Winston Ntshona
Biography
Winston Ntshona was a South African actor and playwright who began in theater with the Serpent Players after meeting John Kani at Newell High School in Port Elizabeth. He spent his early years as a laboratory assistant at a timber factory until the group's growing reputation allowed him to act full time. With Athol Fugard and Kani he co-wrote The Island, and he also helped write Sizwe Banzi Is Dead; he and Kani performed in both plays internationally and shared the Tony for best actor in a play, a first for Black actors. On screen, his debut was The Wild Geese (1978), in which he played Julius Limbani. He went on to appear in Ashanti (1979) and The Dogs of War (1980), and later in A Dry White Season (1989), The Air Up There (1994), and Tarzan and the Lost City (1998).
76years old at death
- Born Gqeberha
- Died New Brighton
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 20 years1978 to 1998
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First role
Ntshona got his first screen role after producer Euan Lloyd asked him and Kani to try out for a British film. He played Julius Limbani, the deposed President rescued in The Wild Geese (1978).
A change of course
Ntshona joined the Serpent Players drama group in 1967 alongside John Kani and Athol Fugard, and had to quit his job at a timber factory to become an employee of the group.
Behind the camera
Ntshona wrote The Island in 1973 with Fugard and Kani. For the next 30 years, he and Kani appeared together in many major international productions.
Winston Ntshona movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Winston Ntshona shares two films with John Kani, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Kani's page
Michael Caine's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Christopher Walken's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Tom Berenger's page
All films by Andrew V. McLaglen
All films by John Irvin
All films by Paul Michael Glaser
Awards
Two awards and honors from 1975 to 1996, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1975 | Best Actor in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 1996 | Honorary doctorate | Honorary | |
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