Zakes Mokae
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-08-05
Day of Death
2009-09-11 (75 years old)
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
(1998)
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim
(1995)
Waterworld
as Priam
(1995)
Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
(1995)
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko
(1994)
(1994)
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
as Harding
(1993)
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor
(1993)
Percy & Thunder
as Pee Wee
(1992)
Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob
(1991)
The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
(1991)
A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy
(1991)
Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck
(1990)
Parker Kane
as Kid Lightning
(1989)
A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya
(1989)
Dad
as Dr. Chad
(1989)
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra
(1988)
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud
(1987)
Cry Freedom
as Father Kani
(1985)
(1983)
A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry
(1981)
Roar
as Committee
(1980)
The Island
as Wescott
(1978)
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Pee Wee Spencer
(1976)
(1970)
Fragment of Fear
as (uncredited)
(1970)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mugger (uncredited)
(1968)
Separation
as Uncredited
(1967)
The Comedians
as Michel
(1966)
Jemima + Johnny
as Blind Man
(1965)
Darling
as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
(1962)
Dilemma
as Steven Sitole
(1957)
Dark Africa
as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)