Desmond Dube

Desmond Dube

Born: November 27, 1969
Desmond Dube is a South African singer, actor, mime artist and entertainer. He is known for his work in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Hotel Rwanda, Friends Indeed, Suburban Bliss and Joburg Blues.

Movies for Desmond Dube...

Title: Magenta Coal
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: TV
Secrets and lies come to light when Matilda, the wife of a mining magnate, becomes embroiled in a bitter tussle over fortune and family succession.
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Office Invasion
Title: Office Invasion
Released: August 10, 2022
Type: Movie
Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?
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Jewel
Title: Jewel
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
While visiting a massacre memorial, a photographer finds herself drawn to a local woman. But their romance stirs up painful memories of a shared past.
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Title: How to Ruin Christmas
Character: Uncle Shadrack
Released: December 16, 2020
Type: TV
Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister's picture-perfect Christmas wedding.
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Title: "Master Harold" ...and the Boys
Character: Sam
Released: April 6, 2020
Type: Movie
A poignant coming of age story and exploration of a friendship between a young white boy, and the two adult black men he has grown up around, against the backdrop of the oppressive, divisive apartheid laws of the time. Although society dictates their education are worlds apart, Sam has helped guide Hally from boy to manhood, educating him about the realities and injustices of the world, while Hally in turn teaches Sam what he has learnt at school. Their friendship has taken on an almost fatherly role for Hally, as he struggles with the strained relationship with his alcoholic father. During their debates and reminiscing on the rainy afternoon, Sam and Willy talk about their dreams of winning a ball room competition—their 'world without collisions'—a metaphor for their aspirations and yearning to create a better life for themselves. The peace is broken with the news Hally's drunken father is returning home, unleashing an anger in Hally that leads to an unprecedented bigoted outburst.
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The Adventures Of Supermama
Title: The Adventures Of Supermama
Character: Cecil
Released: July 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Doris decides to fight crime and become a local Superhero..
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Mandela's Gun
Title: Mandela's Gun
Character: Govan Mbeki
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
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Schuks: Pay Back the Money
Title: Schuks: Pay Back the Money
Character: Minister
Released: August 28, 2015
Type: Movie
After losing rugby’s holy grail, the Currie Cup, Schuks (Leon Schuster) sets off on a hilarious journey to pay for what he has done. In lieu of a R1 million fine, the Sports Minister (Desmond Dube) offers Schuks a lifeline to create a documentary film that shows South Africa in a positive light.As the documentary takes shape, the Currie Cup traverses its own perilous journey as it moves from two clueless crooks, Bossie (Ivan Lucas) and Savage (Gerrit Schoonhoven), to an enterprising traffic officer and a conniving pawnbroker, among others.True to form, the “documentary” features a series of brand new candid camera gags for which Schuster is so well known, featuring unsuspecting South African citizens and a host of famous personalities and celebrities - both past and current.
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Nothing for Mahala
Title: Nothing for Mahala
Character: Cedric
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Nothing for Mahala is a comedic film that follows Ace (Thapelo Mokoena) into his deep and unpleasant hole of debt and financial woes. Ace who likes to play the part of the high flier is forced to get money from illegal loan sharks, which eventually lands him into some legal trouble. The result is Ace doing community service at an old age home, where much is learnt about finances, life and what really holds value.
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Title: Hopeville
Released: November 25, 2009
Type: TV
In a dusty small South African town, a man in search of forgiveness tries to rebuild a relationship with the son he abandoned when he was a child, while renovating a run-down outdoor swimming pool. A feel-good series with biting humor that reflects both the ills of South African society and its resilience.
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Title: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Character: BK
Released: March 15, 2009
Type: TV
The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
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Hotel Rwanda
Title: Hotel Rwanda
Character: Dube
Released: December 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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The Long Run
Title: The Long Run
Character: Miso
Released: May 4, 2001
Type: Movie
A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by
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The Millennium Menace
Title: The Millennium Menace
Character: Himself / Various Characters
Released: December 3, 1999
Type: Movie
With his noticeable signature, Leon Schuster is set to keep South Africa in hysterics with his latest batch of "candid camera" skits. It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the candid truth...
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Panic Mechanic
Title: Panic Mechanic
Character: SABC man
Released: November 29, 1996
Type: Movie
When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
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Inside
Title: Inside
Character: Scabenga
Released: August 25, 1996
Type: Movie
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.