Willie Esterhuizen (Actor)
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Works
Vetkoekpaleis
Frikkadel Delport starts a take-away business when he is retrenched. In the process of finding his feet in his new venture, he appoints two staff members without really meaning to.
Release Date1996-06-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Worsie Visagie
Episode Count65
Vote Count2
Ouboet & Wors
Two viewer favorites, Orkney Snork Nie and Molly en Wors, are brought together wittily and with great compassion. The result is a truly Afrikaans red wine series.
Release Date2017-10-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Wors
Episode Count52
Vote Count1
Poena Is Koning
Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse and his high school buddy Vaatjie, who have decided that they have to lose their virginity by the time they finish school. But they've picked the worst moment to embark on their sexual escapade – it's matric exam time and their quest results in major distractions from their studies. The consequences are dire.
Release Date2007-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobOther
Charactersd Worsie Visagie
Vote Count12
Grensbasis 13
A story about a fictional South African police base on the border between Angola and the former South West Africa. While patrolling, a mail convoy is ambushed and most of the soldiers are shot. The captain is rescued, but one of his constables is taken prisoner. The constable’s sister is also the captain’s girlfriend. GRENSBASIS 13 (Border Post 13) tells the story of the captain’s suspenseful and action-filled rescue attempt in order to bring his sweetheart’s brother home.
Release Date1979-05-25
Charactersd Smitty
Blink Stefaans
Fanus is a nerdy sound technician who is never noticed by anyone, and especially not by the boss’s pretty but temperamental daughter, Linda. All this changes with the arrival of alter ego 'Blink Stefaans', who has plenty of advice for Fanus, from how to be more assertive to how to dress. 'Blink' translates to bright or shiny. Suddenly Fanus life changes into a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs. Blink Stefaans, in this gentle romantic comedy.
Release Date1981-06-22
Charactersd Dog Trainer
Laat Vrugte
Release Date1984-09-24
Charactersd Buks Gerber
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president of the Republic of Namibia.
Release Date2007-06-27
Charactersd Hager
Vote Count9
What You Sow
A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
Release Date1979-08-29
Charactersd Christiaan MacDonald
Vetkoekpaleis II
Wors Visagie, who previously worked at the Vetkoekpaleis restaurant, steps in to save the place from bankruptcy while it was owned by Ruben Delport.
Release Date2023-12-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Worsie Visagie
Episode Count10
Vote Count1
Vetkoekpaleis 3
Wors Visagie, who previously worked at the Vetkoekpaleis restaurant, steps in to save the place from bankruptcy while it was owned by Ruben Delport.
Release Date2025-05-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Wors Visagie
Episode Count10
Vote Count1
Stoute Boudjies
An Afrikaans sex comedy which follows the adventures of a third-year student and his buddy at their holiday job. Desperate to lose his virginity, he hooks up with a hot babe for some hanky panky, only to discover that her ex boyfriend does not understand the 'ex' part and wants to get violent. The plot (and cast) is rounded out by some really weird characters, all contributing to the general mayhem and laughs.
Release Date2010-12-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Worsie Visagie
Vote Count5
Oh Schuks... I'm Gatvol
Schucks is back and this time he's Gatvol. The rampant crime rate and unprecedented violence have finally become too much and Schucks together with his sidekick, little Alf, is joining the chicken run to Australia. However this promises to be the flight of his life given that the evil despot Samoosa Woestyn is stalking him.
Release Date2004-01-01
Charactersd Frik
Vote Count3
Molly & Wors
Molly en Wors is a situation comedy (sitcom) that was broadcast on kykNET from 2009 to 2011. The program revolves around the dysfunctional Visagie family who live in a luxurious Tuscan Villa within Johannesburg. The family members consist of Wors, Molly, Vaatjie and Blapsie. The underlying humor lies in irony, the exposure of double standards, allusion, as well as the "parvenu" that comes out.
Release Date2009-04-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Wors Visagie
Episode Count78
Vote Count1
Vaatjie gets owned
The misadventures Vaatjie Venter, a talented pastry chef and the top student at the hotel school where he is training. Vattjie becomes the lead candidate to win a scholarship to train under world famous master chef Pierre Cousteau in Paris. But Vaatjie's charmed life is tested to its limits when his jealous classmate James tries to prevent Vaatije from winning the opportunity of a lifetime.
Release Date2008-12-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Worsie Visagie
Vote Count3
Kersfees by Molly & Wors
Molly and Wors are in marriage counseling because they suffer from empty nest syndrome. Their quiet Christmas suddenly turns into chaos when their children unexpectedly arrive.
Release Date2024-12-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Wors
An Act of Defiance
Apartheid is rampant in South Africa, 1963. When ten men are arrested on a farm in Rivonia for conspiring to commit sabotage and violent acts against the repressive S. African government, tenacious lawyer Bram Fisher steps up to the challenge as lead counsel. He soon finds that political leader Nelson Mandela is also on trial. Mandela urges his fellow defendants to plead not guilty and shine light on the systemic corruption against the African people. As the outcome of the trial looks bleak, Mandela gives his famous "I'm Prepared to Die" speech, discussing how the ANC's resistance is justified. But will Mandela's impassioned speech save these men's lives?
Release Date2017-04-13
Charactersd Lieutenant Swanepoel
Vote Count13
Who Laughs Last
A Comedy involving the Tax-Man
Release Date1986-12-26
Charactersd Lafras Uys
A Paw-Paw For My Darling
This local ensemble comedy is set in 2003, as a group of working-class South Africans try to come to terms with their changed society. Seen through the eyes of a family dog, we watch as friends, neighbours and lovers try to deal with their challenging relationships.
Release Date2016-01-08
Charactersd Basil Bonthuis
Vote Count2
Molly & Wors The Movie
Based on the Afrikaans TV series by the same name, this comedy comes to the big screen. The plot-line is rather convoluted as befits a farce, and sees the main characters get themselves into serious troubles before everything works out like it is supposed to.
Release Date2013-09-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Wors Visagie
Vote Count2
Liewe Hemel Genis
The Co-operative's people in their well-known and beloved environment, but be warned, there is a tear behind all the laughter.
Release Date1987-03-20
Charactersd Visser Botes
The Fifth Season
A motorcycle racer falls in love with a blind girl.
Release Date1978-11-29
Charactersd Train passenger
Vote Count1
Republiek van Zoid Afrika
Karen Zoid's talk show with comic sketches, visits with influential and exceptional people, and music that will take your breath away.
Release Date2014-07-10
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Orkney Snork Nie
Orkney Snork Nie, a popular Afrikaans sitcom, originally broadcast by the SABC in South Africa. The name translates directly into Orkney Doesn't Snore, but the message being conveyed in Afrikaans is that the town isn't sleepy, there's always something happening.
Release Date1989-05-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count52
Vote Count1
Poena
Poena is a South African, Afrikaans-language television sitcom based on a character created for the 2003 sitcom Gauteng-alêng-alêng, which spun off into the 2007 film Poena is Koning (Poena is King), as well as the follow-up TV movies Poena (2020) and Poena en Poenie (2021).
Release Date2022-04-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count26
Vote Count1
Orkney Snork Nie 2
The second movie based on a South African sitcom by the same name.They celebrate their new found richness in style but soon lose more than they had won. Scam artists rob and deceive them.The mine fires them and their wives won't allow them to come home. They numerous trials and tribulations to get everything back to the way it was.
Release Date1993-01-01
DepartmentCrew
JobScript
Vote Count2
Lipstiek Dipstiek
The story is about Poenie (Franscois Coertze) who burns his scrotum with a welding iron while working on his car and lands in hospital a few days before he is to marry the virgin Martie. This is the first mishap in a series of disasters and misunderstandings that provides many belly-clutching laughs. As Poenie's father Frikadel (Zak du Plessis) puts it, "Die seun sit sy voet uit die voordeur uit en dan is hy kniediep in die kak!"
Release Date1994-11-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count4
Hester & Ester Bester
A South African, Afrikaans-language television sitcom which tells the story of two sisters from Bloemfontein who move in with their aunt Bessie and - together with their friend Trompie - cause chaos for no good reason.
Release Date2007-04-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count52
Vote Count1
Gautêng-alêng-alêng
The G.A.T.T. Department, the Gauteng Department of Tenders and Tests, is managed by Frans Roos. His department was moved from the eleventh floor to the basement, the staff was reduced from 33 to 3 and he reports directly to Ms. Mammabolo, the chair woman of the council. The other staff consists of Lulu Roux, the receptionist, Koos Koekemoer, the senior technician, and Dickey Abrahams, junior technician. Koos' wife, Bessie, is a fine berry and she is often there to check on Koos. Poena Pieterse is supposed to be the department's messenger but is almost full-time busy with personal tasks for Me. Mammabolo.
Release Date2003-04-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Vote Count1
Begeertes
An Afrikaans series about the love intrigues and life dramas of a group of people in East London.
Release Date2006-02-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count39
Vote Count1
Droomdag
A young bride's dream day turns into her worst nightmare. A tale about Tanya Stark, a young woman who's biological clock is ticking towards desperation. Tanya is forever getting involved with the wrong sort of guy, who is seemingly unable to be faithful. She decides to take a break from men and concentrate on herself for a change. Little did she know that she was about to bump into the man of her dreams, who would sweep her off her feet...Then the unthinkable happens.
Release Date2017-04-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Die Munisipaliteit van Gwarra-Gwarra
The Municipality of Gwarra-Gwarra is a situation comedy that takes place in the municipality of Gwarra-Gwarra's offices. This kykNET sitcom is a Willie Esterhuizen series, with, among others, Frank Opperman and Lizz Meiring.
Release Date2014-07-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count39
Vote Count1
Banana Air
A low-cost airline with a team of eccentric flight attendants, two pilots, a nervous wreck of a manager and his personal assistant who always get themselves into crazy situations can only mean one thing - a pleasure flight with lots of entertainment and hilarious moments.
Release Date2024-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Vote Count1
Brakpan Bride
On her 29th birthday, Aletta Vlok gets wedding fever. She starts arranging her wedding before she even has a man. Boetie Bouwer, a mechanic, is convinced that he is the man for Aletta, but when the big day arrives, everything goes wrong.
Release Date2024-03-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Faan's Train
Faan se Trein is about a simple-minded man living in a tiny Karoo community. When his father dies, leaving all his possessions to Faan and the church, greed rears its head and divides the community... Until love restores their sanity.
Release Date2014-01-24
Vote Count6
Kaalgat Tussen Die Daisies
After a dispute with a local dentist, a minister is thrown out of his church, and finds himself an unemployed White Afrikaner Male. Desperate for work, he accepts a job as a manager in a men's club, which allows gambling, stripping and drinking - by the customers. In an attempt to avoid his old congregation recognising him, he dons a costume straight out of the Bible. To make matters worse, the club is run by his cousin, who is also a gangster.
Release Date1997-01-04