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person_profile-John Kani

John Kani Age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Kani

Date of Birth:

Nov 30, 1943

Country of birth:

South Africa

Biography of

John Kani

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

    Bonsile John Kani (born 1943) is a South African actor, director and playwright. He was born in New Brighton, South Africa. Kani joined The Serpent Players (a group of actors whose first performance was in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception. These were followed by the more famous Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island, co-written with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona, in the early 1970s. He also received an Olivier nomination for his role in My Children My Africa! Kani's work has been widely performed around the world, including New York, where he and Winston Ntshona won a Tony Award in 1975 for Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island. These two plays were presented in repertory at the Edison Theatre for a total of 52 performances. Nothing but the Truth (2002) was his debut as sole playwright and was first performed in the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. This play takes place in post-apartheid South Africa and does not concern the conflicts between whites and blacks, but the rift between blacks who stayed in South Africa to fight apartheid, and those who left only to return when the hated regime folded. It won the 2003 Fleur du Cap Awards for best actor and best new South African play. In the same year he was also awarded a special Obie award for his extraordinary contribution to theatre in the USA. Kani is executive trustee of the Market Theatre Foundation, founder and director of the Market Theatre Laboratory and chairman of the National Arts Council of SA.

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Filmography of

John Kani

Found 33 Movies in total

Mufasa: The Lion King

Rafiki (voice) ( Actor )

... 2024

Murder Mystery 2

Colonel Ulenga ( Actor )

... 2023

Seal Team

Brick (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Lion King

Rafiki (voice) ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2019

Murder Mystery

Colonel Ulenga ( Actor )

... 2019

Black Panther

T'Chaka ( Actor )

... 2018

Captain America: Civil War

King T'Chaka ( Actor )

... 2016

1994: The Bloody Miracle

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2012

How to Steal 2 Million

Julius Twala Snr. ( Actor )

... 2011

Coriolanus

General Cominius ( Actor )

... 2011

White Lion

Old Gisani ( Actor )

... 2010

Nothing But The Truth

Sipho ( Actor )

Writer

... 2009

Endgame

Oliver Tambo ( Actor )

... 2009

The Bird Can't Fly

Stone ( Actor )

... 2008

The Tichborne Claimant

Bogle ( Actor )

... 1998

Kini & Adams

Ben ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1996

Soweto Green

Dr. Curtis ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1994

Sarafina!

School Principal ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1990

Othello

Othello ( Actor )

... 1989

A Dry White Season

Julius ( Actor )

... 1989

Options

Jonas ( Actor )

... 1989

An African Dream

Khatana ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1985

The Grass Is Singing

Moses ( Actor )

... 1981

Marigolds in August

Melton ( Actor )

... 1980

Victims of Apartheid

George O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1978

The Wild Geese

Sgt. Jesse Blake ( Actor )

... 1978

Sizwe Bansi is Dead

Styles/Buntu ( Actor )

Writer

... 1974