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Zakes Mokae

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: Acting

Born: Johannesburg, South Africa, 1934-08-05

Died: 2009-09-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Dark Africa	Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)	0
2	1962	Dilemma	Steven Sitole	61
3	1965	Darling	Black Man at French Party (uncredited)	67
4	1966	Jemima + Johnny	Blind Man	0
5	1967	The Comedians	Michel	61
6	1968	Separation	Uncredited	54
7	1970	Fragment of Fear	(uncredited)	59
8	1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Mugger (uncredited)	61
9	1976	The River Niger		68
10	1978	One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story	Pee Wee Spencer	55
11	1980	The Island	Wescott	52
12	1981	Roar	Committee	59
13	1983	A Caribbean Mystery	Cap. Daventry	58
14	1985	'Master Harold'... and the Boys	Sam	65
15	1987	Cry Freedom	Father Kani	70
16	1988	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Dargent Peytraud	64
17	1989	A Dry White Season	Stanley Makhaya	67
18	1989	Gross Anatomy	Dr. Banumbra	57
19	1989	Dad	Dr. Chad	63
20	1990	Parker Kane	Kid Lightning	42
21	1991	A Rage in Harlem	Big Kathy	55
22	1991	The Doctor	Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)	64
23	1991	Body Parts	Detective Sawchuck	58
24	1992	Dust Devil	Ben Mukurob	63
25	1993	Percy & Thunder	Pee Wee	0
26	1993	Slaughter of the Innocents	Library Janitor	54
27	1994	In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid	Self	0
28	1994	Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story	Harding	20
29	1995	Outbreak	Dr. Benjamin Iwabi	66
30	1995	Waterworld	Priam	62
31	1995	Vampire in Brooklyn	Dr. Zeko	51
32	1998	Krippendorf's Tribe	Sulukim	45

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
2	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Lord Harry	73
3	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	African Minister	75
4	1982	Knight Rider	Tsombe Kuna	76
5	1987	A Different World	Marcus Mpepo	71
6	1990	Dream On	U.N. Dignitary	69
7	1990	Law & Order	Edgar Barkley	74
8	1993	The X-Files	Diabria	84
9	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mr. Bakoosa (voice)	60
10	1997	Oz	Kipekemie Jara	80
11	1999	The West Wing	President Nimbala	83
12	2002	Monk	Tonday	79