Zakes Mokae
ActingAlso Known As
Закес Мокае
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.
Movies
(32 total)
Waterworld
as Priam
Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud
Cry Freedom
as Father Kani
Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob
Darling
as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
Roar
as Committee
Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck
A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya
Dad
as Dr. Chad
The Island
as Wescott
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim
The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra
A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy
The Comedians
as Michel
Fragment of Fear
as (uncredited)
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor
A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry
TV Shows
(13 total)
The X-Files
as Diabria
Knight Rider
as Tsombe Kuna
Monk
as Tonday
Oz
as Kipekemie Jara
Law & Order
as Edgar Barkley
The West Wing
as President Nimbala
Starsky & Hutch
as Lord Harry
A Different World
as Marcus Mpepo
Dream On
as U.N. Dignitary
Roots: The Next Generations
as African Minister
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
Theatre 625
as Shale