Taki Muthige (born 11 October 1996) has been acting since he was 10 with Helen O’ Grady drama school. He decided to take his craft seriously after winning an award for best lead actor at his high school One Act Festival. Graduating from AFDA, with a BA in Live Performance in 2018. At the beginning of 2020, Taki decided to use social media as a means to allow himself to stay creative. Take currently has a YouTube channel with around 7000 total views, where he posts content twice a week. Furthermore, he has a freelancing job as an entertainer with “South African Murder Mystery”, while simultaneously auditioning for various acting roles.
Due to Taki being in the performance/creative space since the age of 10, He is constantly in positions where he is required to work with people and that’s where he thrives best. This has led to him winning awards for best lead & supporting actor in 2014 & 2018 respectively. Through these achievements, he has learnt that you are only as strong as the team behind you. That strength is built on trust, patience, and vulnerability. The 14 years of constantly working with people in a high-performance environment have culminated in him being an astute performer and team player. Furthermore, when it comes to dealing with customers/clients, his current freelance position has been an incredible guide for that education. This job requires him to host different types of clientele ranging from families, companies, and others. The company’s corporate clientele has included organizations such as Standard Bank, First Rand Group, Isazi.
He goes in as “policemen” and facilitates a “murder mystery” where the guests are the suspects. At these events, you’ll find yourself dealing with a lot of different people, ranging from CEOs to your grandmother and grandfathers. He has hosted and facilitated shows of 8 - 40 people by himself and therefore he has to manage various personalities. As a host, it’s his job to convince the participants from varied spectrums of life to buy into the game and fully indulge themselves, and escape their realities for an [link-omitted] one thing he loves about acting is the fact that he can be a vessel for storytelling.
