N!xau

Acting

N!xau

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 16, 1944 (80 years old)

N!xau

Known For

Journey to Nyae Nyae
DOLBY
Movie 2004

Journey to Nyae Nyae

N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy...

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1h 54m
DOLBY
Movie 1994

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African...

Crazy Hong Kong
1h 31m
DOLBY
Movie 1993

Crazy Hong Kong

In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget...

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
1h 36m
DOLBY
Movie 1991

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari

Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an...

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
1h 38m
DOLBY
Movie 1989

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow...

Biography

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.