Zakes Mokae
Acting
Born: 1934-08-05 in 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
Monk
Tonday
The West Wing
President Nimbala
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Knight Rider
Tsombe Kuna
Oz
Kipekemie Jara
Starsky & Hutch
Lord Harry
A Different World
Marcus Mpepo
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
John Smith
ITV Playhouse
Gavin Lesotho
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Colonel Okpara
Theatre 625
Shale
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
Waterworld
Priam
Dream On
U.N. Dignitary
Outbreak
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Dargent Peytraud
Roots: The Next Generations
African Minister
Cry Freedom
Father Kani
Vampire in Brooklyn
Dr. Zeko
Darling
Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
Roar
Committee
A Rage in Harlem
Big Kathy
Dad
Dr. Chad
The Island
Wescott
Body Parts
Detective Sawchuck
Krippendorf's Tribe
Sulukim
The Doctor
Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
Dust Devil
Ben Mukurob
A Caribbean Mystery
Cap. Daventry
A Dry White Season
Stanley Makhaya
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Harding
The Comedians
Michel
Parker Kane
Kid Lightning
Gross Anatomy
Dr. Banumbra
Slaughter of the Innocents
Library Janitor
Fragment of Fear
(uncredited)