John Kani

John Kani

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Bonsile John Kani (born 1943) is a South African actor, director and playwright. He was born in New Brighton, South Africa. Kani joined The Serpent Players (a group of actors whose first performance was in the former snake pit of the zoo, hence the name) in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to...

Known For

Black Panther

as T'Chaka

The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

Cast Credits

Mufasa: The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

Murder Mystery 2

as Colonel Ulenga

Seal Team

as Brick (voice)

The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

Murder Mystery

as Colonel Ulenga

Black Panther

as T'Chaka

Jail Caesar

as Marius

How to Steal 2 Million

as Julius Twala Snr.

Coriolanus

as General Cominius

White Lion

as Old Gisani

Endgame

as Oliver Tambo

Final Solution

as Rev. Peter Lekota

Soweto Green

as Dr. Curtis

Sarafina!

as School Principal

Othello

as Othello

Options

as Jonas

Miss Julie

as John

Crew Credits