Cast & creator
Zakes Mokae
Best known for Law & Order, The X-Files, The West Wing
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 Wing, and Monk.
Also known as: Закес Мокае
32
film credits
18
television credits
50
1956–2002 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
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Law & Order
Edgar Barkley
1990
The X-Files
Diabria
1993
The West Wing
President Nimbala
1999
Monk
Tonday
2002
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Knight Rider
Tsombe Kuna
1982
A Different World
Marcus Mpepo
1987
Oz
Kipekemie Jara
1997
Starsky & Hutch
Lord Harry
1975
ITV Playhouse
Gavin Lesotho
1967
Theatre 625
Shale
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Colonel Okpara
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
John Smith
1969
Dream On
U.N. Dignitary
1990
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mr. Bakoosa (voice)
1995Story Parade
Nathaniel
1964
Roots: The Next Generations
African Minister
1979
Waterworld
Priam
1995
Outbreak
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
1995
A Rage in Harlem
Big Kathy
1991
A Dry White Season
Stanley Makhaya
1989
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Dargent Peytraud
1988
Cry Freedom
Father Kani
1987
Vampire in Brooklyn
Dr. Zeko
1995
The Doctor
Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited)
1991Plays of Today
Nguru
1969
Dad
Dr. Chad
1989
Darling
Black Man at French Party (uncredited)
1965
Roar
Committee
1981
Body Parts
Detective Sawchuck
1991
The Island
Wescott
1980
Krippendorf's Tribe
Sulukim
1998
Slaughter of the Innocents
Library Janitor
1993
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Harding
1994
Dust Devil
Ben Mukurob
1992
Gross Anatomy
Dr. Banumbra
1989
A Caribbean Mystery
Cap. Daventry
1983
Percy & Thunder
Pee Wee
1993
Fragment of Fear
(uncredited)
1970
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Pee Wee Spencer
1978
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Mugger (uncredited)
1970
The Comedians
Michel
1967
Parker Kane
Kid Lightning
1990
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Sam
1985
The River Niger
1976
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
1994
Dilemma
Steven Sitole
1962
Separation
Uncredited
1968
Jemima + Johnny
Blind Man
1966Dark Africa
Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae)
1957