Bongo Mbutuma Explained

Bongo Mbutuma
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality:South African
Alma Mater:South African College Schools
CityVarsity School of Media and Creative Arts
Height:1.76 m
Years Active:2003–present
Occupation:Actor

Bongo Mbutuma is a South African actor.[1] He is best known for his roles in the popular serials District 9, Troy: Fall of a City and Mary and Martha.[2]

Personal life

Mbutuma was born and raised in Cape Town. In 1999, he graduated from South African College Schools (SACS) High School in Cape Town. Then he attended CityVarsity, completing a course in Film and Television Production in 2001.[3]

Career

Mbutuma appeared in a commercial for Momentum Life, which became very popular. In the commercial, he played a man who gets a car salesman to test drive a new car for him, while he sits in the back seat reading a newspaper.

In 2003 he joined the Gregg Watt Interactive Actors Workshop for further studies in cinema. Then in 2004, he received a contract with 'Arepp: Theatre For Life', where he was lucky to travels to schools with educational drama projects. After the contract, he made his first guest role on television, in the sci-fi series Charlie Jade. In 2005, he played several guest appearance in the serials Interrogation Room, Going Up Again and Laugh Out Loud. Then he appeared in the feature film Unrequited Love, which made his cinema debut.

In 2006, he played a minor role 'Hospital Gate Guard' in the international drama series ER. Then in 2007, he received his first television leading role in the SABC1 drama series Divers Down. In the serial, he played the role as 'Bafana'. In the meantime, he received several television commercials for Joko Tea, Momentum, BP and Nedbank. In 2010, he became the television host for the first season of the e.tv technology magazine show The Tech Report.

In 2014, he played a supportive role 'Detective Songezo Sibanda' in the eKasi+ and e.tv detective drama series Traffic!.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2005 Charlie Jade Corporal TV Series
2006 ER Hospital Gate Guard TV Series
2008 Sheepish Trooper Home movie
2009 Stürme in Afrika Bwami TV Movie
2009 30 Karat Liebe Sam TV Movie
2009 District 9 Nigerian Gangster Film
2010 Mansa Film (credited as Bongolethu Mbutuma)
2010 Silent Witness Kudzai's guest TV Series
2010 Master Harold' ... And the Boys Elias Film
2011 Outcasts XP Hartson TV Mini-Series
2011 Heart & Soul Hamilton Naki Short film
2013 Mary and Martha Pumelele TV Movie
2017 Joseph TV Movie
2018 Troy: Fall of a City Young Troy Hostage #2 TV Series
2019 Die Spreeus Mkhize TV Series
2020 Vagrant Queen Volun / Young Volun TV Series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-11-21 . Bongo Mbutuma biographie .
  2. Web site: 2020-11-21 . Bongo Mbutuma films .
  3. Web site: 2020-11-21 . Bongo Mbutuma .