# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zakes-mokae
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:02:51.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zakes-mokae"
name: "Zakes Mokae"
slug: "zakes-mokae"
description: "Zakes Makgona Mokae was a South African stage and screen actor. He was well known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard, notably in The Blood Knot and \"Master Harold\"...and the Boys, the latter earning him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play."
tagline: "South African actor (1934–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Zakes_Mokae_-_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-08-05"
deathDate: "2009-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             9.601208103349787
  historical:           10.87308533333333
  currentAttention:     52.23068552774755
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596310/"
    handle:    "nm0596310"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "زاكيس موكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A8"
    title: "ゼイクス・モカエ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakes_Mokae"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "زیکس موکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47458"
    title: "Zakes Mokae"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump