Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Zakes Mokae
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 31Series: 12
TMDB ID: 47458
IMDb ID: nm0596310
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1934
Died: September 11, 2009
Age: 75
Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2002
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q650121
Also known as
Закес 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Zakes Mokae.
4.6
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim
1998 Movie
5.1
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko
1995 Movie
6.2
Waterworld
as Priam
1995 Movie
6.6
Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
1995 Movie
2.0
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
as Harding
1994 Movie
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self
1994 Movie
5.4
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor
1993 Movie
Percy & Thunder
as Pee Wee
1993 Movie
6.2
Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob
1992 Movie
5.8
Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck
1991 Movie
6.5
The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
1991 Movie
5.4
A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy
1991 Movie
4.2
Parker Kane
as Kid Lightning
1990 Movie
6.4
Dad
as Dr. Chad
1989 Movie
5.6
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra
1989 Movie
6.6
A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya
1989 Movie
6.4
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud
1988 Movie
7.0
Cry Freedom
as Father Kani
1987 Movie
6.5
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
as Sam
1985 Movie
6.1
A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry
1983 Movie
5.9
Roar
as Committee
1981 Movie
5.2
The Island
as Wescott
1980 Movie
5.5
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Pee Wee Spencer
1978 Movie
6.8
The River Niger
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Zakes Mokae.
7.9
Monk
as Tonday • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as President Nimbala • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.0
Oz
as Kipekemie Jara • 2 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mr. Bakoosa (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Diabria • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Edgar Barkley • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.9
Dream On
as U.N. Dignitary • 2 eps
1990 Series
7.0
A Different World
as Marcus Mpepo • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.5
Knight Rider
as Tsombe Kuna • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as African Minister • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
as Lord Harry • 2 eps
1975 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Shale • 1 eps
1964 Series