Pelser made his debut as Barry in the 2018
Netflix teen film
The Kissing Booth, as it was filmed in Cape Town. He would go on to reprise his role in the film's 2020 and 2021 sequels. 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. Pelser appeared in the back-to-back television films
Home Affairs: A Christmas Tale and
Home Affairs: A Love Story in 2020 and 2021 respectively. This was followed by a role in
Kelsey Egan's
SAFTA-nominated post-apocalyptic film
Glasshouse (2022). Pelser joined the main cast of the
Starz adaptation of
Dangerous Liaisons as Gabriel Carrè, which premiered in 2022. He plays detective Benny Griessel in the British-South African crime thriller ''
Devil's Peak'', adapted from the novel by
Deon Meyer, which aired in 2023. ==Filmography==