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John Kani
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John Kani
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-11-30,New Brighton, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gender
Male
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in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception.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, co-written with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona, in the early 1970s. He also received an Olivier nomination for his role in My Children My Africa! Kani's work has been widely performed around the world, including New York, where he and Winston Ntshona won a Tony Award in 1975 for Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island. These two plays were presented in repertory at the Edison Theatre for a total of 52 performances. Nothing but the Truth (2002) was his debut as sole playwright and was first performed in the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. This play takes place in post-apartheid South Africa and does not concern the conflicts between whites and blacks, but the rift between blacks who stayed in South Africa to fight apartheid, and those who left only to return when the hated regime folded. It won the 2003 Fleur du Cap Awards for best actor and best new South African play. In the same year he was also awarded a special Obie award for his extraordinary contribution to theatre in the USA. Kani is executive trustee of the Market Theatre Foundation, founder and director of the Market Theatre Laboratory and chairman of the National Arts Council of SA. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Kani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Ghost and the Darkness

6.8

The Ghost and the Darkness
1996-10-11

6.898

Seal Team
2021-10-28

Marigolds in August

8

Marigolds in August
1980-12-31

6.835

The Wild Geese
1978-06-28

A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

0

A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
1981-01-01

The Native Who Caused All the Trouble

8

The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
1990-05-11

6.149

Sarafina!
1992-09-18

6.4

White Lion
2010-02-19

Murder Mystery 2

6.369

Murder Mystery 2
2023-03-28

The Bird Can't Fly

7

The Bird Can't Fly
2008-01-03

'Master Harold'... and the Boys

6.556

'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985-01-01

The Space: Theatre of Survival

0

The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019-06-07

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

8

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994-02-18

The Grass Is Singing

4.667

The Grass Is Singing
1981-08-30

3.75

Options
1989-05-27

The Man in the Mirror

0

The Man in the Mirror

Saturday Night at the Palace

4

Saturday Night at the Palace
1987-12-12

5.851

Coriolanus
2011-02-14

An African Dream

7

An African Dream
1987-01-01

Mufasa: The Lion King

7.311

Mufasa: The Lion King
2024-12-18

6.3

Jail Caesar
2012-06-28

Captain America: Civil War

7.448

Captain America: Civil War
2016-04-27

5.863

Endgame
2009-01-18

7.364

Black Panther
2018-02-13

7.097

The Lion King
2019-07-12

The Tichborne Claimant

8.667

The Tichborne Claimant
1999-11-12

6.258

Murder Mystery
2019-05-25

Victims of Apartheid

0

Victims of Apartheid
1978-10-24

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

0

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012-05-28

6.2

Kini & Adams
1997-05-10

A Dry White Season

6.697

A Dry White Season
1989-09-20

Nothing But The Truth

0

Nothing But The Truth
2009-11-01

How to Steal 2 Million

7

How to Steal 2 Million
2011-09-02

7

Othello
1989-12-27

9

Soweto Green
1995-01-01

1994: The Bloody Miracle

10

1994: The Bloody Miracle
2014-01-01

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

0

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
1974-03-13

8.833

Final Solution
2001-08-01

9

Miss Julie
1986-05-29

Beyond the Light Barrier

0

Beyond the Light Barrier
2023-10-01

8.053

What If...?
2021-08-11

7

African Skies
1992-10-11

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13

Marvel Studios Legends

7.356

Marvel Studios Legends
2021-01-08

7.364

Wallander
2008-11-30

7.519

Silent Witness
1996-02-21

6.6

Play for Today
1970-10-15