N!xau
Birthday
1944/12/16
Day of death
2003/07/05 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tsumkwe, Namibia
Also know as
Gcao Coma, N-Xau, G/qa'o /'Hana, Gaco C'oma, G!kau, Gcau, Nixau, Nǃxau ǂToma, ن!شاو
Biography
Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 o...Read more
Acting
(1989) The Gods Must Be Crazy II
as Xixo
(1980) The Gods Must Be Crazy
as Xi
(1993) Crazy Hong Kong
as N!xau
(1991) The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
as N!xau The Bushman
(1994) The Gods Must Be Funny in China
as N!xau
(1994) In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Self
(2004) Journey to Nyae Nyae
as Self (as G/qa'o /'Hana)