Cast & creator
Desmond Tutu
Best known for The Daily Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Today
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and Nobel peace prize winner, best known for his work as an anti-apartheid campaigner and human rights activist.
Also known as: Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Movies
30
film credits
Series
10
television credits
Career
39
1952–2026 · acting roles
Credit score
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Series
★ 6.4
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
★ 6.9
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
★ 5.6
Today
Himself - Archbishop of South Africa
1952
Series
★ 8.7
HARDtalk
1997
Series
★ 7.5
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Series
★ 10.0
Min sanning
Self
2012C
Series
★ 7.5
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996S
Series
Sunday Life
2008
Series
Wintergasten
2007
Movie
★ 6.7
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self (archive footage)
2019
Movie
★ 7.5
Fire in the Blood
Self
2013
Movie
★ 7.3
I Am
Self
2010
Movie
★ 2.0
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
Self (archive footage)
2014
Movie
Tutu
2026
Movie
★ 8.0
In Remembrance of Martin
Self
1986
Movie
★ 4.8
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
2006
Movie
★ 6.7
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Self - Anglican Bishop (archive footage)
2019
Movie
★ 4.4
The Invocation
Self
2010D
Movie
★ 8.0
Dear Earth
Self
2021W
Movie
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Self
2010
Movie
★ 6.5
Long Night's Journey into Day
Author
2000
Movie
★ 7.6
Palme
Self
2012R
Movie
Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle
2011
Movie
★ 5.2
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
Self
2022
Movie
★ 6.8
The 16th Man
Self
2010
Movie
★ 7.0
Mandela and de Klerk
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
Movie
★ 8.8
I Am Because We Are
Self
2008
Movie
Tibet's Stolen Child
Self
2001
Movie
The Heart of Apartheid
Self
1968
Movie
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Self
2011T
Movie
The Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond Tutu
Movie
★ 4.5
Harry and Meghan: An African Journey
Self
2019
Movie
★ 8.0
Nelson Mandela, au nom de la liberté
Self
2010C
Movie
Children of the Light
2014
Movie
The Moment: How Sports Changed the World
Self
2023
Movie
Choice Point
Self
2012T
Movie
The Funeral of Neil Aggett
Self
1982W
Movie
★ 9.0
Witness to Apartheid
Self
1986F
Series
Facing the Truth
2006B
Movie
Blood Fruit
Self
2014