isidingo, a part that became highly popular, and in 2004 he won a People's Choice Award as best actor in a television soapie. He went on to lead the serial Erfsondes and has been nominated twice at the South African Film and Television Awards for best actor in a television series. His screen work includes Wild at Heart, Black Sails, Cryptid, Eternity and Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015). He released the album South of Nowhere in 2008, issued singles Stop Running in 2011 and Alive in 2015, toured with the Broadway musical Jersey Boys as Nick Massi, and earned a Naledi Theatre Award nomination for best actor in a musical.