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N!xau

Born December 16, 1944 · Tsumkwe, Namibia

Died July 5, 2003 · aged 58

Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while h…

Known For

The Gods Must Be CrazyThe Gods Must Be Crazy · 1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy
★ 7.31980
MovieActionComedy
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
The Gods Must Be Crazy IIThe Gods Must Be Crazy II · 1989
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
★ 7.11989
MovieActionComedy
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
Crazy SafariCrazy Safari · 1991
Crazy Safari
★ 5.41991
MovieComedyFantasy
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy. On the way, while flying over Africa, their plane stalls. And of all places, where do they land? That's right, in the village of the tribe of "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
Crazy Hong KongCrazy Hong Kong · 1993
Crazy Hong Kong
★ 5.01993
MovieAdventureComedy
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films.
The Gods Must Be Funny in ChinaThe Gods Must Be Funny in China · 1994
The Gods Must Be Funny in China
★ 5.51994
MovieComedy
Hijinks ensue when N!xau the Bushman travels to Beijing, where he's recruited to accompany a track team on a week-long survival race through the Chinese wilderness.

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