Brighton Ngoma (born 1985), 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 television serials ''
Invictus
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, ''Book of Verses'', in the section titled "Life and Death (Echoe ...
'', ''Who Am I?'' and ''
Master Harold...and the Boys''.
Personal life
He was born in 1985 in
Bushbuckridge
Bushbuckridge (also known as Mapulaneng) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It grew around a trading store that opened in 1884, and is named after t ...
,
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...
, South Africa and has a Xhosa and Swiss heritage. His father was a doctor while his mother is a nurse. Ngoma has one younger brother. His father left him at the age of 5, where he raised with his mother. In 2002, when he was 17 years old, his mother died. Afterwards, another family fostered his brother.
Ngoma has a skin condition called
Vitiligo
Vitiligo (, ) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or color. The cause of vitiligo is unknown, but it may be related to immune system changes, genetic factors, stress, or sun exposure, and susceptibili ...
, that causes the skin to lose pigmentation, resulting in discoloured patches.
He is married to fellow actress Tshepi Mashego and is a father of one son, Leano, who was born in January 2017.
Career
He started his career as a freelance stage manager. Then he started acting in the popular television serial ''Scandal'' as a featured extra. After the director saw his acting ability, Ngoma was soon promoted to a supportive actor.
However after a few months, he was promoted to have a leading role of the character 'Quinton Nyathi'. The show became one of the most watched soap operas in South Africa,
and it was also broadcast across
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
on the
eAfrica,
e.tv Botswana and
e.tv Ghana.
Filmography
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngoma, Brighton
Living people
1985 births
South African male film actors
South African male television actors
People from Mpumalanga