John Kani
Acting
Born November 30, 1943
From New Brighton, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Also known as Bonsile John Kani
Biography
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...
Filmography
Mufasa: The Lion King
Rafiki (voice)
20247.3
Beyond the Light Barrier
Narrator/Self
2023
Murder Mystery 2
Colonel Ulenga
20236.4
Seal Team
Brick (voice)
20216.9
The Lion King
Rafiki (voice)
20197.1
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Murder Mystery
Colonel Ulenga
20196.3
Black Panther
T'Chaka
20187.4
Captain America: Civil War
King T'Chaka
20167.5
1994: The Bloody Miracle
Narrator
201410.0
Jail Caesar
Marius
20126.3
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
2012
How to Steal 2 Million
Julius Twala Snr.
20116.5
Coriolanus
General Cominius
20115.8
White Lion
Old Gisani
20106.4
Nothing But The Truth
Sipho
2009
Endgame
Oliver Tambo
20095.9
The Bird Can't Fly
Stone
20087.0
Final Solution
Rev. Peter Lekota
20018.8
The Tichborne Claimant
Bogle
19998.7
Kini & Adams
Ben
19976.2
The Ghost and the Darkness
Samuel
19966.8
Soweto Green
Dr. Curtis
19959.0
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
19948.0
Sarafina!
School Principal
19926.1
The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
19908.0
Othello
Othello
19897.0
A Dry White Season
Julius
19896.7
Options
Jonas
19893.8
—
Saturday Night at the Palace
19874.0
An African Dream
Khatana
19877.0
—
Miss Julie
John
19869.0
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Willie
19856.6
The Grass Is Singing
Moses
19814.7
—
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
Himself
1981
Marigolds in August
Melton
19808.0
Victims of Apartheid
George O'Brien
1978
The Wild Geese
Sgt. Jesse Blake
19786.8
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
Styles/Buntu
1974
The Man in the Mirror
N/A