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Zakes Makgona Mokae (5 August 1934 – 11 September 2009) was a South African-American actor of theatre and film. Life and career [ edit ] Mokae was born in Johannesburg , South Africa , moved to the United Kingdom in 1961, and to the United States in 1969. [2]
Zakes Mokae was a South African actor who starred in theater, film and TV. He collaborated with Athol Fugard and won a Tony for "Master Harold...and the Boys". He died in 2009 in Las Vegas.
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Sep 15, 2009 · Zakes Makgona Mokae (pronounced ZAYKES Muh-KWA-nuh Mo-KYE) was born in Johannesburg on Aug. 5, 1934. In vicious times in South Africa, he was jailed several times as a young man.
Sep 15, 2009 · Zakes Mokae was a prominent actor in Athol Fugard's plays, such as The Blood Knot and Master Harold...and the boys, and won a Tony Award in 1982. He also appeared in films that addressed the issue of Apartheid, such as Cry Freedom and A Dry White Season.
Nov 10, 2009 · Zakes Mokae obituary. On a steamy evening in a rundown Johannesburg club in September 1961, two actors premiered The Blood Knot, a play about brothers with different fathers, both men black but ...
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Zakes Mokae. Actor: The Serpent and the Rainbow. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 5, 1934, actor Zakes Mokae was initially a jazz saxophonist. Moving to England in 1961, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became one of the most distinguished thespians in South Africa for over two decades.
Sep 16, 2009 · Sept. 16, 2009 12 AM PT. Associated Press. Zakes Mokae, the Tony-winning South African actor best known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard in such apartheid dramas as “The Blood Knot ...
