In 2002, he played a supportive role 'Marco' in the Italian film The Piano Player directed by Jean-Pierre Roux.
Apart from acting, he is also a scriptwriter who wrote the critically acclaimed award-winning film Konfetti which was directed by Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat.
Venter also formed a comedy duo with fellow South African comedian Rob van Vuuren.
The two appeared as characters Corne (Venter) and Twakkie (Van Vuuren) in a series of YouTube videos[2] and a program called The Most Amazing Show.
In 2020, he directed and wrote his maiden feature film Stam which was released on DStv's BoxOffice in October.