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| − | [[Sello Maake ka Ncube]] (1960-) is a prominent actor, director and dramatist for stage, TV and film.
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| − | (Sometimes credited as [[Sello Maake]], or written as [[Sello Maake ka-Ncube]] and [[Sello Maake kaNcube]])
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | Born in Orlando, Soweto, but mostly raised in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. It wasn’t until he was 15 – when he saw [[Gibson Kente]]'s ''[[How Long]]'' – that he realised that he wanted to be an actor.
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| − | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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| − | Started his career with performing his own work under the name [[Sello Maake]]. Later used the fuller name. In 1997 he workshopped his first full-length play ''[[Koze Kuse Bash]]''. Wrote and directed ''[[Koma]]'' (1998) and ''[[Komeng]]'' (2002), * Stage roles as performer include leads in ''[[Cry Freemandela – The Movie]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1987) *, ''[[Black and White Follies]]'', ''[[The Suit]]'' ([[Themba/ Mutloatse, Simon and Co]], 1993/4 - played both in London and New York), ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' ([[Windybrow]] , 1994), ''[[Titus Adronicus]]'' (19**), in South Africa and at London's National Theatre), ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' (19**), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' (directed by [[Janet Suzman]], 1996), ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' (19**), ''[[Prophets in The Black Sky]]'' (19**), ''[[Smallholding]]'' (19**) , ''[[Raisin in the Sun]]'' (19**) and ''[[Call Us Crazy]]'' (2001). ''[[The Lion King]]'' in London’s West End (200*), and South Africa (2008), ''[[The Lion and the Jewel]]'' ([[State Theatre Pretoria]], 2008), and ''[[Othello]]'' (opposite [[Antony Sher]]) for Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company and in the West End of London [and South Africa??] (2008), ''[[Report to an Academy]]'' (directed by [[Karoly Pinter]], [[Grahamstown Festival]] 2009), ''[[Race]]'' (Mamet, [[Grahamstown Festival]], 2012). His TV work made him a nationally recognised face through his protrayal of Archie in Generations, (1993-1997, 1998-2002). His film work includes A Dry White Season (1989), The Rutanga Tapes (1990), Dark City (1990), Wheels and Deals (1991), The Good Fascist (1992), Bopha! (1993), Taxi to Soweto (1993), Djadje: Last Night I Fell Off a Horse (1993), Othello: A South African Tale (2005), . Also a member of the [[National Arts Council]]'s panel on the Performing Arts.
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| − | == Awards, etc ==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[Percy Tucker]], 1997
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| − | Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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