N!xau Filmography

Born:: Kalahari Desert
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A member of southern Africa's indigenous San tribe, N!xau would go from a life of peaceful solitude to an unexpected turn as the world's most famous bushman following the release of Jamie Uys' 1981 comedy The Gods Must Be Crazy. Born in the Kalahari Desert sometime around 1944 (N!xau himself was...Read More

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Heonggong Ya Fungkwong

Actors: N!xau, Cecilia Yip, Conrad Janis, Lau Ching-Wan

Synopsis: The diminutive, loincloth-clad Bushman from the Kalihari Desert who starred in The Gods Must Be Crazy and in its sequel also appears in this Hong Kong comedy. In this story, N!xau (playing himself) has just finished saving a wealthy asian businesswoman from a lion, and has somehow become entangled Read More

1994
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2

Actors: Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, N!xau, Lena Farugia, Hans Strydom, Eiros, Nadies

Synopsis: This sequel to the enormous international hit The Gods Must Be Crazy isn't quite as fresh and enchanting as the original, but it is still a garden of small delights. N!Xau, the Kalihari bushman who starred in the first film, is separated from his children while on a hunting expedition in the Read More

4/13/90
The Gods Must Be Crazy

Actors: Hans Strydom, Lena Farugia, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Louw Verwey, Michael Thys

Synopsis: Kalahari bushman Xi (played by genuine bushman N!xau) is as surprised as the rest of his tibe when a Coke bottle, thrown from a passing plane, lands in the middle of their village. This "gift from the gods" proves to be a mixed blessing when the tribesmen fight over it and eventually use it for a Read More

1981

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