Actor
Zakes Mokae
92 years · Johannesburg, South Africa · 31 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 31
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998 · Sulukim
On Hoopla
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995 · Dr. Zeko
On fuboTV
Waterworld
1995 · Priam
On YouTube Free
Outbreak
1995 · Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
On AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994 · Harding
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994 · Self
On Kanopy
Slaughter of the Innocents
1993 · Library Janitor
On Fawesome
Percy & Thunder
1993 · Pee Wee
Dust Devil
1992 · Ben Mukurob
Body Parts
1991 · Detective Sawchuck
On Fawesome
The Doctor
1991 · Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
On Hoopla
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Big Kathy
Parker Kane
1990 · Kid Lightning
Dad
1989 · Dr. Chad
Gross Anatomy
1989 · Dr. Banumbra
A Dry White Season
1989 · Stanley Makhaya
On Philo
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · Dargent Peytraud
Cry Freedom
1987 · Father Kani
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985 · Sam
A Caribbean Mystery
1983 · Cap. Daventry
On Philo
Roar
1981 · Committee
The Island
1980 · Wescott
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978 · Pee Wee Spencer
On Hoopla
The River Niger
1976 · Actor
On fuboTV