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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1934
Died
September 11, 2009
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South Africa
Also Known As
- Закес Мокае
Zakes Mokae
1.4 Popularity
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
8.0
Tonday
Monk
2002
8.2
President Nimbala
The West Wing
1999
4.6
Sulukim
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
8.0
Kipekemie Jara
Oz
1997
5.1
Dr. Zeko
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
6.2
Priam
Waterworld
1995
6.0
Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
6.6
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Outbreak
1995
2.0
Harding
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994
0.0
Self
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
Credits
Monk
as Tonday
2002
8.0
The West Wing
as President Nimbala
1999
8.2
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim
1998
4.6
Oz
as Kipekemie Jara
1997
8.0
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko
1995
5.1
Waterworld
as Priam
1995
6.2
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
1995
6.0
Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
1995
6.6
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
as Harding
1994
2.0
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self
1994
0.0
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor
1993
5.4
The X-Files
as Diabria
1993
8.4
Percy & Thunder
as Pee Wee
1993
0.0
Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob
1992
6.2
Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck
1991
5.8
The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
1991
6.4
A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy
1991
5.4
Law & Order
as Edgar Barkley
1990
7.4
Parker Kane
as Kid Lightning
1990
4.2
Dream On
as U.N. Dignitary
1990
6.9
Dad
as Dr. Chad
1989
6.4
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra
1989
5.6
A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya
1989
6.6
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud
1988
6.4
Cry Freedom
as Father Kani
1987
7.0
A Different World
as Marcus Mpepo
1987
7.0
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
as Sam
1985
6.5
A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry
1983
6.1
Knight Rider
as Tsombe Kuna
1982
7.5
Roar
as Committee
1981
5.9
The Island
as Wescott
1980
5.2
Roots: The Next Generations
as African Minister
1979
7.5
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Pee Wee Spencer
1978
5.5
The River Niger
1976
6.8
Starsky & Hutch
as Lord Harry
1975
7.3
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mugger (uncredited)
1970
5.9
Fragment of Fear
as (uncredited)
1970
6.0
Separation
as Uncredited
1968
5.1
The Comedians
as Michel
1967
6.1
Jemima + Johnny
as Blind Man
1966
0.0
Darling
as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
1965
6.7
Theatre 625
as Shale
1964
7.2
🎬
Story Parade
as Nathaniel
1964
8.0
Dilemma
as Steven Sitole
1962
6.1
🎬
Dark Africa
as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
1957
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9