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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in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception.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, co-written with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona, in the early 1970s. He also received an Olivier nom…
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- Play for Today (1970) as George O'Brien
- Silent Witness (1996) as Dr. Phiri
- What If...? (2021) as T'Chaka (voice)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) as King T'Chaka
- Black Panther (2018) as T'Chaka
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) as Rafiki (voice)
- Playhouse (1974) as Styles / Buntu
- Marvel Studios Legends (2021) as T'Chaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Lion King (2019) as Rafiki (voice)
- Wallander (2008) as Max Khulu
- Murder Mystery 2 (2023) as Colonel Ulenga
- Murder Mystery (2019) as Colonel Ulenga
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) as Samuel
- The Wild Geese (1978) as Sgt. Jesse Blake
- Seal Team (2021) as Brick (voice)
- African Skies (1992) Cast
- Coriolanus (2011) as General Cominius
- A Dry White Season (1989) as Julius
- Sarafina! (1992) as School Principal
- Kini & Adams (1997) as Ben
- Endgame (2009) as Oliver Tambo
- Final Solution (2001) as Rev. Peter Lekota
- Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012) as Self
- The Bird Can't Fly (2008) as Stone
- Othello (1989) as Othello
- Miss Julie (1986) as John
- Options (1989) as Jonas
- 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985) as Willie
- The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019) Cast
- The Grass Is Singing (1981) as Moses
- White Lion (2010) as Old Gisani
- Marigolds in August (1980) as Melton
- The Tichborne Claimant (1999) as Bogle
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994) as Self
- How to Steal 2 Million (2011) as Julius Twala Snr.
- The Native Who Caused All the Trouble (1990) Cast
- An African Dream (1987) as Khatana
- Jail Caesar (2012) as Marius
- The Man in the Mirror Cast
- 1994: The Bloody Miracle (2014) as Narrator
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Most-watched John Kani films currently: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), The Lion King (2019), Murder Mystery 2 (2023).
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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), Silent Witness (1996), What If...? (2021), Playhouse (1974), Marvel Studios Legends (2021).
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