Desmond Dube

Acting

Desmond Dube

Born

1969-11-27 (56)

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

180 poster
5.9

When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

180

2026

Love and Wine poster
7.0

A privileged young man working at his wealthy father's business traps himself in a lie when he falls in love with a hard-working medical student, and tries to convince her that he comes from more humble beginnings like hers. What follows is a comedic whirlwind of chaos and heartfelt revelations.

Love and Wine

2025

Office Invasion poster
5.4

Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?

Office Invasion

2022

Soccer Season: Playmaker poster
NR

Lunga is excited to join a Soccer Club but is selected for the D team. His father will see this as a failure, a team with girls and a female coach. When bullies try to keep him off the field, it's only his father who can help. But will he?

Soccer Season: Playmaker

2025

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys poster
6.0

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.

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys

2020

Jewel poster
6.4

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.

Jewel

2022

2010s · 4 titles

Schuks: Pay Back the Money poster
6.8

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.

Schuks: Pay Back the Money

2015

The Adventures Of Supermama poster
NR

Doris decides to fight crime and become a local Superhero..

The Adventures Of Supermama

2018

Nothing for Mahala poster
NR

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.

Nothing for Mahala

2013

Mandela's Gun poster
NR

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.

Mandela's Gun

2016

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

Reyka poster
5.6

In 1994 South Africa, the daughter of a multiracial couple is kidnapped. She escapes and as an adult becomes a detective. Continuing to deal with her past trauma, Reyka Gama uses her skills to raise her child and solve mysteries that have challenged others.

Reyka

2021

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency poster
6.7

The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

2009

Marked poster
6.8

Desperate to pay for her daughter's life-saving surgery, devout ex-cop Babalwa turns to an unholy savior to help her stage a daring heist.

Marked

2025

Jacob's Cross poster
5.0

The series revolves around South African born businessman Jacob Makhubu Abayomi, a son of an ANC stalwart who finds that his biological father is actually a Nigerian tribal chief. Jacob's subsequent desire to build an African oil and gas business empire in the shadow of both of his fathers is set against the backdrop of family feuds and betrayals.

Jacob's Cross

2007

How to Ruin Christmas poster
8.4

Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister's picture-perfect Christmas wedding.

How to Ruin Christmas

2020

Hopeville poster
7.8

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.

Hopeville

2009

Magenta Coal poster
NR

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.

Magenta Coal

2023

Impilo The Scam poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Impilo The Scam

2026