Robin Smith

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Basutoland, South Africa, 1955-02-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Torn Allegiance	Willits	0
2	1988	Blind Justice	Max	40
3	1988	Red Scorpion	Russian Officer	60
4	1989	Merchants of War	Harry Gere	36
5	1989	The Revenger	Chuck	47
6	1989	Jobman	Cop #2	0
7	1989	Accidents	Raymond Oscar	50
8	1989	Death Force	Robert McCullam	0
9	1990	Reason to Die	Otto	38
10	1991	Pursuit	Crazy Ezra	0
11	1993	Bopha!	Retlief	52
12	1994	Project Shadowchaser II	Prine	46
13	1994	Never Say Die	Angel	50
14	1994	Cyborg Cop II	Fats	44
15	1994	Lipstiek Dipstiek	Frikkie	64
16	1995	Lunar Cop	Stopper	40
17	1995	Hearts & Minds	Willem	0
18	1997	The Lost City		0
19	1997	Dangerous Ground	Iron Guard	43
20	1997	Black Velvet Band	Vermeer	70
21	1999	Running Free	Blacksmith	56
22	2001	The Meeksville Ghost	Ox	50
23	2002	Hooded Angels	Silus	41
24	2003	Proteus	Munster	59
25	2004	Red Dust	Duty Officer	58
26	2005	Man to Man	Douglas	62
27	2006	The Fall	Luigi / One Legged Actor	76
28	2006	Running Riot	Vladimir Brutonov	65
29	2007	Poena Is Koning	Security Guard	60
30	2008	Deadly Harvest	Ambulance Driver	65
31	2009	Invictus	Johan De Villiers	72
32	2010	Master Harold... and the Boys	Man in Bar / Radio news reader	53
33	2011	Beauty	Gideon	59
34	2012	Angus Buchan's Ordinary People	Herman Visser	59
35	2015	Bow Tie	Blignaut (uncredited)	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Raw	The Commandant	68
2	2016	Die Byl	Wikus	80
3	2019	Die Spreeus	Frikkie	80
4	2020	Projek Dina	Kobus Ferreira	90

Robin Smith

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