N!xau

Biography

Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.

Filmografi

The Gods Must Be Crazy1980 · XiCrazy Safari1991 · N!xau The BushmanThe Gods Must Be Crazy II1989 · XixoThe Gods Must Be Funny in China1994 · N!xauCrazy Hong Kong1993 · N!xauIn Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid1994 · SelfJourney to Nyae Nyae2004 · Self (as G/qa'o /'Hana)