Robert Hobbs

Biography

Robert Hobbs was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1972. At an early age his family moved to Welkom, a small mining town in the interior of SA. There he was educated at Christian Brothers College and developed a love of performance through a series of school concerts and trips to the local Saturday morning film matinées.

Following his passion, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts / Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama from the University of Cape Town in 1993.

He was cast in a number of theatre roles including Macbeth for the SA State Theatre and his performance in Yasmina Reza's Life x 3 garnered him a Naledi Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Known For

Binnelanders

Dr. Brian Els

G20

German Chancellor Security

Warrior

Stone

Invasion

Sheriff Owen Perkins

To the Ends of the Earth

Lieutenant Cumbersham

Chappie

The Procurement Officer

District 9

Ross Pienaar

Safe House

Morgan

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	G20	German Chancellor Security
2021	Oats Studios: Volume 1	Carl / Sgt. Carr
2021	The Mauritanian	Captain Collins
2020	The Last Days of American Crime	Police Sergeant
2019	Serenity	Ape
2019	Uncovered	Frank Drake
2018	The Forgiven	Burly Policeman
2017	Shepherds and Butchers	Pierre De Villiers
2017	Firebase	Sgt. Carr
2017	Rakka	Carl
2016	The Siege of Jadotville
2015	Chappie	The Procurement Officer
2014	Young Ones	Caleb
2014	The Salvation	Silvertooth
2014	Wild Life	Terry Lomas
2013	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Chief Warder
2012	Safe House	Morgan
2009	District 9	Ross Pienaar
2009	Invictus	Presidential Guard
2008	Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema	Inspector Blakkie Swart
2006	The Trail	Mark
2006	Catch a Fire	Special Branch Lieutenant
2004	In My Country	Van Deventer
1999	Bravo Two Zero	Stan

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Invasion	Sheriff Owen Perkins
2021	OATS Studios	卡尔
2019	Warrior	Stone
2019	The Girl from St. Agnes	Gary Clayton
2005	To the Ends of the Earth	Lieutenant Cumbersham
2005	Binnelanders	Dr. Brian Els