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* ''Mufasa: The Lion King'' (2024)

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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda (father of [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and for voicing Rafiki in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 photorealistic remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing''.

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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda (father of [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and for voicing Rafiki in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 photorealistic remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing''.''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''.
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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda (father of [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda (father of [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and for voicing Rafiki in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 photorealistic remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing''.




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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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He's best known internationally for playing King T'Chaka of Wakanda in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.



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Bonisile John Kani (born August 30, 1942) is a South African actor, director and playwright.

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Bonisile John Kani (born August 30, 1942) 1942 in New Brighton, South Africa) is a South African actor, director and playwright.
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Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor, director and playwright.

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Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 30, 1942) is a South African actor, director and playwright.
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* GlassEye: His left eye was lost in the incident mentioned below, and he's worn a glass eye since.
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* ''Series/{{Wallander}}'' (2015)
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Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor, director and playwright.
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! Filmography
* ''Film/TheWildGeese'' (1978)
* ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys'' (1985)
* ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' (1989)
* ''Film/TheGhostAndTheDarkness'' (1996)
* ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' (2011)
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016)
** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (2018)
* ''Film/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' (2019)

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! Tropes
* ChronicallyKilledActor: His characters, be it on stage or on screen, tend to die in the story.
* RealLifeRelative: He and his son Atandwa collaborated several times both on stage and on screen.
* ReclusiveArtist: Not much is known about his personal life other than his son, Atandwa, is also an actor and that he got beat up by policemen who are supporters of a politician who was subjected to a TakeThat by a play Kani starred in.
* ShakespearianActors: He starred in several plays and adaptations of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's works.
* WrittenByCastMember: He's a playwright and is often cast in the plays he wrote .

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