Zakes Mokae
Biography
Zakes Makgona Mokae (August 5, 1934 – September 11, 2009) was a South African stage and screen actor. For his role in playwright Athol Fugard's "Master Harold"...and the Boys, Mokae won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His major films include Cry Freedom (1987), A Dry White Season (1989), The Island (1980), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), Outbreak (1995), and Waterworld (1995). He also had memorable guest appearances on many television series such as The X-Files, The West Win…
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Filmography
Acting (51)
Movies (32)
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998as Sulukim
Waterworld
1995as Priam
Outbreak
1995as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995as Dr. Zeko
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994as Harding
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994as Self
Slaughter of the Innocents
1993as Library Janitor
Percy & Thunder
1993as Pee Wee
Dust Devil
1992as Ben Mukurob
The Doctor
1991as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
Body Parts
1991as Detective Sawchuck
A Rage in Harlem
1991as Big Kathy
Parker Kane
1990as Kid Lightning
Dad
1989as Dr. Chad
Gross Anatomy
1989as Dr. Banumbra
A Dry White Season
1989as Stanley Makhaya
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988as Dargent Peytraud
Cry Freedom
1987as Father Kani
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985as Sam
A Caribbean Mystery
1983as Cap. Daventry
Roar
1981as Committee
The Island
1980as Wescott
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978as Pee Wee Spencer
The River Niger
1976
Fragment of Fear
1970as (uncredited)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970as Mugger (uncredited)
Separation
1968as Uncredited
The Comedians
1967as Michel
Jemima + Johnny
1966as Blind Man
Darling
1965as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
Dilemma
1962as Steven Sitole
Dark Africa
1957as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
Television (19)
Monk
2002as Tonday
The West Wing
1999as President Nimbala
Oz
1997as Kipekemie Jara
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995as Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
The X-Files
1993as Diabria
Law & Order
1990as Edgar Barkley
Dream On
1990as U.N. Dignitary
A Different World
1987as Marcus Mpepo
Knight Rider
1982as Tsombe Kuna
Roots: The Next Generations
1979as African Minister
Starsky & Hutch
1975as Lord Harry
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969as John Smith
Plays of Today
1969as Nguru
ITV Playhouse
1967as Gavin Lesotho
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965as Colonel Okpara
Theatre 625
1964as Shale
Story Parade
1964as Nathaniel
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Nominee
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