Person
Zakes Mokae
Acting · 1934–2009 · Johannesburg, South Africa
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
Law & Order
Edgar Barkley
The X-Files
Diabria
Knight Rider
Tsombe Kuna
Monk
Tonday
The West Wing
President Nimbala
Oz
Kipekemie Jara
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Theatre 625
Shale
Starsky & Hutch
Lord Harry
A Different World
Marcus Mpepo
Filmography
- 2002MonkTonday
- 1999The West WingPresident Nimbala
- 1998Krippendorf's TribeSulukim
- 1997OzKipekemie Jara
- 1995Vampire in BrooklynDr. Zeko
- 1995WaterworldPriam
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMr. Bakoosa (voice)
- 1995OutbreakDr. Benjamin Iwabi
- 1994Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd StoryHarding
- 1994In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and ApartheidSelf
- 1993Slaughter of the InnocentsLibrary Janitor
- 1993The X-FilesDiabria
- 1993Percy & ThunderPee Wee
- 1992Dust DevilBen Mukurob
- 1991Body PartsDetective Sawchuck
- 1991The DoctorDr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
- 1991A Rage in HarlemBig Kathy
- 1990Law & OrderEdgar Barkley
- 1990Parker KaneKid Lightning
- 1990Dream OnU.N. Dignitary
- 1989DadDr. Chad
- 1989Gross AnatomyDr. Banumbra
- 1989A Dry White SeasonStanley Makhaya
- 1988The Serpent and the RainbowDargent Peytraud
- 1987Cry FreedomFather Kani
- 1987A Different WorldMarcus Mpepo
- 1985'Master Harold'... and the BoysSam
- 1983A Caribbean MysteryCap. Daventry
- 1982Knight RiderTsombe Kuna
- 1981RoarCommittee
- 1980The IslandWescott
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsAfrican Minister
- 1978One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore StoryPee Wee Spencer
- 1976The River Niger
- 1975Starsky & HutchLord Harry
- 1970The Rise and Rise of Michael RimmerMugger (uncredited)
- 1970Fragment of Fear(uncredited)
- 1969Plays of TodayNguru
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJohn Smith
- 1968SeparationUncredited
- 1967The ComediansMichel
- 1967ITV PlayhouseGavin Lesotho
- 1966Jemima + JohnnyBlind Man
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreColonel Okpara
- 1965DarlingBlack Man at French Party (uncredited)
- 1964Theatre 625Shale
- 1964Story ParadeNathaniel
- 1962DilemmaSteven Sitole
- 1957Dark AfricaSergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
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