Zakes Mokae

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Zakes Mokae

Acting August 5, 1934

Johannesburg, South Africa

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, Mo…

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Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4 1993 TV Show
Waterworld

Waterworld

6.2 1995 Movie
Outbreak

Outbreak

6.6 1995 Movie
Monk

Monk

7.9 2002 TV Show
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
The West Wing

The West Wing

8.3 1999 TV Show
Oz

Oz

8.0 1997 TV Show
Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

5.1 1995 Movie
The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

6.4 1988 Movie
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

7.3 1975 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2002
    Monk

    TV show Tonday

  2. 1999
    The West Wing

    TV show President Nimbala

  3. 1998
    Krippendorf's Tribe

    Movie Sulukim

  4. 1997
    Oz

    TV show Kipekemie Jara

  5. 1995
    Vampire in Brooklyn

    Movie Dr. Zeko

  6. 1995
    Waterworld

    Movie Priam

  7. 1995
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    TV show Mr. Bakoosa (voice)

  8. 1995
    Outbreak

    Movie Dr. Benjamin Iwabi

  9. 1994
    Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story

    Movie Harding

  10. 1994
    In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    Movie Self

  11. 1993
    Slaughter of the Innocents

    Movie Library Janitor

  12. 1993
    The X-Files

    TV show Diabria

  13. 1993
    Percy & Thunder

    Movie Pee Wee

  14. 1992
    Dust Devil

    Movie Ben Mukurob

  15. 1991
    Body Parts

    Movie Detective Sawchuck

  16. 1991
    The Doctor

    Movie Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1991
    A Rage in Harlem

    Movie Big Kathy

  2. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Edgar Barkley

  3. 1990
    Parker Kane

    Movie Kid Lightning

  4. 1990
    Dream On

    TV show U.N. Dignitary

  5. 1989
    Dad

    Movie Dr. Chad

  6. 1989
    Gross Anatomy

    Movie Dr. Banumbra

  7. 1989
    A Dry White Season

    Movie Stanley Makhaya

  8. 1988
    The Serpent and the Rainbow

    Movie Dargent Peytraud

  9. 1987
    Cry Freedom

    Movie Father Kani

  10. 1987
    A Different World

    TV show Marcus Mpepo

  11. 1985
    'Master Harold'... and the Boys

    Movie Sam

  12. 1983
    A Caribbean Mystery

    Movie Cap. Daventry

  13. 1982
    Knight Rider

    TV show Tsombe Kuna

  14. 1981
    Roar

    Movie Committee

  15. 1980
    The Island

    Movie Wescott

  16. 1979
    Roots: The Next Generations

    TV show African Minister

  17. 1978
    One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

    Movie Pee Wee Spencer

  18. 1976
    The River Niger

    Movie

  19. 1975
    Starsky & Hutch

    TV show Lord Harry

  20. 1970
    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    Movie Mugger (uncredited)

  21. 1970
    Fragment of Fear

    Movie (uncredited)

  22. 1969
    Plays of Today

    TV show Nguru

  23. 1969
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre

    TV show John Smith

  24. 1968
    Separation

    Movie Uncredited