Zakes Mokae

**Zakes Makgona Mokae** (5 Phatwe 1934  – 11 Lwetse 2009) e ne e le motshameki wa mo lebaleng le mo ditshwantshong. O ne a tumile thata tebang le tiro ya gagwe le motlhama-metshameko Athol Fugard, segolo bogolo *[[:en:Blood_Knot|The Blood Knot]]* le *[[:en:"Master_Harold"...and_the_Boys|"Master Harold" ... and the Boys]]*, e mo go yone a neng a ikgapela tota ya Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

## Baokerafi
Mokae o tsetswe mo Johannesburg, Aforika Borwa, mme a fudugela United Kingdom ka 1961, le kwa Amerika ka 1969. Kwa ntlheng, e ne e le radiletso wa lonaka lwa jazz saxophone, e le mongwe wa setlhopha sa ga Trevor Huddleston, mme a tsena mo go tsa botshameki ka nako e Athol Fugard le ene a neng a simolola go tlhagelela. Bobedi jo bo berekile mmogo mo motshamekong wa ga Fugard wa Blood Knot, go tswa ka 1961, o one e le motshameko wa barwa ba le babedi ba tlhakanetse mmaabo fa bo rraabo e le batho ba sele; Zack (a tshamekwa ke Mokae) o moswaana fa Morris (a tshamekwa ke Fugard) a mosweunyane. Moragonyana, Mokae o ne a bereka le Fugard mo motshamekong wa "Master Harold" ... and the Boys, e mo go yone Mokae a neng a gapa tota ya Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play ya 1982. Motshameko o o ne wa kapiwa go gasiwa mo thelebišeneng ka 1985, go tshameka Mokae le Matthew Broderick. Ka 1993, Mokae o ne a tlhotšhwa go phadisanyetsa tota ya bobedi ya Tony Award for Best Featured Actor, a ne a dira mo motshamekong wa ga Tug Yourgrau wa *[[:en:The_Song_of_Jacob_Zulu|The Song of Jacob Zulu]]*.

Difilimi tse a simolotseng mo go tsone di akaretsa *[[:en:Darling_(1965_film)|Darling]]* (1965) e le moeng kwa moletlong, le *[[:en:The_Comedians_(1967_film)|The Comedians]]* (1967) e etletswe pele ke Richard Burton le Elizabeth Taylor. Difilimi tsa gagwe tsa dituma ke tse tse di kgatlhanong le mmuso wa thaolele jaaka *[[:en:Cry_Freedom|Cry Freedom]]* (1987) le *[[:en:A_Dry_White_Season|A Dry White Season]]* (1989), le ditshosa jaaka *[[:en:The_Island_(1980_film)|The Island]]* (1980), *[[:en:Dust_Devil_(1993_film)|Dust Devil]]* (1993), *[[:en:The_Serpent_and_the_Rainbow_(film)|The Serpent and the Rainbow]]* (1988), le *[[:en:Vampire_in_Brooklyn|Vampire in Brooklyn]]* (1995), bobedi jwa bofelo bo dirilwe ke Wes Craven. O buile gape a tlhagelela e le moanelwa mo ditshwantshong tse dingwe, go akaretswa *[[:en:Gross_Anatomy_(film)|Gross Anatomy]]* (1989), *[[:en:Dad_(1989_film)|Dad]]* (1989), *[[:en:A_Rage_in_Harlem_(film)|A Rage in Harlem]]* (1991), *[[:en:Outbreak_(1995_film)|Outbreak]]* (1995), le setshwantsho sa ga Kevin Costner sa Waterworld (1995). Mo thelebišeneng, o nnile moanelwa wa moeng mo dithulaganyong di le dintsi, go akaretswa *[[:en:The_West_Wing_(television)|The West Wing]]*, *[[:en:Starsky_and_Hutch|Starsky and Hutch]]*, *[[:en:Danger_Man|Danger Man]]*, *[[:en:The_X-Files|The X-Files]]*, *[[:en:Oz_(TV_series)|Oz]]*, *[[:en:Monk_(TV_series)|Monk]]*, *[[:en:A_Different_World|A Different World]]*, and *[[:en:Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)|Knight Rider]]*.

Ka 1975, mokwadi-se-ka-modira-ditshwantsho wa MoAmerika Eon Chontay Cjohnathan gave birth to Zakes Mokae's only child, Santlo (after Mokae's mother) Chontay Mokae.

Morago ga dingwaga, Mokae o ne a dira e le motsamaisi wa dithulaganyo tsa metshameko mo bodireding jwa dikompone tsa Amerika di akaretsa Nevada Shakespeare Company. Mokae o ne a tlhokafala ka ntate ya setorouku ka 11 Lwetse 2009 mo Las Vegas.

## Difilimi dingwe tsa gagwe

* 1957 *Donker Afrika* e le Sergeant
* 1961 *Tremor*
* 1962 *Dilemma* e le Steven Sitole
* 1965 *Darling* e le Rre wa Montsho kwa Moletlong wa SeFora (a sa fiwa temogo)
* 1967 *The Comedians* e le Michel
* 1970 *Fragment of Fear* (a sa fiwa temogo)
* 1970 *[[:en:The_Rise_and_Rise_of_Michael_Rimmer|The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]* e le Mugger (a sa fiwa temogo)
* 1976 *[[:en:The_River_Niger_(film)|The River Niger]]* e le Dutch
* 1980 *The Island* e le Wescott
* 1981 *[[:en:Roar_(1981_film)|Roar]]* e le Committee Member
* 1983 *[[:en:Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)|Knight Rider]]* e le Tsombe Kuna
* 1983 *[[:en:A_Caribbean_Mystery_(film)|A Caribbean Mystery]]* e le Captain Daventry
* 1985 *Master Harold...and the Boys* (setshwantsho sa thelebišene) e le Sam
* 1987 *Cry Freedom* e le Father Kani
* 1988 *The Serpent and the Rainbow* e le Captain Dargent Peytraud
* 1989 *A Dry White Season* e le Stanley Makhaya
* 1989 *Gross Anatomy* e le Dr. Banumbra
* 1989 *Dad* e le Dr. Chad
* 1991 *A Rage in Harlem* e le Big Kathy
* 1991 *[[:en:Body_Parts_(film)|Body Parts]]* e le Detective Sawchuck
* 1991 *The Doctor* e le Dr. Charles Reed (a sa fiwa temogo)
* 1992 *Dust Devil* e le Sergeant Ben Mukurob
* 1993 *[[:en:Body_Parts_(film)|Slaughter of the Innocents]]* e le Library Janitor
* 1995 *Outbreak* e le Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
* 1995 *Waterworld* e le Priam
* 1995 *Vampire in Brooklyn* e le Dr. Zeko
* 1997 *Waterworld: The Quest For Dry Land* e le Priam
* 1998 *[[:en:Krippendorf's_Tribe|Krippendorf's Tribe]]* e le Sulukim
* 1998 *Oz* (thulaganyo ya thelebišene) e le Kepkemie Jara
* 2000 *The West Wing* (thulaganyo ya thelebišene) e le President Nimbala
* 2002 *[[:en:Monk_(TV_series)|Monk]]* (thulaganyo ya thelebišene), kgaolo ya "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man," e le Tonday Mawwaka (tlhagelelo ya bofelo)

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