Califf was born in Cape Town on 14th November 1991. He attended the International School, Reddam High and finally matriculated in 2009 at Camps Bay High. During his Reddam years he was selected to play a leading role in Mathew Brown's short feature film entitled 'Tatia'. Matthew was so impressed with Califf's performance that he is currently scripting a full length feature as a vehicle for Califf. From a young age Califf has been involved in acting and commercials and has most recently appeared in: CO Mobile - Greece Gossar Beer - Poland Qatar Bank - Saudi Arabia Colorado University - USA Pop Chips - Greece He attended ACT Film Acting College in 2015. Califf was a keen and avid athlete during his school years. He is an accomplished Martial artist in the Art of Kushido and is also training in the Art of Muaythai fighting. He is an excellent swimmer and downhill skater and has a great passion for Speed. His new passion sport is 'surfing' and he spends most of his free time trying to tame and being tamed by Cape Town's Indian & Atlantic ocean. Matthew Brown said, "Califf is like a contemporary James Dean sharing the same intensity and dark brooding persona. The camera loves him" He was recently seen as Yves in Jean Cocteau 'Odyssey' directed by Gerome Salle and most recently in the role of Treus in 'Samson -The Movie' directed by Bruce MacDonald. He is contracted the play the Lead role of the disillusioned and exploited messianic 'Pop Star' figure in Snap, which starts principal photography in Mauritius in September 2019. 'Snap' will be directed by Neil Hetherington and the movie is his 'Tribute' to the Peter Watkins 1967 movie 'Privilege'. Pop, power, populism and propaganda... How Peter Watkins' futuristic satire Privilege predicted a time when mass media would be subverted to the needs of those in power.