
Zakes Mokae
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1934
Died: September 11, 2009
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 Win…
Known for

Dilemma
1962

Krippendorf's Tribe
1998

The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988

A Dry White Season
1989

'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985

Body Parts
1991

Percy & Thunder
1993

Dust Devil
1992

A Caribbean Mystery
1983

Vampire in Brooklyn
1995

Cry Freedom
1987

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978

A Rage in Harlem
1991

Separation
1968

Dad
1989

Outbreak
1995

The Island
1980

Gross Anatomy
1989

Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994

Parker Kane
1990
Dark Africa
1957

Jemima + Johnny
1966

The Comedians
1967

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994

Roar
1981

The River Niger
1976

Waterworld
1995

Slaughter of the Innocents
1993

Darling
1965

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Fragment of Fear
1970

Monk
2002

Knight Rider
1982

Oz
1997

The X-Files
1993

The West Wing
1999

Law & Order
1990

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995

Dream On
1990

A Different World
1987

Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Story Parade
1964

Theatre 625
1964

Tony Awards
1956

ITV Playhouse
1967

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Plays of Today
1969

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Doctor
1991

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970