Zakes Mokae: movies and TV shows
Zakes Mokae has 50 credits in the archive: 32 films and 18 TV series, from 1956 to 2002. Highest rated: The X-Files (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2002 · busiest year: 1995 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Monk | Tonday | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | President Nimbala | TV | 8.3 | 64 |
| 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | Sulukim | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 1997 | Oz | Kipekemie Jara | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mr. Bakoosa (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1995 | Waterworld | Priam | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Dr. Benjamin Iwabi | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Dr. Zeko | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 1994 | Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story | Harding | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1994 | In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Diabria | TV | 8.4 | 58 |
| 1993 | Slaughter of the Innocents | Library Janitor | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder | Pee Wee | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Dust Devil | Ben Mukurob | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Dr. Charles Reed (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1991 | Body Parts | Detective Sawchuck | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Big Kathy | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Edgar Barkley | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1990 | Dream On | U.N. Dignitary | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | Parker Kane | Kid Lightning | Film | 4.6 | 55 |
| 1989 | Dad | Dr. Chad | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1989 | A Dry White Season | Stanley Makhaya | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1989 | Gross Anatomy | Dr. Banumbra | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Dargent Peytraud | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Marcus Mpepo | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Father Kani | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1985 | 'Master Harold'... and the Boys | Sam | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1983 | A Caribbean Mystery | Cap. Daventry | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Tsombe Kuna | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1981 | Roar | Committee | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1980 | The Island | Wescott | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | African Minister | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1978 | One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story | Pee Wee Spencer | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1976 | The River Niger | Film | 7.4 | 41 | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Lord Harry | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1970 | Fragment of Fear | (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Mugger (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | John Smith | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1969 | Plays of Today | Nguru | TV | — | 34 |
| 1968 | Separation | Uncredited | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Gavin Lesotho | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Michel | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1966 | Jemima + Johnny | Blind Man | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Colonel Okpara | TV | 4.2 | 30 |
| 1965 | Darling | Black Man at French Party (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Shale | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Nathaniel | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1962 | Dilemma | Steven Sitole | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1957 | Dark Africa | Sergeant (as Zachariah Nokae) | Film | — | 22 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 21 |