John Kani
Acting
Born: 1943-11-30 · New Brighton, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Biography
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in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception.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
🎬 Movies (30)
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Rafiki (voice)
Murder Mystery 2
2023
Colonel Ulenga
Beyond the Light Barrier
2023
Narrator/Self
Seal Team
2021
Brick (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
The Lion King
2019
Rafiki (voice)
Murder Mystery
2019
Colonel Ulenga
Black Panther
2018
T'Chaka
Captain America: Civil War
2016
King T'Chaka
1994: The Bloody Miracle
2014
Narrator
Jail Caesar
2012
Marius
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
Self
Coriolanus
2011
General Cominius
How to Steal 2 Million
2011
Julius Twala Snr.
White Lion
2010
Old Gisani
Endgame
2009
Oliver Tambo
Nothing But The Truth
2009
Sipho
The Bird Can't Fly
2008
Stone
Final Solution
2001
Rev. Peter Lekota
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
Bogle
Kini & Adams
1997
Ben
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Samuel
Soweto Green
1995
Dr. Curtis
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
Self
Sarafina!
1992
School Principal
The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
1990
Options
1989
Jonas
A Dry White Season
1989
Julius
Othello
1989
Othello
Saturday Night at the Palace
1987
