He is known for his roles in the Starz series Dangerous Liaisons (2022) and the Kissing Booth trilogy, as well as the films Moffie (2019) and Glasshouse (2021).
He developed an interest in acting at a young age through his older sister, who was a professor of drama at AFDA.
[citation needed] He then played Sergeant Brand in Oliver Hermanus' film adaptation of André Carl van der Merwe's semi-autobiography Moffie, which premiered at the 76th Venice Film Festival.
[5] Pelser joined the main cast of the Starz adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons as Gabriel Carrè, which premiered in 2022.
[6][7] He plays detective Benny Griessel in the British-South African crime thriller Devil's Peak, adapted from the novel by Deon Meyer,[8][9] which aired in 2023.