Zakes Mokae
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| Born | Zakes Makgona Mokae 5 August 1934 |
| Died | 11 September 2009 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1957–2002 |
Zakes Makgona Mokae[1] (5 August 1934 – 11 September 2009) was a South African-American actor of theatre and film.
Life and career
Mokae was born in
Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play. The play was filmed for television in 1985 with Mokae and Matthew Broderick. In 1993 Mokae was nominated for a second Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play for The Song of Jacob Zulu by Tug Yourgrau
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His early film roles included Monk, A Different World and Knight Rider.
In 1975, American writer-filmmaker Eon Chontay Cjohnathan gave birth to Zakes Mokae's only child, Santlo (after Mokae's mother) Chontay Mokae.
In later years, Mokae worked as a theatre director for American companies including the Nevada Shakespeare Company. Mokae died from complications of a stroke on 11 September 2009 in Las Vegas.[1][3]
Partial filmography
- 1957 Donker Afrika as Sergeant
- 1961 Tremor
- 1962 Dilemma as Steven Sitole
- 1965 Darling as Black Man At French Party (uncredited)
- 1967 The Comedians as Michel
- 1970 Fragment of Fear (uncredited)
- 1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Mugger (uncredited)
- 1976 The River Niger as "Dutch"
- 1980 The Island as Wescott
- 1981 Roaras Committee Member
- 1983 Knight Rider as Tsombe Kuna
- 1985 Master Harold...and the Boys (TV Movie) as Sam
- 1987 Cry Freedom as Father Kani
- 1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow as Captain Dargent Peytraud
- 1989 A Dry White Season as Stanley Makhaya
- 1989 Gross Anatomy as Dr. Banumbra
- 1989 Dad as Dr. Chad
- 1991 A Rage in Harlem"Big Kathy"
- 1991 Body Parts as Detective Sawchuck
- 1991 The Doctor as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
- 1992 Dust Devil as Sergeant Ben Mukurob
- 1993 Slaughter of the Innocents as Library Janitor
- 1995 Outbreak as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
- 1995 Waterworld as Priam
- 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn as Dr. Zeko
- 1997 Waterworld: The Quest For Dry Land as Priam
- 1998 Krippendorf's Tribe as Sulukim
- 1998 Oz (TV Series) as Kepkemie Jara
- 2000 The West Wing (TV Series) as President Nimbala
- 2002 Monk (TV Series), episode "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man," as Tonday Mawwaka (final appearance)
References
- ^ a b Bruce Weber, "Zakes Mokae, Tony-Winning Actor, Is Dead at 75", The New York Times, 15 September 2009
- ^ "Zakes Mokae Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
External links
- Zakes Mokae at the Internet Broadway Database
- Zakes Mokae at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Zakes Mokae at IMDb
- Tony Awards
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