STEFAN LUDIK - musician, actor & lots more than just a pretty face...

Nothing however prepared him for the launch into stardom when he came out of the BB-house. Shortly after being evicted from the house he made his acting debut in well-known comedian, Casper se Vries' Haak en Steek. Upon his return to Namibia he found that not only was he regarded a national hero but an invite from Franz Marx Films also awaited him. The rest is history... Since then he endeared himself to millions around the continent as Werner Kranz, in M-Net's soapie, Egoli - Place of Gold.
Stefan was seen during 2008 in the brand new action series on KykNet called, Transito. Stefan played the lead role in this action-packed series about a transit heist gone horribly wrong. Fantastic reviews for the series have been received country-wide. Stefan was also seen in the popular SABC 2 Soapie 7de Laan for a couple of weeks, where he played the character of "Roelof". This too won him many fans around South Africa and high acclaim for his excellent performance.
The growing adoration that he enjoys from audiences in and around Southern Africa has seen him nominated for "Best Actor" and "Best Newcomer Music/Stage/Screen" at People Magazine's Crystal Awards in both 2004 and 2005. In 2005 he won the "Best Actor" award and at the 2006 Crystal Awards he walked away with the title "SA's Hottest Hunk". In 2005 he also won the coveted "SA's Favourite Male Actor Award" at the "You/Huisgenoot Spectacular" and he won the "Sexiest Man"-award.  He made it a hat trick when he also won Mamabaonline.com's "SA Sexiest Man" award towards the end of 2006. The prestigious ATKV Plume awards in 2005 and 2006 further feathered his cap. CLEO magazine recently held their Bachelor of the Year Awards 2009 sponsored by Paco Rabanne, at The Manhattan Club in Sandton where Stefan won the competition and walked away with the coveted title of “CLEO Bachelor of the year” and a Suzuki Swift.
Stefan started building on his repertoire whilst in secondary school and soon he had enough songs to put together a Demo CD.  His debut album, Liggroen Doringbome, a witness to influences of his childhood musical idols like Queen, Roy Orbison and Elvis,consisted of a mix of Afrikaans and English lyrics and was released towards the end of October 2005 and received great reviews country-wide due to the fact that Stefan wrote all the songs on the album - the music and lyrics - and due to the quality of the songwriting and production of the CD. In middle 2007 Stefan released his second album, Vuur en Water. He produced the album himself and once again wrote all the songs. The album is doing well on charts throughout the country and is receiving lots of air-time on radio stations nation wide. The music video for the title track, Vuur en Water, even got people talking overseas and was consequently nominated for a Eurovision music video award.
Stefan is also a proud ambassador of Team Namibia. This initiative is aimed at raising awareness of Namibian products and companies in order to enhance national pride in its products, and achievements. Stefan, being a proud Namibian citizen and a role model for the people of Namibia, was an obvious choice for this prestigious title.
Currently, Stefan is also the Brand Ambassador for Bank Windhoek's Solo Project – a project aimed specifically at educating the Namibian Youth about finances, being responsible for one's own future, and the importance of dreaming big! With this project, over 200 schools has been targeted countrywide, spreading the word with a short and power-packed show involving Stefan singing, dancing, and motivating the youth to make a difference. This show has been so well received that Bank Windhoek extended the contract to 2010. This was certainly contagious as the prestigious Olthaver & List Ltd, (with its affiliate Namibia Breweries Ltd) also contracted him for 2008 and 2009 for a similar project, where he focuses on staff motivation, throughout all their branches in Namibia.

Bank Windhoek, a leading Namibian Corporate entity, well known for its comprehensive social research projects found through contracted professional research organisations that Stefan is seen by Namibian youth as not only a multi – talented entertainer but rather a person of iconic proportions. The latter was supported by a recently published Informanté article [(the latter Namibia’s largest newspaper circulation) – 24 July 2008] that cited Stefan as one of the 10 most influential people in Namibia; which indeed is an honour when considering the rest of the honorees like Michelle McLean (former Miss Universe), Frank Fredericks (former world record holder 200m and Olympic champion), Trevor Dodds (former USA PGA winner), etc. The acclaim extended beyond Namibian shores as Stefan was also cited by the Sunday Times (23 April 2006) as Namibia’s foremost export product since Michelle McLean.

Stefan's schedule is a fulltime job. If he's not busy recording a TV series, you will find him somewhere in South Africa or Namibia performing. He offers a wide variety of performances: appearances where he parties with the guests; MC-work at functions or pageants together with a few solo songs; a full solo show with guitarist and DJ, as well as a full band show. His popular website, blog and face book entries can be visited from www.stefanludik.co.za