Bongo Mbutuma is a South African

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials ''District 9'', ''Troy: Fall of a City'' and ''Mary and Martha''.

Personal life

Mbutuma was born and raised in

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. In 1999, he graduated from

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(SACS) High School in Cape Town. Then he attended

CityVarsity CityVarsity School of Media and Creative Arts is a private higher education institution in South Africa with a campus in Cape Town. It falls under Educor and offers full-time, short, and online degrees, diplomas, and certificates in the creative ...

, completing a course in Film and Television Production in 2001.

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbutuma, Bongo Living people South African male television actors South African male film actors Actors from Cape Town Year of birth missing (living people)