Bongo Mbutuma

Bongo Mbutuma is a South African actor. He appeared in the serial Troy: Fall of a City and the movies District 9 and Mary and Martha.

Personal life In 1999, he graduated from South African College Schools (SACS) High School in Cape Town. Then he attended CityVarsity, completing a course in Film and Television Production in 2001.

Career Mbutuma appeared in a commercial for Momentum Life, which became very popular. In the commercial, he played a man who gets a car salesman to test drive a new car for him, while he sits in the back seat reading a newspaper.

In 2003 he joined the Gregg Watt Interactive Actors Workshop for further studies in cinema. Then in 2004, he received a contract with Arepp: Theatre For Life, where he travelled to schools with educational drama projects. After the contract, he made his first guest role on television, in the sci-fi series Charlie Jade. In 2005, he played several guest appearance in the serials Interrogation Room, Going Up Again and Laugh Out Loud. Then he appeared in the feature film Unrequited Love, which made his cinema debut.

In 2006, he played a minor role as a hospital gate guard in the international drama series ER. In 2007, he received his first television leading role in the SABC1 drama series Divers Down. In the serial, he played the role as Bafana. In the meantime, he received several television commercials for Joko Tea, Momentum, BP and Nedbank. In 2010, he became the television host for the first season of the e.tv technology magazine show The Tech Report.

In 2014, he played a supporting role Detective Songezo Sibanda in the eKasi+ and e.tv detective drama series Traffic!.

Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2005 Charlie Jade Corporal TV Series 2006 ER Hospital Gate Guard TV Series 2008 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Sheepish Trooper Home movie 2009 Stürme in Afrika Bwami TV Movie 2009 30 Karat Liebe Sam TV Movie 2009 District 9 Nigerian Gangster Film 2010 Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove Mansa Film (credited as Bongolethu Mbutuma) 2010 Silent Witness Kudzai's guest TV Series 2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys Elias Film 2011 Outcasts XP Hartson TV Mini-Series 2011 Heart & Soul Hamilton Naki Short film 2013 Mary and Martha Pumelele TV Movie 2017 Joseph TV Movie 2018 Troy: Fall of a City Young Troy Hostage No. 2 TV Series 2019 Die Spreeus Mkhize TV Series 2020 Vagrant Queen Volun / Young Volun TV Series