Cast & creator
Mobutu Sese Seko
Best known for Storyville, Decolonisation, When We Were Kings
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 1965 to 1971.
Also known as: Gen. Sese Mobutu , General Joseph Mobutu , Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, Joseph Désiré Mobutu , Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga
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1962–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (11)
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Storyville
1997
Decolonisation
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
When We Were Kings
Self
1996
Mobutu’s Game
Mobutu
2025
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Self
1974
Flame of Persia
Self
1971
Eruption
1962
Africa Rising
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
Self (archive footage)
2011
Mobutu, King of Zaire
Himself (archive footage)
1999
Congo: A Journey to the Heart of Africa
Self (archive footage)
2019