Zakes Mokae

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-08-05 (75 years old)

Deathday

2009-09-11

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

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 Wing, and Monk.

Acting

1968

Separation

as Uncredited

1981

Roar

as Committee

1992

Dust Devil

as Ben Mukurob

1989

Dad

as Dr. Chad

1983

A Caribbean Mystery

as Cap. Daventry

1991

The Doctor

as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)

1998

1995

Outbreak

as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi

1980

The Island

as Wescott

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

as Dargent Peytraud

1989

A Dry White Season

as Stanley Makhaya

1991

Body Parts

as Detective Sawchuck

1995

1995

Waterworld

as Priam

1987

Cry Freedom

as Father Kani

1989

Gross Anatomy

as Dr. Banumbra

1970

Fragment of Fear

as (uncredited)

1957

Dark Africa

as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)

1962

Dilemma

as Steven Sitole

1966

Jemima + Johnny

as Blind Man

1993

Percy & Thunder

as Pee Wee

1967

The Comedians

as Michel

1990

Parker Kane

as Kid Lightning

1993

Slaughter of the Innocents

as Library Janitor

1965

Darling

as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Big Kathy

1970

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