Invictus
His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.
2009 | 134m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
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| Writer: | John Carlin, Anthony Peckham |
| Staring: |
| Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 11, 2009 |
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| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer: | John Carlin, Anthony Peckham |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | sports, stadium, south africa, apartheid, idealism, nelson mandela, based on true story, idealist, rugby, president, racism, poverty, celebration, duringcreditsstinger, 1990s, fighting the system |
| Production Companies | Spyglass Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Revelations Entertainment, Liberty Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $122,400,000
Budget: $60,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Morgan Freeman | Nelson Mandela |
| Matt Damon | Francois Pienaar |
| Tony Kgoroge | Jason Tshabalala |
| Patrick Mofokeng | Linga Moonsamy |
| Matt Stern | Hendrick Booyens |
| Julian Lewis Jones | Etienne Feyder |
| Adjoa Andoh | Brenda Mazibuko |
| Marguerite Wheatley | Nerine |
| Leleti Khumalo | Mary |
| Patrick Lyster | Mr. Pienaar |
| Penny Downie | Mrs. Pienaar |
| Sibongile Nojila | Eunice |
| Bonnie Mbuli | Zindzi |
| Shakes Myeko | Minister of Sport |
| Louis Minnaar | Springbok Coach |
| Danny Keogh | Rugby President |
| Dan Robbertse | Boer |
| Robin Smith | Johan De Villiers |
| David Dukas | Captain of 747 |
| Grant Swanby | Co-Captain of 747 |
| Josias Moleele | Face Painter |
| Langley Kirkwood | Presidential Guard |
| Robert Hobbs | Presidential Guard |
| Melusi Yeni | Presidential Guard |
| Vuyo Dabula | Presidential Guard |
| Daniel Hadebe | Presidential Guard |
| Jodi Botha | High School Boy |
| Hennie Bosman | High School Coach |
| Refiloe Mpakanyane | Jessie |
| Jakkie Groenewald | Johannesburg Cop |
| Murray Todd | Johannesburg Cop |
| Japan Mthembu | Local Cop |
| Albert Maritz | Springbok Manager |
| Sello Motloung | Mandela's Doctor |
| Meren Reddy | Minister of the Environment |
| Lida Botha | Mrs. Brits |
| Susan Danford | Mrs. Cole |
| Sylvia Mngxekeza | Mrs. Dlamini |
| James Lithgow | New Zealand PM |
| Malusi Skenjana | NSC Firebrand |
| Bart Fouche | Prison Guard |
| Johnny Cicco | Staff Member |
| Wayne Harrison | Staff Member |
| Ashley Taylor | Team Crew |
| Gift Leotlela | Team Crew |
| Kgosi Mongake | Sipho |
| Given Stuurman | Township Kid |
| Vuyolwethu Stevens | Township Kid |
| Ayabulela Stevens | Township Kid |
| Nambitha Mpumlwana | Trophy Wife |
| André Jacobs | T.V. Announcer |
| J.R. Redelinghuys | Helicopter Pilot |
| Grant Roberts | South African Springbok |
| Scott Eastwood | South African Springbok |
| Mark Bowen Davies | South African Springbok |
| Dale Stephen Dunn | South African Springbok |
| Graham Lindemann | South African Springbok |
| Louis Ackerman | South African Springbok |
| Andries Le Grange | South African Springbok |
| Thomas Boyd | South African Springbok |
| Clive Richard Samuel | South African Springbok |
| Richard Abrahamse | South African Springbok |
| Sean Pypers | South African Springbok |
| Herman Botha | South African Springbok |
| Riaan Wolmarans | South African Springbok |
| Louis Pieterse | South African Springbok |
| Ryan Scott | South African Springbok |
| Daniel Deon Wessels | South African Springbok |
| Vaughn Thompson | South African Springbok |
| Charl Engelbrecht | South African Springbok |
| Rolf Ernst Fitschen | South African Springbok |
| Richard Morris | South African Springbok |
| Ryan Olivier | South African Springbok |
| Warren Edwards | South African Springbok |
| Andrew Nel | South African Springbok |
| Rudi Zandberg | South African Springbok |
| Renzo Puccini | South African Springbok |
| Abraham Vlok | South African Springbok |
| Geoff Brown | South African Springbok / Australian Wallaby |
| McNeil Hendricks | Chester Williams - South African Springbok |
| John Paul Chapman | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Sililo Victor Martens | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Epeli Taione | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Aukusitino Junior Poluleuligaga | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Patrick Bell | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Anton Coosner | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Simon Peter Blakeley | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Salman Sarfodien Davids | New Zealand All Blacks / Western Samoa |
| Warrick Ireland | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Warren Taylor | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Karl Bergemann | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Jean-Pierre Van Zyl | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Mohammed Ridhaa Damon | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Mark Snodgrass | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Theodore Grovers | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Gordon Johnston | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Conrad Marais | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Pieter Engelbrecht | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Bjorn Steinbach | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Clinton Prinsloo | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Yusuf Abrahams | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Jody Burch | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Wynand Collins | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Abu Bakr Davids | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Emile Olivier | New Zealand All Blacks |
| Zak Feaunati | Jonah Lomu - New Zealand All Blacks |
| Anthony Burns | England Rose |
| Marius Erwee | England Rose |
| Mfundo Galada | England Rose |
| Michael van Schalkwyk | England Rose |
| Dan Visser | England Rose |
| Jethro Mickleburgh | England Rose |
| Ryan Williams | England Rose |
| Gareth Rowe | England Rose |
| Stuart Calder | England Rose |
| Johnathan van der Walt | England Rose |
| Shane Vallender | England Rose |
| Abbas Hendricks | England Rose |
| Karlo Aspeling | England Rose |
| Calvin Kotze | England Rose |
| Sivuyile Ngesi | England Rose |
| Joe Probyn | England Rose |
| Eugene Butterworth | England Rose |
| Mzikayise Rala | England Rose |
| Brendon Shields | French Player |
| Reagan Anderson | French Player |
| Willem Mouton | French Player |
| Devan Gericke | French Player |
| Richard Williams | French Player |
| Ashley Down | French Player |
| Clint van Rensburg | French Player |
| Patrick Holman | French Player |
| Sarel du Plessis | French Player |
| Len Berter | French Player |
| Shawn du Plooy | French Player |
| Joel Serman | French Player |
| Elrico Blaauw | French Player |
| Warren Butler | French Player |
| Jamie Holtzhausen | French Player |
| Shaun Harding | French Player |
| Callan Artus | French Player |
| Juan Coetzer | French Player |
| Jake Levin | French Player |
| Keith Daly | French Player |
| Shaffiq Nordien | French Player |
| Richard Smith | French Player / Australian Wallaby |
| Edward O'Sullivan | Australian Wallaby |
| Jaco Pieterse | Australian Wallaby |
| Michael Ledwidge | Australian Wallaby |
| Hendrik Franken | Australian Wallaby |
| William Festers | Australian Wallaby |
| Henry Temple | Australian Wallaby |
| Dane Gallery | Australian Wallaby |
| David John Fourie | Australian Wallaby |
| Jadeon du Tait | Australian Wallaby |
| Riaan van der Vyver | Australian Wallaby |
| Gerhard Gerber | Australian Wallaby |
| Ross Peacock | Australian Wallaby |
| Troy Futter | Australian Wallaby |
| Michael la Grange | Australian Wallaby |
| Morne Vletter | Australian Wallaby |
| Andrew Rose | Australian Wallaby |
| Brandon Hendricks | Western Samoa |
| Bradley Contereal | Western Samoa |
| Zuhair Achmat | Western Samoa |
| Pedro Noronha | Western Samoa |
| Tahir Achmat | Western Samoa |
| Faseegh Mallick | Western Samoa |
| Mario Jacobs | Western Samoa |
| Kurt Kuhn | Western Samoa |
| Mark Katzen | Western Samoa |
| Adenaan Bazier | Western Samoa |
| Brendell Brandt | Western Samoa |
| Stewart Palmer | Western Samoa |
| Ryan Roman | Western Samoa |
| Hyron Thyse | Western Samoa |
| Abu-Bakr Hendricks | Western Samoa |
| Gerard Pedersen | Western Samoa |
| Nezaan Bewee | Western Samoa |
| Niklaas Soutman | Western Samoa |
| Don Eiman | Western Samoa |
| Taariq Davids | Western Samoa |
| Mark Rickard | Announcer (voice)(uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Tom Stern | Director of Photography |
| Kyle Eastwood | Original Music Composer |
| Fiona Weir | Casting |
| Adam Horton | Stunts |
| Michael Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Raine Edwards | Makeup Artist |
| Dezi Rorich | Unit Publicist |
| Clinton Smith | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Cordell McQueen | Special Effects Supervisor, Stunt Coordinator |
| Michael Owens | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Tom Hannam | Supervising Art Director |
| Tyrell Kemlo | Stunts, Special Effects |
| Liz Radley | Visual Effects |
| John Carlin | Book |
| Deborah Hopper | Costume Design |
| Donald Murphy | Assistant Director |
| Simone Stubbs | Hairstylist |
| James J. Murakami | Production Design |
| Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson | Art Direction |
| Mable Lawson-McCrary | Script Supervisor |
| Keith Bernstein | Still Photographer |
| Gary D. Roach | Editor |
| Bill Coe | First Assistant Camera |
| Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anthony Peckham | Screenplay |
| Joel Cox | Editor |
| Samantha Katzen | Makeup Artist |
| Gillian Florence | Costumer |
| James William Phillips | Third Assistant Director |
| William Cawley | Sound Effects Editor |
| Byron Wilson | Sound, Dialogue Editor, Art Department Coordinator |
| Maggie Evans | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lori McCreary | Producer |
| Morgan Freeman | Executive Producer |
| Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Robert Lorenz | Producer |
| Gary Barber | Executive Producer |
| Genevieve Hofmeyr | Supervising Producer |
| Roger Birnbaum | Executive Producer |
| Mace Neufeld | Producer |
| Tim Moore | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAG Awards | Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 32 | 57 | 20 |
| 2024 | 5 | 35 | 91 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 38 | 16 |
| 2024 | 7 | 30 | 58 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 14 |
| 2024 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 34 | 97 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 16 |
| 2025 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 1 | 942 | 942 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 12 | 689 | 880 |
**It's much more than JUST rugby** Though the movie doesn't give much insights into the life of the living legend(still breathing among us when I saw this movie) known as **NELSON MANDELA**, it sure tells us a lot about what the man is made of.That **we are the master of our fate, we are the capt ... ain of our soul**. Forgiveness is a mighty powerful weapon that can make or break nations.How a sport can unite a divided nation into ONE, it is a well known fact but to actually be able to do that in a country like SOUTH Africa,at a time when it was ready to rise from the ashes or to fall into its own crevices lying beneath the surface and ready to torn apart the whole nation again into TWO,is what gives me INSPIRATION to rise whenever i'll fall... The entire cast is brilliant without going overboard in situations that could've been intense.A truly inspiring movie that can be imprinted in your heart for the rest of your lives if you're **ready to FORGIVE people and make this world a better place to live in!**
A little bit hit-and-miss, though <em>'Invictus'</em> still manages to produce the requirements for a solid sports drama. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon are two actors I enjoy a lot, but by the end of this 2009 film I was a tad underwhelmed by them. Freeman as Nelson Mandela sounds great on paper, ... but in reality you kinda lose what makes Freeman so great - his voice, given he has to act with a South African accent. He still does a good job nevertheless, I just don't think I'll remember this particular portrayal of Mandela - unlike Idris Elba's attempt in 2013's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom/" rel="nofollow">Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'</em>. The merging of the two plot points - politics and rugby union - is done well, though the former is easily more interesting than the latter... and I say that as someone who loves sport and dislikes politics! It's one that is worth a watch, it just didn't give me anything to remember.