Zakes Mokae
- Acting
- August 5, 1934 · Johannesburg, South Africa
- September 11, 2009
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Monk · Tonday
- The West Wing · President Nimbala
- Krippendorf's Tribe · Sulukim
- Oz · Kipekemie Jara
- Vampire in Brooklyn · Dr. Zeko
- Waterworld · Priam
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · Mr. Bakoosa (Voice)
- Outbreak · Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
- Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story · Harding
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid · Self
- Slaughter of the Innocents · Library Janitor
- The X-Files · Diabria
- Percy & Thunder · Pee Wee
- Dust Devil · Ben Mukurob
- Body Parts · Detective Sawchuck
- The Doctor · Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
- A Rage in Harlem · Big Kathy
- Law & Order · Edgar Barkley
- Parker Kane · Kid Lightning
- Dream On · U.N. Dignitary
- Dad · Dr. Chad
- Gross Anatomy · Dr. Banumbra
- A Dry White Season · Stanley Makhaya
- The Serpent and the Rainbow · Dargent Peytraud
- Cry Freedom · Father Kani
- A Different World · Marcus Mpepo
- 'Master Harold'... and the Boys · Sam
- A Caribbean Mystery · Cap. Daventry
- Knight Rider · Tsombe Kuna
- Roar · Committee
- The Island · Wescott
- Roots: The Next Generations · African Minister
- One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story · Pee Wee Spencer
- The River Niger
- Starsky & Hutch · Lord Harry
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Mugger (uncredited)
- Fragment of Fear · (uncredited)
- Plays of Today · Nguru
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · John Smith
- Separation · Uncredited
- The Comedians · Michel
- ITV Playhouse · Gavin Lesotho
- Jemima + Johnny · Blind Man
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Colonel Okpara
- Darling · Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
- Theatre 625 · Shale
- Story Parade · Nathaniel
- Dilemma · Steven Sitole
- Dark Africa · Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
- Tony Awards · Self