N!xau

N!xau

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 he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.

  • Title: N!xau
  • Popularity: 15.763
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1944-12-16
  • Place of Birth: Tsumkwe, Namibia
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  • Also Known As: Gcao Coma, N-Xau, G/qa'o /'Hana, Gaco C'oma, G!kau, Gcau, Nixau, Nǃxau ǂToma
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N!xau Movies

  • 1989
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    The Gods Must Be Crazy II
    The Gods Must Be Crazy II

    7 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    The Gods Must Be Crazy
    The Gods Must Be Crazy

    7.3 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    Crazy Hong Kong
    Crazy Hong Kong

    4.8 1993 HD

    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.

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  • 1991
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    Crazy Safari
    Crazy Safari

    5.3 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    The Gods Must Be Funny in China
    The Gods Must Be Funny in China

    5.4 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
    In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    1 1994 HD

    A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

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  • 2004
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    Journey to Nyae Nyae
    Journey to Nyae Nyae

    6 2004 HD

    N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before his death in 2003; the way he and his fellow San...

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