Robin Smith

Acting

Robin Smith

Overview

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Birthday
Feb 28, 1955 (70 years old)

Robin Smith

Known For

Bow Tie
1h 26m
Movie 2015

Bow Tie

Don “Vossie” Vorster is a geeky bunny-hugger with a good...

Beauty
1h 41m
Movie 2011

Beauty

François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become...

Master Harold... and the Boys
1h 27m
Movie 2010

Master Harold... and the Boys

This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African....

Invictus
2h 14m
Movie 2009

Invictus

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially...

Deadly Harvest
1h 30m
Movie 2008

Deadly Harvest

Marisa and Frank honeymoon in South Africa. A particularly favourable...

Poena Is Koning
1h 30m
Movie 2007

Poena Is Koning

Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse...

Red Dust
1h 50m
Movie 2004

Red Dust

Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew...

Proteus
1h 42m
Movie 2003

Proteus

An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of...

Black Velvet Band
1h 30m
Movie 1997

Black Velvet Band

Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian...

Dangerous Ground
1h 35m
Movie 1997

Dangerous Ground

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left...

Biography

Robin B. Smith is a South African former wrestling manager and actor. He is most famous for participating in the 2009 film Invictus. He was known in the WWF as the Commandant, who managed the South African Truth Commission for a short time in 1997. Born in South Africa, his film career started in 1987 in the film Scavengers. He appeared in many South African movies throughout the late 1980s to the 2000s. Wrestling career Smith became a manager in professional wrestling in early 1997. Bret Hart visited South Africa and met Smith. Hart recommended him for a role in the World Wrestling Federation, however he never fought as a wrestler. Smith made his wrestling debut in Tennessee in the US Wrestling Association (USWA). He wrestled under the name Commandant, and managed a group of wrestlers including "Interrogator", "Tank" and "Recon" as the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission". This tea won the USWA Tag Team Championship three times. In June 1997, the Truth Commission made their WWF debut. Smith made promos on WWF about the Truth Commission and attacking the United States for not having discipline. He was hated by the fans. "Sniper" replaced "Tank" on the commission. He was interviewed by Sunny, but scared her by yelling at her. During the summer of 1997 the group lost only to "Legion of Doom". In September, Smith was replaced by Don Callis, the "Jackyl"; the WWF wanted someone who could participate physically in the matches. Smith returned to South Africa, ending his wrestling career. Acting Smith appeared in 2006's The Fall, a film about Los Angeles based in the 1920s. In 2009 he played Johan De Villers in Invictus, about a South Africa rugby team fighting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Personal As of 2011 he lived in South Africa, as a freelancer.