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Israel Matseke-Zulu

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Amandla (2022)
Israel Matseke-Zulu is known for iNumber Number: Jozi Gold (2023), Tsotsi (2005) and The Good Lie (2014).
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    iNumber Number: Jozi Gold (2023)
    iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
    4.4
    • Music Department
    • 2023
    Tsotsi (2005)
    Tsotsi
    7.2
    • Mandla, Tsotsi's Father(as Israel Makoe)
    • 2005
    Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie (2014)
    The Good Lie
    7.4
    • Bracelet Soldier(as Israel Makoe)
    • 2014
    Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
    Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
    7.3
    • Soundtrack
    • 2008

    Credits

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    Actor

    • I forgive you, mama (2024)
      I forgive you, mama
      • Richard
      • 2024
    • Red Cargo (2023)
      Red Cargo
      5.6
      • Vusi
      • 2023
    • Amandla (2022)
      Amandla
      5.6
      • Shaka (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2022
    • Hlubi Mboya and Erica Wessels in I Am All Girls (2021)
      I Am All Girls
      6.0
      • Pimp
      • 2021
    • Israel Matseke-Zulu in Zuluboy's 10% (2019)
      Zuluboy's 10%
      • Zuluboy
      • 2019
    • Back of the Moon (2019)
      Back of the Moon
      7.3
      • Bra Don
      • 2019
    • Hope
      TV Series
      • Jericho
      • 2018
    • iNumber Number (2017)
      iNumber Number
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Skroef
      • 2017
    • Beyond the River (2017)
      Beyond the River
      7.4
      • Oupa (as Israel Sipho Matseke Zulu)
      • 2017
    • Dora's Peace (2016)
      Dora's Peace
      8.2
      • Shakes (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2016
    • Nigel Bluck, Alain Choquart, Liam Cunningham, Bertrand Faivre, Emily Mortimer, Claude Rich, Jérémie Renier, Peter Sarsgaard, Jude Foley, Sibongile Mlambo, Andrian Mazive, and Aura Msimang in Ladygrey (2015)
      Ladygrey
      5.0
      • Farm Worker (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2015
    • Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie (2014)
      The Good Lie
      7.4
      • Bracelet Soldier (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2014
    • Hard to Get (2014)
      Hard to Get
      6.9
      • Mugza (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2014
    • Brendon Daniels in Four Corners (2013)
      Four Corners
      6.4
      • Joburg (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2013
    • Avenged (2013)
      Avenged
      5.5
      • Skroef - Mandla Senzangakhona (as Israel Makoe)
      • 2013

    Music Department

    • I forgive you, mama (2024)
      I forgive you, mama
      • theme music composer
      • 2024
    • iNumber Number: Jozi Gold (2023)
      iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
      4.4
      • musician
      • 2023

    Composer

    • I forgive you, mama (2024)
      I forgive you, mama
      • Composer
      • 2024

    Videos4

    Trailer [OV]
    Trailer 1:53
    Trailer [OV]
    Avenged
    Trailer 2:18
    Avenged
    Avenged
    Trailer 2:18
    Avenged
    Avenged
    Trailer 1:07
    Avenged
    Tsotsi
    Trailer 1:58
    Tsotsi

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Israel Sipho Makoe

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