Tongayi Chirisa

Tongayi Chirisa

Born: August 8, 1981
in Harare, Zimbabwe
Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor known for playing Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past movie. He is also an occasional singer.

Movies for Tongayi Chirisa...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Title: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Character: Cheetor (voice)
Released: June 6, 2023
Type: Movie
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.
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Courting Anathi
Title: Courting Anathi
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: Movie
Courting Anathi is a contemporary tale of a woman who wants to have it all – an amazing career, being a great mom and having a love that lasts a lifetime. But her plans were derailed early in life when she got knocked-up by her boyfriend. Determined to have the life of which she dreamed, Anathi teams up with up-and-coming businessman Frank to pitch for a big deal that could change both their lives. Things become increasingly complicated as she falls in love with Frank and finds it impossible to tell him the truth about her past. Frank falls for her, and for her son too, but if the truth comes out, Anathi could lose her career, her love, and her future.
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Title: Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches
Character: Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
An intuitive young neurosurgeon discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
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Next Exit
Title: Next Exit
Character: Father Jack
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers travel cross country together to end their lives, only to unexpectedly find what they’ve been missing along the way.
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The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Title: The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11
Character: Agent Shaw
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
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Happiness Ever After
Title: Happiness Ever After
Character: Thomas
Released: November 10, 2021
Type: Movie
This sequel to "Happiness is a Four-Letter Word" finds Zaza, Princess and Zim living new chapters of their lives amid loss, family grudges and new love.
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Trees of Peace
Title: Trees of Peace
Character: Francois
Released: April 1, 2021
Type: Movie
In April of 1994, four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the Rwandan genocide. Their fight for survival against all odds unites the women in an unbreakable sisterhood.
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Antebellum
Title: Antebellum
Character: Eli / Professor Tarasai
Released: September 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
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Palm Springs
Title: Palm Springs
Character: Jerry
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
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Title: Another Life
Character: Richard Ncube
Released: July 25, 2019
Type: TV
After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.
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Title: The Good Doctor
Character: Boyd Gaston
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: TV
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
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The Zim
Title: The Zim
Character: William Zimunya
Released: August 6, 2017
Type: Movie
A farmer struggles to protect his home and loved ones amidst the violent turmoil of the Zimbabwean land seizures.
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Title: iZombie
Character: Justin Bell
Released: March 17, 2015
Type: TV
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
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Whipping Boy
Title: Whipping Boy
Character: Olly 'Napalm' Harris
Released: December 3, 2014
Type: Movie
A man who works as a human punching bag to relieve others of their stress gets caught up in a nourish mystery pertaining to a strange device that everyone's after.
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Title: Sleepy Hollow
Character: Arthur Bernard
Released: September 16, 2013
Type: TV
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Miles
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past
Title: Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past
Character: Hekule
Released: November 27, 2008
Type: Movie
Hekule, the King of Kuvukiland, is given a gemstone by the dying Kunji Balanadin. The stone is cursed and causes Hekule to become possessed by the spirit of the mischievous Kunji. It is up Mr. Bones, the royal witch doctor to cure his King and get rid of this cursed stone by returning the gem to its home in an Indian fishing village.
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Title: Crusoe
Character: Friday
Released: October 17, 2008
Type: TV
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.
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Zimbabwe
Title: Zimbabwe
Character: Charles
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Amidst failed harvests and the threat of AIDS, Zimbabweans look for work, preferably in South Africa. But their illegal status and xenophobic whites do not make life any easier in the neighbouring state.
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Tanyaradzwa
Title: Tanyaradzwa
Released: February 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Tanyaradzwa is an intelligent, outgoing girl from a rich, loving family. Life seems perfect until one night, during dinner, her nine-month secret is revealed with the birth of a boy. Feeling betrayed, her parents dredge out old skeletons and take out their frustration on each other. Unable to bear the guilt of destroying her family, Tanya flees to find the baby's father, no-good playboy, Marlon. Her only friend is Marlon's tough-talking cousin Ajira, who encourages her to sell her body, but not her soul, to survive. Family, friendship, loyalty and social morality show their true colors during this kaleidoscopic journey of a naive, desperate and too-young mother