John Kani
South African actor and author (born 1942)
Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1943) is a South African actor, author, director and playwright. 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 2019 remake of The Lion King and Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix film Murder Mystery (2019).
Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth In the Eastern Cape province. In 1975, after appearing in Athol Fugard's anti-apartheid play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, which he also co-wrote, in the United States, Kani returned to South Africa. There, he received a phone call saying that his father wanted to see him. On his way there, he was surrounded by police who beat him and left him for dead. His left eye was lost as a result of the incident and he now wears a prosthesis which is technically a glass eye.
His son Atandwa is also an actor, wh…
John Kani autographs on eBay
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John Kani BLACK PANTHER Signed Autograph Movie Script Screenplay Marvel ACOA COA
$124.99
John Kani Signed Autographed BLACK PANTHER Movie Script T'Chaka ACOA COA
$124.99
* JOHN KANI * signed 8x10 photo * MURDER MYSTERY * COA *
$100
* JOHN KANI * signed 8x10 photo * THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS * COA *
$100
* JOHN KANI * signed 8x10 photo * BLACK PANTHER * T'CHAKA * COA *
$100
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Filmography
John Kani · 6
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
as Rafiki (voice)
20 for sale
Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
as Colonel Ulenga
Murder Mystery (2019)
as Colonel Ulenga
8 for sale
The Lion King (2019)
as Rafiki (voice)
164 for sale
Black Panther (2018)
as T'Chaka
348 for sale
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
as King T'Chaka
20 for sale
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