
Birthday
1934/08/05
Day of death
2009/09/11 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South Africa
Also know as
Закес Мокае
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.

(1968) Separation
as Uncredited

(1981) Roar
as Committee

(1992) Dust Devil
as Ben Mukurob

(1989) Dad
as Dr. Chad

(1983) A Caribbean Mystery
as Cap. Daventry

(1991) The Doctor
as Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)

(1998) Krippendorf's Tribe
as Sulukim

(1995) Outbreak
as Dr. Benjamin Iwabi

(1980) The Island
as Wescott

(1988) The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dargent Peytraud

(1989) A Dry White Season
as Stanley Makhaya

(1991) Body Parts
as Detective Sawchuck

(1995) Vampire in Brooklyn
as Dr. Zeko

(1995) Waterworld
as Priam

(1987) Cry Freedom
as Father Kani

(1989) Gross Anatomy
as Dr. Banumbra

(1985) 'Master Harold'... and the Boys
as Sam

(1970) Fragment of Fear
as (uncredited)

(1976) The River Niger
as ---
(1957) Dark Africa
as Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)

(1962) Dilemma
as Steven Sitole

(1994) In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self

(1966) Jemima + Johnny
as Blind Man

(1993) Percy & Thunder
as Pee Wee

(1967) The Comedians
as Michel

(1978) One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Pee Wee Spencer

(1994) Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
as Harding

(1990) Parker Kane
as Kid Lightning

(1993) Slaughter of the Innocents
as Library Janitor

(1965) Darling
as Black Man at French Party (uncredited)

(1991) A Rage in Harlem
as Big Kathy

(1970) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mugger (uncredited)

(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Lord Harry

(2002) Monk
as Tonday

(1982) Knight Rider
as Tsombe Kuna

(1997) Oz
as Kipekemie Jara

(1993) The X-Files
as Diabria

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee

(1999) The West Wing
as President Nimbala

(1990) Law & Order
as Edgar Barkley

(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mr. Bakoosa (voice)

(1990) Dream On
as U.N. Dignitary

(1987) A Different World
as Marcus Mpepo

(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as African Minister
(1964) Story Parade
as Nathaniel

(1964) Theatre 625
as Shale