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Zakes Mokae

Known ForActing
Birthday1934-08-05
Age75 years old at death
Date of Death† 2009-09-11
Place of BirthJohannesburg, South Africa
Also Known AsЗакес Мокае

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.

Filmography

poster
1995
6.2
Adventure
Action

Waterworld

poster
1995
6.6
Action
Drama

Outbreak

poster
1991
6.5
Drama

The Doctor

poster
1988
6.4
Horror
Thriller

The Serpent and the Rainbow

poster
1981
5.9
Adventure
Comedy

Roar

poster
1989
6.4
Drama

Dad

poster
1970
5.9
Comedy
Drama

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

poster
1987
7.0
Drama

Cry Freedom

poster
1980
5.2
Thriller
Horror

The Island

poster
1995
5.1
Comedy
Horror

Vampire in Brooklyn

poster
1970
5.9
Thriller
Crime

Fragment of Fear

poster
1965
6.7
Drama
Romance

Darling

poster
1989
5.6
Comedy
Drama

Gross Anatomy

poster
1991
5.8
Horror
Thriller

Body Parts

poster
1989
6.6
Drama
Thriller

A Dry White Season

poster
1992
6.2
Horror
Mystery

Dust Devil

poster
1991
5.4
Crime
Comedy

A Rage in Harlem

poster
1998
4.6
Comedy
Family

Krippendorf's Tribe

poster
1978
5.5
Drama
TV Movie

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

poster
1967
6.1
Drama

The Comedians

poster
1990
4.2
Crime
TV Movie

Parker Kane

poster
1993
5.4
Horror
Action

Slaughter of the Innocents

poster
1983
6.1
TV Movie
Crime

A Caribbean Mystery

poster
1994
Documentary

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

poster
1994
2.0
History
Drama

Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story

poster
1985
6.5
Drama

'Master Harold'... and the Boys

poster
1976
6.8
Drama

The River Niger

poster
1966
Drama

Jemima + Johnny

poster
1993
Action
Drama

Percy & Thunder

poster
1968
5.1
Drama

Separation

poster
1962
6.1
Drama

Dilemma

poster
1957

Dark Africa

poster
1990
7.3
Crime
Drama

Law & Order

poster
1993
8.4
Mystery
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The X-Files

poster
1999
8.2
Drama

The West Wing

poster
2002
7.9
Drama
Comedy

Monk

poster
1982
7.5
Action & Adventure
Drama

Knight Rider

poster
1997
8.0
Crime
Drama

Oz

poster
1975
7.2
Action & Adventure
Drama

Starsky & Hutch

poster
1987
7.0
Comedy
Family

A Different World

poster
1964
7.2
Drama

Theatre 625

poster
1995
6.0
Animation

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

poster
1990
6.9
Comedy

Dream On

poster
1964
8.0

Story Parade

poster
1979
7.5
Drama

Roots: The Next Generations

poster
1956

Tony Awards