John Kani

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-11-30 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

John Kani

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Bonsile John Kani (born 1943) is a South African actor, director and playwright. He was born in New Brighton, South Africa. Kani joined The Serpent Players (a group of actors whose first performance was in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception. These were followed by the more famous Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island, co-written with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona, in the early 1970s. He also received an Olivier nomination for his role in My Children My Africa! Kan...

Acting

2021

Seal Team

as Brick (voice)

1980

1978

The Wild Geese

as Sgt. Jesse Blake

1992

Sarafina!

as School Principal

2010

White Lion

as Old Gisani

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as Colonel Ulenga

2008

1989

Options

as Jonas

2011

Coriolanus

as General Cominius

1987

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

2012

Jail Caesar

as Marius

2016

2009

Endgame

as Oliver Tambo

2018

Black Panther

as T'Chaka

2019

The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

2019

Murder Mystery

as Colonel Ulenga

1978

Victims of Apartheid

as George O'Brien

1997

1989

2011

How to Steal 2 Million

as Julius Twala Snr.

1989

Othello

as Othello

1995

Soweto Green

as Dr. Curtis

1974

Sizwe Bansi is Dead

as Styles/Buntu

2001

Final Solution

as Rev. Peter Lekota

1986

Miss Julie

as John

Production

2009

2009

Nothing But The Truth

as Original Story

1974

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