Nǃxau ǂToma - wikipedia Nǃxau ǂToma Nǃxau ǂToma Saan Nǃxau in 2003. 16 December 1944 Tsumkwe, Namibia 5 July 2003 ( aged 58 ) Tsumkwe, Namibia Other names N ! xau Gǃkau Gcao Tekene Coma Occupation Bush farmer, actor Years active 1980 -- 1994 This article contains click symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Nǃxau ǂToma ( short : Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Coma ; 16 December 1944 -- 5 July 2003 ) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari San ( Bushman ) Xixo. The Namibian called him `` Namibia 's most famous actor ''. Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links Biography Nǃxau was a member of the San, also known as Bushmen. He spoke Juǀʼhoan, Otjiherero and Tswana fluently, as well as some Afrikaans. He did not know his own exact age, and before his appearance in the films he had little experience of typical `` modern '' living : he had only ever seen three white people before being cast and was unaware of the value of paper money, allowing his first earnings for The Gods Must Be Crazy to literally blow away in the wind. He did come from a culture that did not value the material things that money could buy and consequently had never before learned money management skills ; `` he did not have the skills to manage his income, '' although he used some of it to build a brick house with running water and electricity for his family. In addition to The Gods Must Be Crazy, N ! xau starred in a series of sequels : The Gods Must Be Crazy II, Crazy Safari, Crazy Hong Kong and The Gods Must Be Funny in China. After his film career ended, he returned to Namibia, where he farmed maize, pumpkins and beans and kept several head of cattle ( but no more than 20 at a time because, according to The Independent, without the complex farming systems of the `` modern world, '' he had trouble keeping track of more ). The Namibian local daily New Era stated that he simply could not count further than 20. N ! xau converted to Christianity. In July 2000, he was baptised as a Seventh - day Adventist. On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple - drug - resistant tuberculosis while he was hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children. Filmography The Gods Must Be Crazy ( 1980 ) ( Actor ) - Xi The Gods Must Be Crazy II ( 1989 ) ( Actor ) - Xixo Kwacca Strikes Back ( 1990 ) ( Actor ) Crazy Safari ( 1991 ) ( Actor ) - N ! xau The Bushman Crazy Hong Kong ( 1993 ) ( Actor ) - Xi The Gods Must be Funny in China ( 1994 ) ( Actor ) - Nixau - Bushman Sekai Ururun Taizaiki ( 1996 ) - Himself References Jump up ^ The exclamation mark in his name is a symbol for a click consonant in his native tongue, Juǀʼhoan. The spelling of his full name Gcao Coma suggests that it is a voiced dental click. ^ Jump up to : Vallance, Tom ( 10 July 2003 ). `` Nǃxau : Kalahari bushman who became an international film star ''. The Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2009. ^ Jump up to : Shiremo, Shampapi ( 30 September 2011 ). `` Gcao Tekene Coma : Internationally acclaimed Namibian film star ( ± 1944 -- 2003 ) ''. New Era. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. ^ Jump up to : Tangeni, Amupadhi ( 11 July 2003 ). `` Cgao Coma -- bridging ancient and modern ''. The Namibian. Archived from the original on 31 July 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2009. Jump up ^ `` God Is n't Crazy '' by Tania Calais. Signs of the Times Archived 25 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Reaching the Unreached by Sebastian Tirtirau and Dan Serb '' by Sebastian Tirtirau. ( 10 minutes in ) Michael Kunz 's channel on YouTube External links Biography portal Nǃxau ǂToma on IMDb Nǃxau ǂToma at Find a Grave The Gods Must Be Crazy Official films The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy II Unofficial films Jewel of the Gods Crazy Safari Crazy Hong Kong There 's a Zulu On My Stoep The Gods Must Be Funny in China VIAF : 21877563 GND : 1023564319 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Nǃxau_ǂToma&oldid = 803909064 '' Categories : 1944 births 2003 deaths People from Otjozondjupa Region Namibian actors 21st - century deaths from tuberculosis Infectious disease deaths in Namibia San people Converts to Protestantism Namibian Seventh - day Adventists Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from February 2014 Webarchive template wayback links EngvarB from February 2014 Use dmy dates from February 2014 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2016 Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles needing clarification from May 2017 Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans বাংলা Български Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Français Frysk 한국어 Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Bahasa Melayu Nāhuatl Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Slovenščina Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Walon 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 13 : 03. 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Question: the actor of the gods must be crazy
Answer: Nǃxau ǂToma[1] (short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Coma