Coach
Rowan Studti is an actor, director and acting coach whose career spans film, television and theatre. He pursued international acting training at the New York Film Academy and Shelley Mitchell’s Actors’ Centre in San Francisco before returning to South Africa to study at Act Cape Town and complete a BA in Drama, Film and Screenwriting, followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Drama Education, at the University of Cape Town. In 2017, he furthered his training at The Actors Foundry in Vancouver, Canada, where he refined the authentic, truthful approach to performance that defines his work today.
Rowan’s screen credits include Black Sails, Dominion, Modder en Bloed, Warrior, Invasion, Outlaws and Lawmen, as well as numerous productions for the History Channel and Investigation Discovery, including Grant, FDR, Lincoln, The Great War, American Monster, Hear No Evil and Locked Up Abroad.
As a coach at ACT, Rowan is known for his kind, thoughtful approach and his ability to help students unlock more honest, emotionally connected performances. Drawing on his international training and extensive on-set experience, Rowan challenges actors to deepen their craft while building the confidence and professionalism needed for a successful career. When he’s not coaching or acting, Rowan co-produces immersive theatre experiences through his company, Dinners To Die For, which he owns with his wife, Danielle Studti.