Zakes Mokae

Personal Info

Birthday

August 5, 1934

Day of Death

2009-09-11

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Also Known As

Закес Мокае

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

Law & Order

Monk

The X-Files

Knight Rider

The West Wing

Starsky & Hutch

A Different World

Filmography

1998
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim
1995
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko
Waterworld
as Priam
Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
1994
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
as Harding
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self
1993
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor
Percy & Thunder
as Pee Wee
1992
Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob
1991
Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck
The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy
1990
Parker Kane
as Kid Lightning
1989
Dad
as Dr. Chad
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra
A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya
1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud
1987
Cry Freedom
as Father Kani
1985
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
as Sam
1983
A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry
1981
Roar
as Committee
1980
The Island
as Wescott
1978
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Pee Wee Spencer
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mugger (uncredited)
Fragment of Fear
as (uncredited)
1968
Separation
as Uncredited
1967
The Comedians
as Michel
1966
Jemima + Johnny
as Blind Man
1965
Darling
as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
1962
Dilemma
as Steven Sitole
1957
Dark Africa
as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)