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South African actor

Hykie Berg (born 2 May 1978), is a South African actor. He is best known for the role of 'Darius du Buisson' in the television serial Egoli: Place of Gold and role 'Conrad Bester' in the soap opera, Binnelanders. In 2011, he won the fourth season of the reality competition Survivor South Africa.^[1]

Personal life

He was born on 2 May 1978 in Pretoria, South Africa. He studied up to grade 8 at Hoërskool Die Wilgers where he started using drugs. Then he matriculated in 1996. At the age of 19, he became a heroin addict. He then received drug rehabilitation within a maximum-security cell at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria.^[1]

From 1997 and 1999, he completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing – Second Year, Marketing/Marketing Management General degree at University of Pretoria. Then he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Dramatic Arts in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management from Stellenbosch University between 1999 and 2002.^[1]

He was previously married to Melissa Jacobs in 2013 but divorced in 2018.^[2] He then proposed to his girlfriend Gerridene on 23 June 2019 and they married in March 2020.^[3]

Career

He made television debut in the popular youth series The Res in 2003. Then in 2004, he made a starring role in the serial Plek van Meats.^[1] In 2007, he made in his debut film role in Ouma se Slim Kind. In 2004, he joined the cast of the season 13 of the television serial Egoli: Place of Gold and played the role 'Darius du Buisson' in which he won a Crystal Award. He played the role for three seasons up to season 15 in 2007.

In 2018, he became an author where he published the book Hykie Berg: Ultimate Survivor. The book deals with his drug addict life and near death at his peak in acting career, where he finally manages to rehabilitate and achieve the success after.^[4]

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