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the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr_John_Kani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Dr_John_Kani.jpg/220px-Dr_John_Kani.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Dr_John_Kani.jpg/330px-Dr_John_Kani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Dr_John_Kani.jpg/440px-Dr_John_Kani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kani in Rosebank, Johannesburg in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bonisile John Kani</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1942-08-30</span>) </span>30 August 1942<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 82)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/New_Brighton,_Eastern_Cape" title="New Brighton, Eastern Cape">New Brighton, Eastern Cape</a>, South Africa</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Actor</li> <li>director</li> <li>playwright</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1965–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atandwa_Kani" title="Atandwa Kani">Atandwa Kani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honours</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ikhamanga" title="Order of Ikhamanga">Order of Ikhamanga</a> in Silver<sup id="cite_ref-presi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bonisile John Kani</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ikhamanga" title="Order of Ikhamanga">OIS</a></span></span>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Honorary_Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor, author, director and playwright. He is known for portraying <a href="/wiki/T%27Chaka" title="T'Chaka">T'Chaka</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a> films <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_America:_Civil_War" title="Captain America: Civil War">Captain America: Civil War</a></i> (2016) and <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)">Black Panther</a></i> (2018), <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_characters#Rafiki" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Lion King characters">Rafiki</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">The Lion King</a></i> (2019) and Colonel Ulenga in the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> films <a href="/wiki/Murder_Mystery_(film)" title="Murder Mystery (film)"><i>Murder Mystery</i></a> (2019) and <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Mystery_2" title="Murder Mystery 2">Murder Mystery 2</a></i> (2023). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kani was born on 30 August 1942 in <a href="/wiki/New_Brighton,_Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="New Brighton, Port Elizabeth">New Brighton, Port Elizabeth</a> In the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-presi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, after appearing in <a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a>'s anti-apartheid play <i><a href="/wiki/Sizwe_Banzi_Is_Dead" title="Sizwe Banzi Is Dead">Sizwe Banzi Is Dead</a></i>, which he also co-wrote, in the United States, Kani returned to South Africa. There, he received a phone call saying that his father wanted to see him. On his way there, he was surrounded by police who beat him and left him for dead. His left eye was lost as a result of the incident, and he now wears a <a href="/wiki/Prosthesis" title="Prosthesis">prosthesis</a> which is technically a glass eye.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son <a href="/wiki/Atandwa_Kani" title="Atandwa Kani">Atandwa</a> is also an actor, who made his debut on U.S. television on the <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="The CW Television Network">CW series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Is_Wild" title="Life Is Wild">Life Is Wild</a></i>, and played a younger version of Kani's character T'Chaka in <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)">Black Panther</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kani joined <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Serpent_Players&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Serpent Players (page does not exist)">The Serpent Players</a> (a group of actors whose first performance was in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a> in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These were followed by the more famous <i><a href="/wiki/Sizwe_Banzi_is_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="Sizwe Banzi is Dead">Sizwe Banzi is Dead</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/The_Island_(play)" title="The Island (play)"><i>The Island</i></a>, co-written with <a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winston_Ntshona" title="Winston Ntshona">Winston Ntshona</a>, in the early 1970s. Kani also received an <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Award">Olivier Award</a> nomination for his role in <i><a href="/wiki/My_Children!_My_Africa!" class="mw-redirect" title="My Children! My Africa!">My Children! My Africa!</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kani's work has been widely performed around the world, including <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, where he and Winston Ntshona won a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> in 1975 for <i>Sizwe Banzi Is Dead</i> (which ran for 159 performances) and <i>The Island</i>.'<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two plays were presented in repertory at the <a href="/wiki/Edison_Theatre" title="Edison Theatre">Edison Theatre</a> for a total of 52 performances.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1987 Kani played <a href="/wiki/Othello_(character)" title="Othello (character)">Othello</a> in a performance of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s play <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">of the same name</a> in South Africa, which was still under <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a>. "At least I'll be able to kiss <a href="/wiki/Desdemona" title="Desdemona">Desdemona</a> without leaving a smudge," he said then.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Nothing but the Truth</i> (2002) was his debut as sole playwright and was first performed in the <a href="/wiki/Market_Theatre_(Johannesburg)" title="Market Theatre (Johannesburg)">Market Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Fleur_du_Cap_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleur du Cap Awards">Fleur du Cap Awards</a> for the best actor and best new South African play.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, he was also awarded a special <a href="/wiki/Obie_Award" title="Obie Award">Obie Award</a> for his extraordinary contribution to theatre in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kani is executive trustee of the John Kani Theatre Foundation, founder and director of the John Kani Theatre Laboratory and chairman of the National Arts Council of SA.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He starred as T'Chaka in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Studios" title="Marvel Studios">Marvel Studios</a> blockbusters <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_America:_Civil_War" title="Captain America: Civil War">Captain America: Civil War</a></i> (2016) and <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)">Black Panther</a></i> (2018). The fact that Kani was a <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a> native speaker led <a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a>, who played his onscreen son <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(Marvel_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Panther (Marvel Comics)">T'Challa</a>, to make that Wakanda's language, and to learn whole scenes in Xhosa, although he had never studied the language before. </p><p>In 2019, Kani appeared in the Netflix film <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Mystery_(film)" title="Murder Mystery (film)">Murder Mystery</a></i> where he played Colonel Ulenga. He then voiced <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_characters#Rafiki" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Lion King characters">Rafiki</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">The Lion King</a></i> (the live action remake of the <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">Disney animated film</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kani's play, <i>Kunene and the King</i>, a co-production for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company" title="Royal Shakespeare Company">Royal Shakespeare Company</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fugard_Theatre" title="Fugard Theatre">Fugard Theatre</a>, played in the <a href="/wiki/Swan_Theatre,_Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon">Swan Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Stratford-upon-Avon">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> in 2019 before transferring back to Cape Town. He starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Antony_Sher" title="Antony Sher">Antony Sher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_recognition_and_awards">Other recognition and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other recognition and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 February 2010, Kani received a <a href="/wiki/South_African_Film_and_Television_Awards" title="South African Film and Television Awards">SAFTA</a> Lifetime award.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also received the Avanti Hall of Fame Award from the South African film, television, and advertising industries, an M-Net Plum award and a Clio award in New York. Other awards include the <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Culture_Foundation" title="Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation">Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation</a> Award for the year 2000 and the <a href="/wiki/Olive_Schreiner_Prize" title="Olive Schreiner Prize">Olive Schreiner Prize</a> for 2005. He was voted 51st in the <a href="/wiki/SABC3%27s_Great_South_Africans" class="mw-redirect" title="SABC3's Great South Africans">Top 100 Great South Africans</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, he was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary doctorate</a> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cape_Town" title="University of Cape Town">University of Cape Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_Metropolitan_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University">Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University</a> appointed him an honorary Doctor of <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">Philosophy</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016 Kani received the national honour of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ikhamanga" title="Order of Ikhamanga">Order of Ikhamanga</a> in Silver, for his "Excellent contributions to theatre and, through this, the struggle for a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa".<sup id="cite_ref-presi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-presi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main theatre of the Market Theatre complex in <a href="/wiki/Newtown,_Johannesburg" title="Newtown, Johannesburg">Newtown, Johannesburg</a>, has been renamed The <a href="/wiki/John_Kani_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="John Kani Theatre">John Kani Theatre</a> in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Witwatersrand" title="University of the Witwatersrand">University of the Witwatersrand</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, in 2021, John Kani has been conferred the Da Vinci Laureate by The Da Vinci Institute. </p><p>In 2023 he was awarded an Honorary <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> from <a href="/wiki/British_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="British Government">British Government</a> for services to drama.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plays">Plays</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sizwe_Banzi_is_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="Sizwe Banzi is Dead">Sizwe Banzi is Dead</a></i> (1972) (co-authored with <a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winston_Ntshona" title="Winston Ntshona">Winston Ntshona</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Island_(play)" title="The Island (play)">The Island</a></i> (1973) (co-authored with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona)</li> <li><i>Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act</i> (co-authored with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona)</li> <li><i>My Children My Africa!</i> (actor)</li> <li><i>Nothing But the Truth</i> (2002) (sole playwright)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tempest" title="The Tempest">The Tempest</a></i> (2008) (actor in the role of <a href="/wiki/Caliban" title="Caliban">Caliban</a>, at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town; Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; and tour of Richmond, Leeds, Bath, Nottingham, Sheffield)</li> <li><i>Missing</i> (2014) (actor and sole playwright)</li> <li><i>Kunene and the King</i> (2019) (actor and playwright)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Television roles </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/BBC2_Playhouse" title="BBC2 Playhouse">BBC2 Playhouse</a></i> </td> <td>Styles / Buntu </td> <td>Episode: "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2nd House</i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Episode: "Athol Fugard" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Play_for_Today" title="Play for Today">Play for Today</a></i> </td> <td>George O'Brien </td> <td>Episode: "Victims of Apartheid" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Master_Harold...and_the_Boys_(1985_film)" title="Master Harold...and the Boys (1985 film)">Master Harold...and the Boys</a></i> </td> <td>Willie </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Julie#Performances_and_adaptations" title="Miss Julie">Miss Julie</a></i> </td> <td>John </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Othello_in_popular_culture#In_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Othello in popular culture">Othello</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Othello_(character)" title="Othello (character)">Othello</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Kap der Rache</i> </td> <td>Inspektor Khumalo </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hillside_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillside (TV series)">Hillside</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Vincent Maloka </td> <td>1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_No._1_Ladies%27_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)" title="The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)">The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency</a></i> </td> <td>Daddy Bapetsi </td> <td>Episode: "Pilot" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Witness" title="Silent Witness">Silent Witness</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Phiri </td> <td>2 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>iNkaba</i> </td> <td>Mkhuseli Mthetho </td> <td>1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wallander_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallander (UK TV series)">Wallander</a></i> </td> <td>Max Khulu </td> <td>Episode: "The White Lioness" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What_If...%3F_(TV_series)" title="What If...? (TV series)">What If...?</a></i> </td> <td>T'Chaka </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes: "<a href="/wiki/What_If..._T%27Challa_Became_a_Star-Lord%3F" title="What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?">What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?</a>", "<a href="/wiki/What_If..._Killmonger_Rescued_Tony_Stark%3F" title="What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?">What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?</a>" </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Film roles </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Geese" title="The Wild Geese">The Wild Geese</a></i> </td> <td>Sgt. Jesse Link </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marigolds_in_August_(film)" title="Marigolds in August (film)">Marigolds in August</a></i> </td> <td>Melton </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Heat" title="Killing Heat">Killing Heat</a></i> </td> <td>Moses </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_at_the_Palace" title="Saturday Night at the Palace">Saturday Night at the Palace</a></i> </td> <td>September </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>An African Dream</i> </td> <td>Khatana </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1989 </td> <td><i>Options</i> </td> <td>Jonas Mabote </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Dry_White_Season" title="A Dry White Season">A Dry White Season</a></i> </td> <td>Julius </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Native Who Caused All the Trouble</i> </td> <td>Tselilo Mseme </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sarafina!_(film)" title="Sarafina! (film)">Sarafina!</a></i> </td> <td>School Principal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>Soweto Green: This Is a 'Tree' Story</i> </td> <td>Dr. Curtis Tshabalala </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_and_the_Darkness" title="The Ghost and the Darkness">The Ghost and the Darkness</a></i> </td> <td>Samuel </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kini_and_Adams" title="Kini and Adams">Kini and Adams</a></i> </td> <td>Ben </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tichborne_Claimant_(film)" title="The Tichborne Claimant (film)">The Tichborne Claimant</a></i> </td> <td>Bogle </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Final_Solution_(2001_film)" title="Final Solution (2001 film)">Final Solution</a></i> </td> <td>Rev. Peter Lekota </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bird_Can%E2%80%99t_Fly" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bird Can’t Fly">The Bird Can’t Fly</a></i> </td> <td>Stone </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Truth_(2008_South_African_film)" title="Nothing but the Truth (2008 South African film)">Nothing but the Truth</a></i> </td> <td>Sipho </td> <td>Also director and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Endgame_(2009_film)" title="Endgame (2009 film)">Endgame</a></i> </td> <td>Oliver Tambo </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/White_Lion_(film)" title="White Lion (film)">White Lion</a></i> </td> <td>Old Gisani </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coriolanus_(2011_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coriolanus (2011 film)">Coriolanus</a></i> </td> <td>General Cominius </td> <td>Tragedy / Drama / Thriller / War </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Janapriyan" title="Janapriyan">Janapriyan</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Drama / Family / Musical / Romance </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Steal_2_Million" title="How to Steal 2 Million">How to Steal 2 Million</a></i> </td> <td>Julius Twala Snr. </td> <td>Action / Drama </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jail_Caesar" title="Jail Caesar">Jail Caesar</a></i> </td> <td>Marius </td> <td>Drama / History </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suit_(2016_film)" title="The Suit (2016 film)">The Suit</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Maphikela </td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_America:_Civil_War" title="Captain America: Civil War">Captain America: Civil War</a></i> </td> <td>T'Chaka </td> <td>Superhero / Action / Sci-Fi </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)">Black Panther</a></i> </td> <td>T'Chaka </td> <td>Superhero / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Mystery_(film)" title="Murder Mystery (film)">Murder Mystery</a></i> </td> <td>Colonel Ulenga </td> <td>Cozy mystery / Action / Comedy / Crime / Romance </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">The Lion King</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_characters#Rafiki" class="mw-redirect" title="List of The Lion King characters">Rafiki</a> </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Seal_Team_(film)" title="Seal Team (film)">Seal Team</a></i> </td> <td>Brick </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Mystery_2" title="Murder Mystery 2">Murder Mystery 2</a></i> </td> <td>Colonel Ulenga </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mufasa:_The_Lion_King" title="Mufasa: The Lion King">Mufasa: The Lion King</a></i> </td> <td>Rafiki </td> <td>Voice, post-production </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drama">Drama</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Nothing But the Truth</i> (2002)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kani&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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href="#cite_ref-presi_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-presi_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-presi_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160604164218/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7818">"Bonisile John Kani (1943–)"</a>. The Presidency. 30 August 1943. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7818">the original</a> on 4 June 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bonisile+John+Kani+%281943%E2%80%93%29&rft.pub=The+Presidency&rft.date=1943-08-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepresidency.gov.za%2Fpebble.asp%3Frelid%3D7818&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Kani" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBritt1989" class="citation news cs1">Britt, Donna (26 September 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/09/26/apartheid-through-an-angry-lens/2137ff43-6f28-4efb-97df-3d5f19a7c9e0/">"Apartheid Through An Angry Lens"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230202053116/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/09/26/apartheid-through-an-angry-lens/2137ff43-6f28-4efb-97df-3d5f19a7c9e0/">Archived</a> from the original on 2 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2018</span>. <q>Kani lost his eye when he returned to South Africa after appearing in Athol Fugard's anti-apartheid play, "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead," here and in New York. The actor was lured from his home by a telephone caller who said Kani was wanted at his father's home. On the way there, Kani says he was surrounded by police, who beat him and left him for dead.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Apartheid+Through+An+Angry+Lens&rft.date=1989-09-26&rft.aulast=Britt&rft.aufirst=Donna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Flifestyle%2F1989%2F09%2F26%2Fapartheid-through-an-angry-lens%2F2137ff43-6f28-4efb-97df-3d5f19a7c9e0%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Kani" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2018-01-30-john-kani-on-black-panther-premiere-i-knew-we-would-introduce-a-different-african/">"John Kani on Black Panther premiere: 'I knew we would introduce a different African'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>TimesLIVE</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231117194204/https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2018-01-30-john-kani-on-black-panther-premiere-i-knew-we-would-introduce-a-different-african/">Archived</a> from the original on 17 November 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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