Leon Schuster

Schuster began working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. During his time at the SABC, he created the Afrikaans radio series Vrypostige Mikrofoon with Fanus Rautenbach – which involved disguising his voice and playing phone pranks on unsuspecting victims.

On 16 September 2011 it was reported that Schuster's next movie, "Mad Buddies",would be partly financed by the Walt Disney Company, which would also handle the distribution and marketing of the film. The film was released in 2012 and starred Schuster opposite funnyman Kenneth Nkosi. Despite poor reviews, the film was successful in South Africa, garnering R4.5 million in the opening weekend from a budget of R20 million.

His hit CD Hier Kom Die Bokke garnered an FNB Sama Music Award for Biggest Selling CD of 1995. His following CD, "Gatvol in Paradise", sold in more than 125,000 units and gave rise to the unofficial Gauteng anthem, "Gautengeleng".

In 1982, Schuster was approached by Decibel Records to compile a series of sports songs which resulted in his first record entitled, "Leon Schuster", having sold 10,000 units. His second album, "Broekskeur", sold in excess of 40,000 units. This was then followed by "Briekdans and Leon Schuster – 20 Treffers", which sold more than 270,000 copies.

Leon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster (born 21 May 1951) is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, presenter and singer.