John Matshikiza
Biography
John Matshikiza was a South African actor who also worked as a theater director, poet and journalist. Born in Johannesburg, he was educated in Lusaka, Zambia, then trained in drama at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. In Britain he acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company and with Glasgow's Citizens Theatre, and he worked in television and film. He published the books South Where Her Feet Cool on Ice and Prophets in the Black Sky, and in 1989 wrote lyrics for the Grand Union Orchestra album Freedom Calls. After returning to South Africa in 1991 he directed for the Market and Windybrow theaters and made documentaries and dramas for television. His screen roles included Cry Freedom (1987) and There's a Zulu On My Stoep (1993), and he played Walter Sisulu in Mandela (1987). He won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award in 2002 for his Mail & Guardian column.
53years old at death
- Born Johannesburg
- Died Johannesburg
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 20 years1987 to 2007
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