title: Alan Committie
text: # Alan Committie
  
  Alan Committie is a South African comic actor and qualified high school teacher.
  
  Committie has performed on stage, television, radio and the Internet. In addition to his own, self-written shows, Committie has performed a number of other stage productions including Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman. He is particularly well known for his character 'Johan van der Walt', a highly officious, disturbingly pedantic, offensive security officer and part-time film critic.
  
  ## Performance career
  
  ### Committie's own stage plays
  
  * Stressed for Success
  * Stressed to Kill
  * One Man One Remote
  * TV or not TV
  * Titanic on Ice
  * Once upon a Laugh (with Robyn Scott)
  * Dracula - Unclotted (with Geatan Schmid)
  * Dick and Di
  * The Clown Jewels Part 2
  * The Clown Jewels Part 1
  
  ### Appearing in
  
  * Rob Becker's Defending the Caveman
  * Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  * Michael Frayn's Noises Off
  
  ### Other appearances
  
  * Fleur du Cap Awards as Master of Ceremonies, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town (2008)
  * Stand Up South Africa Comedy Festival in London, UK (2002)
  * Smirnoff International Comedy Festival (1997–2003)
  
  ### Television
  
  * Appearing as Johan van der Walt in M-Net's Laugh out Loud
  * Starring as Johan van der Walt in M-Net's Van der Walt's Fault
  * Cameo appearances in many SA sitcoms including Marc Lottering and Friends
  * Appearing in various TV adverts including FAMSA, Polo Classic, OK Bazaars, Castle Lager and Cadbury's
  * Character voice-over for SABC's animation series URBO.
  
  ### Radio
  
  * Character voices for various radio spots
  * "Unofficial" film reviewer as Johan van der Walt for Nic Marais' breakfast show on KFM
  
  ### Internet
  
  * Performed and co-wrote a number of viral ads for Rugby 365
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Naledi Theatre Awards 'Best Comedy Performance (Male)' for Stressed To Kill (Johannesburg, 2008)
  * Fleur du Cap Awards 'Best Performance by an actor' in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Cape Town, 2008)
  * S.A. Film & Television Awards 'Golden Horn for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Comedy' for Committie's role of Johan van der Walt (Johannesburg, 2007)
  
  ## Education
  
  * Higher Diploma in Education, University of Cape Town
  * Performer's Diploma, University of Cape Town
  * Bachelor of Arts, University of Cape Town (1996)
  