| − | (1960-) Prominent actor, director and dramatist for stage, TV and film. * Born in Orlando, Soweto, in, 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. 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 ''[[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 for 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), ''[[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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