Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 05, 1934
Died
Sep 11, 2009
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South Africa
Credits
50 titles
Zakes Mokae
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
Filmography
Monk
Tonday
The West Wing
President Nimbala
Krippendorf's Tribe
Sulukim
Oz
Kipekemie Jara
Vampire in Brooklyn
Dr. Zeko
Waterworld
Priam
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
Outbreak
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Harding
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
Slaughter of the Innocents
Library Janitor
The X-Files
Diabria
Percy & Thunder
Pee Wee
Dust Devil
Ben Mukurob
Body Parts
Detective Sawchuck
The Doctor
Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
A Rage in Harlem
Big Kathy
Law & Order
Edgar Barkley
Parker Kane
Kid Lightning
Dream On
U.N. Dignitary
Dad
Dr. Chad
Gross Anatomy
Dr. Banumbra
A Dry White Season
Stanley Makhaya
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Dargent Peytraud
Cry Freedom
Father Kani
A Different World
Marcus Mpepo
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Sam
A Caribbean Mystery
Cap. Daventry
Knight Rider
Tsombe Kuna
Roar
Committee
The Island
Wescott
Roots: The Next Generations
African Minister
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Pee Wee Spencer
The River Niger
Starsky & Hutch
Lord Harry
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Mugger (uncredited)
Fragment of Fear
(uncredited)
Plays of Today
Nguru
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
John Smith
Separation
Uncredited
The Comedians
Michel
ITV Playhouse
Gavin Lesotho
Jemima + Johnny
Blind Man
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Colonel Okpara
Darling
Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
Theatre 625
Shale
Story Parade
Nathaniel
Dilemma
Steven Sitole
Dark Africa
Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee