Acting

N!xau

Born 1944-12-16 Tsumkwe, Namibia 7 films

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…

See filmography

Watch N!xau's films free in the app.

Every title streams free — no subscription needed to start watching.

Watch free — get the app

Filmography

7 films

Newest Oldest Top rated A–Z

N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before hi…

Watch More info

Journey to Nyae Nyae

★ 6.0 2004

Hijinks ensue when N!xau the Bushman travels to Beijing, where he's recruited to accompany a track…

Watch More info

The Gods Must Be Funny in China

★ 5.4 1994

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid poster

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's his…

Watch More info

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

★ 8.0 1994

In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-o…

Watch More info

Crazy Hong Kong

★ 4.8 1993

Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be contr…

Watch More info

Crazy Safari

★ 5.3 1991

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck…

Watch More info

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

★ 7.1 1989

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African…

Watch More info

The Gods Must Be Crazy

★ 7.3 1980