Winston Ntshona

Winston Ntshona
Born	(1941-10-06) 6 October 1941 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Occupation	Actor, playwright

Winston Ntshona (born 6 October 1941) is a South African playwright and actor.

Career

Born in Port Elizabeth, Ntshona worked alongside fellow South African Athol Fugard on several occasions and played a minor role in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed film Gandhi and a major role in the film A Dry White Season.

In 1979 he appeared in Michael Hastings' monologue Full Frontal at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Ntshona played deposed President Julius Limbani, the subject of a rescue attempt in The Wild Geese (1978). Limbani is based on Moise Tshombe. He also played a similar role in The Dogs of War (1980) as Dr. Okoye, a moderate political figure thrown in jail by the dictator President Kimba of the fictional Republic of Zangaro.

With Fugard and John Kani, Ntshona wrote the 1973 play The Island, in which he and Kani starred in a number of major international productions over the next 30 years. He and Kani were co-winners of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their performance in both The Island and Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which he also co-wrote.

External links

• Winston Ntshona at the Internet Broadway Database
• Winston Ntshona at the Internet Movie Database