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Learn More About Chrispen Nyathi, Pastor Charleston on DiepCity In Real Life

Learn More About Chrispen Nyathi, Pastor Charleston on DiepCity In Real Life

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Learn More About Chrispen Nyathi, Pastor Charleston on DiepCity In Real Life

Chrispen Nyathi is a talented Zimbabwean actor who is based in South Africa. He plays the role of Pastor Charlston on Mzansi Magic’s drama DiepCity. Pastor Charlston is prayerful and would break into worship songs at any random moment.

Chrispen Nyathi BiographyAge, Career, Achievements.

Followers of the show enjoy his character and they also know him as Asanda’s husband. Paster Charlston’s mission is to save broken souls that stay in Diepsloot camp. The pastor also dreams of owning a big church that serves the Lord.

Chrispen Nyathi Early life

Crispen Nyathi was born and bred in Zimbabwe in the city of Bulawayo. Growing up, Crispen Nyathi always dreamt of appearing on TV. Crispen was an only child and he was raised by his mother and grandmother. He realized he loved when he was in grade 5.

My love for acting began back in 2004 when I was in grade 5. Each grade 5 class had to present a play for a couple of minutes on stage at the Hillside Primary School in Bulawayo. I only had a small role with 10 seconds on stage but from there I knew it was something I wanted to do for life,” he added.

His Childhood

Nyathi Explained how complicated his childhood was due to the difficulty of having a stable place for a while.

“My childhood was spent jumping from one place to the other. From birth, until Grade 4. I was in the township, moving from eMganwini to Sizinda. From Grade 4 I had to move to Hillside where I stayed with my granny who was a domestic worker there. I completed my primary schooling in Hillside Primary school” said Chrispen.

“During my first term in high school at Hamilton, my granny and I Moved moved to the countryside in Plumtree, ko-Masedu. Due to that, I found myself attending school at Madlambuzi”

Chrispen shared this in his interview with Chronicle.

Awards won by Crispen Nyathi

Just after scoring his first big television role Chrispen Nyathi won an award for Viewers Choice Award in the Best Actor category from the Royal Soapie Awards.

Chrispen Nyathi Career

Although the talented actor has been in the Entertainment for over 6 years he got his big break in 2021 after playing the role of pastor Charlston on DiepCity.

Chrispen Nyathi was auditioned by Mandla N of Black Brain Production in a live Instagram video. Mandla N auditions young and upcoming artists on his Instagram live videos weekly. That’s when Chrispen took a chance to audition for his role a Charlston.

His Acting Role

Source: twitter.com @ChrispenNyathi

Chrispen had always known which route he was going to take since from highschool and he did not make a mistake. He said after relocating to South Africa in 2019, where he attended Denver secondary school, he gained inspiration from the South African series, Zone 2014’s Vusa Thwala through his arts nurturing school projects like Behind The Blazer which he conducted at various schools including Denver.

Nyathi also added how they used to take part in Behind The Blazer after school as their principal was strict. He said the project was very effective that he managed to bag acting appearances on series like AksiSpaza, Bennelanders, and accused.

Narrating how he got the DiepCity gig, Chrispen said, Mandla N. Who is behind the Black brain pictures, the producers of Dip city wanted fresh faces for the production, something which worked to his advantage.

When Mandla N went on a fresh faces quest for Vula Vala and DiepCity. Nyathi showed up and didn’t disappoint. “I took part in the auditions and got cast for the show he said.

Age and Girlfriend

Crispen Nyathi is 28 years, born in 1988. He is in a relationship with Dube Keeya.

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