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John Kani

Actor · 33 credits · 9 in highly-rated films

Best known for Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

Frequent collaborators: Winston Ntshona, Athol Fugard

Movies (32 total, ranked by score)

  1. Mufasa: The Lion King

    2024 · ★ 7.3 (2,743 votes)

    Adventure, Family, Animation

    1

  2. The Lion King

    2019 · ★ 7.1 (10,872 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Family

    2

  3. The Ghost and the Darkness

    1996 · ★ 6.8 (1,160 votes)

    Adventure, Thriller, History

    3

  4. The Wild Geese

    1978 · ★ 6.8 (292 votes)

    Action

    4

  5. Murder Mystery 2

    2023 · ★ 6.4 (2,008 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Crime

    5

  6. Murder Mystery

    2019 · ★ 6.3 (4,879 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Crime

    6

  7. Seal Team

    2021 · ★ 6.9 (237 votes)

    Animation, Family

    7

  8. 'Master Harold'... and the Boys

    1985 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Miss Julie

    1986

    Drama, TV Movie

    9

  10. Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

    2012

    Documentary

    10

  11. In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    1994

    Documentary

    11

  12. Nothing But The Truth

    2009

    Comedy, Drama

    12

  13. Soweto Green

    1995

    Comedy, Romance

    13

  14. Coriolanus

    2011 · ★ 5.8 (483 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    14

  15. The Tichborne Claimant

    1999 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Final Solution

    2001 · ★ 9.5 (1 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Saturday Night at the Palace

    1987

    Drama

    17

  18. Othello

    1989

    18

  19. An African Dream

    1987

    Drama

    19

  20. The Grass Is Singing

    1981 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. White Lion

    2010 · ★ 6.4 (21 votes)

    Drama, Family

    21

  22. 1994: The Bloody Miracle

    2014 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Victims of Apartheid

    1978

    Drama, TV Movie

    23

  24. The Space: Theatre of Survival

    2019

    Documentary

    24

  25. Kini & Adams

    1997 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. How to Steal 2 Million

    2011 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Action, Drama

    26

  27. The Bird Can't Fly

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Marigolds in August

    1980 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    28

  29. Beyond the Light Barrier

    2023

    Documentary

    29

  30. A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

    1981

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.