Christiaan Van Vuuren is an actor, writer, director and video blogger from Sydney, Australia. Van Vuuren was placed in quarantine in a Sydney hospital twice for tuberculosis. While in quarantine for six months, he gained fame via videos posted under the name The Fully Sick Rapper. He has since been featured on television programs such as Stan's The Other Guy, BBC2's STAG and Foxtel's . In 2014 and 2016, along with his brother Connor Van Vuuren, Christiaan co-wrote, co-directed and starred with Nicholas Boshier in the ABC television series Soul Mates; the three had previously collaborated on the web seriesBondi Hipsters.
Filmography
Films
Television
Quarantine and The Fully Sick Rapper
Van Vuuren's first quarantine period began when he started coughing up blood and an x-ray revealed a hole in his lung: he was admitted to hospital on 9 December 2009 and placed in isolation on 11 December 2009. This first period of quarantine ended on 2 January 2010. Van Vuuren was re-admitted on 18 January 2010 when his tuberculosis proved resistant to medication. He was finally released from quarantine on 28 June 2010 after producing videos about his experience in isolation. His videos recorded as The Fully Sick Rapper while quarantined received over two million hits and led to the World Health Organization contacting him to help promote World Tuberculosis Day. During his time in quarantine, Christiaan and his brother Connor developed a 60 minute telemovie titled 'SICK!' which won the One80Project and was later produced and broadcast on MTV Australia. As of April 2010, his Facebook page had attracted over 14,000 likes.
Videos
As of 18 October 2019, Van Vuuren has 159 videos available on his YouTube channel. His web series Bondi Hipsters has helped him reach over 31 million views. His stuntman brother helps him to write webisodes. As of 30 May 2010, he also performs 'Rap-Up' of the week's local news for New Zealand's Campbell Livecurrent affairs show.
Television
Most recently Van Vuuren has starred in 'Stag' on BBC2, Jane Campion's 'Top of the Lake: China Girl', and 'Over and Out' which won 'Best Short Form Series' at CanneSeries 2019. In 2014, Van Vuuren starred with Nicholas Boshier in the ABC television series Soul Mates; the two had previously collaborated on the web series Bondi Hipsters. In September 2014 Van Vuuren was featured in an episode of the Australian Storydocumentary series, and in 2016 he appeared in the miniseries Stag.
