Presley Chweneyagae
Born in Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa — Oct 19 1984• Died May 27 2025
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Presley Chweneyagae (October 19, 1984 — May 27, 2025) was a South African actor best known for his breakthrough lead role in Tsotsi (2005). Chweneyagae went into acting at an early age, taking acting classes from the age of 10. His first major role proved to be a history-making one, securing the part of David, aka Tsotsi, in Gavin Hood’s searing 2005 crime drama Tsotsi. In the film, set in a Johannesburg township, Chweneyagae plays a small-time hoodlum who steals a car, only to discover a baby in the back seat that causes him to change his ways. Tsotsi…
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Militant Prisoner
Tsotsi
Tsotsi
Africa United
Egg
Avenged
Shoes
The Number
China Boy
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The River
Thuso "Cobra" Mokoena
State of Violence
Boy-Boy
Zama Zama
Joseph Phiri
More Than Just a Game
Mark Shimmers
Menda City
Don P
The Gentleman
Sipho