John Kani
Bonisile John Kani is a South African actor. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2018), Rafiki in The Lion King (2019) and Mufasa: The Lion King as well as Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix films Murder Mystery (2019) and Murder Mystery 2 (2023). Also a playwright, Kani co-wrote with Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona the 1975 anti-apartheid play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, as well as performing in it.
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🎬 Movies
Mufasa: The Lion King
actor
2024
Murder Mystery 2
actor
2023
Seal Team
actor
2021
The Lion King
actor
2019
Murder Mystery
actor
2019
Black Panther
actor
2018
Captain America: Civil War
actor
2016
How to Steal 2 Million
actor
2011
Coriolanus
actor
2011
Endgame
actor
2009
The Bird Can't Fly
actor
2008
The Tichborne Claimant
actor
1999
Kini & Adams
actor
1997
The Ghost and the Darkness
actor
1996
Sarafina!
actor
1992
A Dry White Season
actor
1989
Options
actor
1989
Marigolds in August
actor
1980
The Wild Geese
actor
1978
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
actor
1974
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
writer
1974