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N!xau (1944–2003)

Actor

N!xau, a San from the Kalahari Desert, was discovered by director Jamie Uys and cast in the lead role in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. He received only a few hundred dollars for his work in that film, but was astute enough to negotiate for over half a million for his appearance in the sequel... See full bio »

Born:

Gcao Coma
in Tsumkwe, Namibia

Died:

(age 58) in Tsumkwe, Namibia
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1996 Sekai ururun taizaiki (TV series)
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– Afurika no busshuman ni Katou Haruhiko ga deatta (1996) … Himself
 
1993 In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (documentary)
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2004 Buster Reynolds Remembers Jamie Uys (video documentary short)
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The Gods Must Be Crazy -- A bushman in the Kalahari encounters technology for the first time - in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his tribe, and uses it for many tasks. The tribe start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the Gods - where he thinks it came from. The Gods Must Be Crazy II -- US Home Video Trailer from Columbia
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

G!kau | Gcau | Nixau
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Trivia:

His name is a usual transliteration of his original language, Ungwatsi, which uses clicking sounds that have no equivalent letter in the Roman alphabet. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius