In 2009, he played the role as IT specialist 'Benjamin le Roux' in the popular soap opera Isidingo where his episode aired on 20 November.
[1] In 2016, he appeared in the kykNET drama series Die Boekklub and played the role 'Herman Mouton'.
During this period, he joined the cast of television serial Sokhulu & Partners and played the role as 'Adv.
[2] On 28 July 2010, he was involved in a fatal car accident in which Kobus Venter, a teenager died.
Marais was severely injured and remained in a coma for four weeks at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria.