Eugene Khumbanyiwa is a

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South Africa-based stage, television, film and voice actor, popularly known for playing the role of Obesandjo in the 2009 Oscar nominated sci-fi hit ''

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''.

Career

He started his acting career as an extra in the 2004 Oscar-nominated ''

Hotel Rwanda ''Hotel Rwanda'' is a 2004 biographical historical drama film co-written and directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and h ...

'', starring

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and

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, playing one of the hotel staff members. After that he worked sporadically, hustling his way in the film industry by appearing in TV commercials and prime-time soaps like ''Generations'', ''Scandal'', and also had a role in South African independently produced hit film '' Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema'' before landing a role as an underground warlord in the

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-produced and

Neill Blomkamp Neill Blomkamp (; born 17 September 1979) is a South African and Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film ''District 9'' (2009), for which he was nominated for the Aca ...

-directed four-times Oscar-nominated sci-fi hit ''

'' Upon gaining critical acclaim for his performance in ''District 9'', he attracted new international attention and even appeared in an American TV commercial for a famous cyber fraud security product called 'Identity Guard.'. He went on to feature in Hollywood movies like '' Death Race 3: Inferno'', alongside stars like

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and

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, also appeared in '' Chappie'' starring

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and

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. He teamed up with director Blomkamp again and

playing lead role Amir the saviour in a short sci-fi film called ''

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''. Khumbanyiwa has appeared in three of Hollywood director

's films. He played Pastor Peter in a two time

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-winner ''

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'', a British television film about the events surrounding the 27 November 2000 death of

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. The film aired on

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on 7 November 2016, and was written by

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, directed by

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, and starred

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and

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. He also appeared in the critically acclaimed US TV miniseries ''

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'', directed by

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which premiered on Hulu on February 28, 2018, starring

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and

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, based on

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's 2006 book of the same name. He played a Kenyan security guard at the US Embassy in Nairobi who survived the embassy bombing and became a crucial witness. He has over 25 screen acting credits to his name. He does voices for both TV and radio. His voice work credits include the prestigious

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(AFCON2013) soccer tournament's "hello" radio ads campaign for the City of Johannesburg. On 9 July 2016, Khumbanyiwa was awarded the Best Achiever in Entertainment at the Malawi Achievers Awards- South Africa.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Eugene Khumbanyiwa
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