The 1997 film `` Mandela and de Klerk '' starred Sidney Poitier as Mandela , and Dennis Haysbert played him in `` Goodbye Bafana '' ( 2007 ) .
In the 1997 movie , `` Mandela and de Klerk '' , Sidney Poitier plays Mandela . Dennis Haysbert plays Mandela in `` Goodbye Bafana '' ( 2007 ) .