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Winston Ntshona

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Winston Ntshona (born 6 October 1941) is a South African playwright and actor. Born in Port Elizabeth, Ntshona worked alongside fellow South African Athol Fugard on several occasions and played a minor role in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed film Gandhi. Ntshona also played deposed President Julius Limbani, the subject of a rescue attempt in The Wild Geese (1977). Limbani is based on Moise Tshombe. With Fugard and John Kani, Ntshona wrote the 1973 play The Island, in which he and Kani starred in a number of major international productions over the next thirty years. He and Kani were co-winners of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their performance in both The Island and Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which he also co-wrote. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Ntshona, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 6, 1941 In Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie The Wild Geese 1978-06-28
Latest Project:
Movie Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard 2012-05-28
Known For
Poster of Falls the Shadow:  The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Poster of The Storekeeper
Poster of The Air Up There
Poster of The Stick
Filmography
Movie Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Himself 2012-05-28
Movie Malunde Grandfather Khumalo 2001-09-12
Movie I Dreamed of Africa Old Pokot Chief 2000-05-05
Movie Tarzan and the Lost City Mugambe 1998-04-24
Movie The Storekeeper The Storekeeper 1998-03-06
Movie The Air Up There Urudu 1994-01-07
Movie The Power of One Mlungisi 1992-03-27
Movie Night of the Cyclone Quett 1991-01-28
Movie A Dry White Season Gordon Ngubene 1989-09-20
Movie The Stick The Witchdoctor 1988-08-23
Movie Gandhi Porter 1982-12-01
Movie The Dogs of War Dr Okoye 1980-12-17
Movie Ashanti Ansok 1979-02-21
Movie The Wild Geese Julius Limbani 1978-06-28