Presley Chweneyagae (born October 19, 1984 in the North West Province Mafikeng, South Africa) is a South African actor of Tswana origin.[2] He starred in the film Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.[3] His mother, Agnes Keagile named him after her favourite singer, Elvis Presley.^{[citation needed]} Although he had acted before in plays, Tsotsi was his first feature film. His most recent role is on the South African telenovela, The River as Thuso "Cobrizi" Mokoena.[4]

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He has recently been focusing on stage plays and more films. His latest films include More Than Just a Game, State of Violence and Africa United. He is currently doing a play about Solomon Mahlangu, a former MK cadre who was hanged at the age of 22.

Selected filmography

• Tsotsi (2005)
• iNumber Number (2013)
• Zama Zama (2013)
• The Number (2017)
• The River (2018)

References

External links

• Presley Chweneyagae at IMDb

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