John Kani
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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in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception. These were followed by the more famous Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island, c...
Known For
Filmography
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Rafiki (voice)
Murder Mystery 2
2023
as Colonel Ulenga
Beyond the Light Barrier
2023
as Narrator/Self
Seal Team
2021
as Brick (voice)
What If...?
2021
as T'Chaka (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as T'Chaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
The Lion King
2019
as Rafiki (voice)
Murder Mystery
2019
as Colonel Ulenga
Black Panther
2018
as T'Chaka
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as King T'Chaka
1994: The Bloody Miracle
2014
as Narrator
Jail Caesar
2012
as Marius
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
Coriolanus
2011
as General Cominius
How to Steal 2 Million
2011
as Julius Twala Snr.
White Lion
2010
as Old Gisani
Endgame
2009
as Oliver Tambo
Nothing But The Truth
2009
as Sipho
The Bird Can't Fly
2008
as Stone
Wallander
2008
as Max Khulu
Final Solution
2001
as Rev. Peter Lekota
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Bogle
Kini & Adams
1997
as Ben
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Samuel
Silent Witness
1996
as Dr. Phiri
Soweto Green
1995
as Dr. Curtis
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
as Self
Sarafina!
1992
as School Principal
African Skies
1992
The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
1990
Options
1989
as Jonas
A Dry White Season
1989
as Julius
Othello
1989
as Othello
Saturday Night at the Palace
1987
An African Dream
1987
as Khatana
Miss Julie
1986
as John
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985
as Willie
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
1981
as Himself
The Grass Is Singing
1981
as Moses
Marigolds in August
1980
as Melton
The Wild Geese
1978
as Sgt. Jesse Blake
Victims of Apartheid
1978
as George O'Brien
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
1974
as Styles/Buntu
Playhouse
1974
as Styles / Buntu
Play for Today
1970
as George O'Brien