Desmond Dube

Desmond Dube

Nacimiento : 1969-11-27,

Historia

Desmond Dube is a South African singer, actor, mime artist and entertainer. He is known for his work in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Hotel Rwanda, Friends Indeed, Suburban Bliss and Joburg Blues.

Perfil

Desmond Dube

Películas

Invasion en la oficina
Tres amigos hacen piña para defender la valiosa empresa minera en la que trabajan de unos monstruosos alienígenas que pretenden saquearla y exterminar a todos.
Jewel
En una visita a un monumento conmemorativo, una fotógrafa se siente atraída por una joven de la zona. Pero su romance despierta dolorosos recuerdos de un pasado común.
Sam
A poignant coming of age story and exploration of a friendship between a young white boy, and the two adult black men he has grown up around, against the backdrop of the oppressive, divisive apartheid laws of the time. Although society dictates their education are worlds apart, Sam has helped guide Hally from boy to manhood, educating him about the realities and injustices of the world, while Hally in turn teaches Sam what he has learnt at school. Their friendship has taken on an almost fatherly role for Hally, as he struggles with the strained relationship with his alcoholic father. During their debates and reminiscing on the rainy afternoon, Sam and Willy talk about their dreams of winning a ball room competition—their 'world without collisions'—a metaphor for their aspirations and yearning to create a better life for themselves. The peace is broken with the news Hally's drunken father is returning home, unleashing an anger in Hally that leads to an unprecedented bigoted outburst.
The Adventures Of Supermama
Cecil
Doris decides to fight crime and become a local Superhero..
Schuks: Pay Back the Money
Minister
After losing rugby’s holy grail, the Currie Cup, Schuks (Leon Schuster) sets off on a hilarious journey to pay for what he has done. In lieu of a R1 million fine, the Sports Minister (Desmond Dube) offers Schuks a lifeline to create a documentary film that shows South Africa in a positive light.As the documentary takes shape, the Currie Cup traverses its own perilous journey as it moves from two clueless crooks, Bossie (Ivan Lucas) and Savage (Gerrit Schoonhoven), to an enterprising traffic officer and a conniving pawnbroker, among others.True to form, the “documentary” features a series of brand new candid camera gags for which Schuster is so well known, featuring unsuspecting South African citizens and a host of famous personalities and celebrities - both past and current.
Nothing for Mahala
Cedric
Nothing for Mahala is a comedic film that follows Ace (Thapelo Mokoena) into his deep and unpleasant hole of debt and financial woes. Ace who likes to play the part of the high flier is forced to get money from illegal loan sharks, which eventually lands him into some legal trouble. The result is Ace doing community service at an old age home, where much is learnt about finances, life and what really holds value.
Hotel Rwanda
Dube
1994, guerra civil de Ruanda. Los odios ancestrales entre los hutu (la etnia dominante) y los tutsi provocan el asesinato del presidente del país, disturbios en las calles y, finalmente, una terrible matanza entre las dos etnias. Paul, que es hutu, trabaja como gerente de un hotel de Kigali y, cuando empiezan los disturbios, decide que el mejor refugio es precisamente el hotel. Y hacia allí organiza una huida desesperada acompañado no sólo de su familia, sino también de sus vecinos tutsi. Basada en hechos reales.
La larga marcha
Miso
Bertold 'Barry' Bohmer (Armin Mueller-Stahl), un entrenador de atletismo fracasado, pero enamorado de su trabajo, encuentra una última oportunidad de alcanzar el éxito cuando conoce a Christine (Nthati Moshesh), una bella atleta tan rápida como rebelde. Juntos deciden enfrentarse a una de las carreras más duras del mundo: el maratón Comrades. Christine es una corredora nata que tiene todas las cualidades para ganar la competición, pero Berry tendrá que emplearse a fondo para convertir a esta inexperta deportista en toda una campeona.
The Millennium Menace
Himself / Various Characters
With his noticeable signature, Leon Schuster is set to keep South Africa in hysterics with his latest batch of "candid camera" skits. It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the candid truth...
Panic Mechanic
SABC man
When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
Victima del odio
Scabenga
En Sudáfrica, un hombre de raza negra investiga la verdad sobre un prisionero político torturado durante la década anterior.