Sharlto Copley

In what was truly a star-making turn, South African writer, producer and director Sharlto Copley became an international sensation after his first real performance in front of the cameras, proudly adding 'actor' to his multi-hyphenate status. As the central focus of the sci-fi Oscar-nominated Best Picture, "District 9" (2009), Copley played Wikus Van De Merwe with such a settled savvy, few were aware that this was his first movie and that most …