Presley Chweneyagae
Acting
October 19, 1984
Died May 27, 2025 (40 years old)
Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa
12
Acting Credits
1
Directed
Biography
Presley Chweneyagae (October 19, 1984 — May 27, 2025) was a South African actor best known for his breakthrough lead role in Tsotsi (2005). Chweneyagae went into acting at an early age, taking acting classes from the age of 10. His first major role proved to be a history-making one, securing the part of David, aka Tsotsi, in Gavin Hood’s searing 2005 crime drama Tsotsi. In the film, set in a Johannesburg township, Chweneyagae plays a small-time hoodlum who steals a car, only to discover a baby ...
Known For
Filmography
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
2023
as Shoes
5.7
The River
2018
as Thuso "Cobra" Mokoena
5
The Number
2017
as China Boy
Avenged
2014
as Shoes
5.6
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
as Militant Prisoner
6.9
Zama Zama
2012
as Joseph Phiri
The Gentleman
2011
as Sipho
7.5
Africa United
2010
as Egg
6.2
State of Violence
2010
as Boy-Boy
7
Menda City
2009
as Don P
More Than Just a Game
2007
as Mark Shimmers
5.5
Tsotsi
2005
as Tsotsi
6.9