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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, 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…
Known for
- Monk — Tonday2002
- The West Wing — President Nimbala1999
- Krippendorf's Tribe — Sulukim1998
- Oz — Kipekemie Jara1997
- Outbreak — Dr. Benjamin Iwabi1995
- Vampire in Brooklyn — Dr. Zeko1995
- Waterworld — Priam1995
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Mr. Bakoosa (voice)1995
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self1994
- Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story — Harding1994
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- cause of death
- stroke
- date of birth
- 1934-08-05
- date of death
- 2009-09-09
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
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