Ntando Mncube
{{short description|South African actor}}
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| birth_name = Ntando Menzi Mncube
| birth_place = Ulundi, South Africa
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| years_active = 2008–present
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| relatives = Omega Mncube (brother)
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Ntando Menzi Mncube (born 4 November 1986) is a South African actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for his roles in television serials such as Umlilo, Lockdown, Side Dish, Ifalakhe, Durban Gen, Shaka Ilembe, Isifiso and Uzalo (season 10).{{Cite web |date=2020-10-22 |title=DUT DRAMA ALUMNUS STAR IN E.TV'S NEW MEDICAL DRAMA, DURBAN GEN |url=https://www.dut.ac.za/dut-drama-alumnus-star-in-e-tvs-new-medical-drama-durban-gen/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=Durban University of Technology |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Mncube was born on 4 November 1986 in Ulundi, North of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, into a family with four siblings. He graduated with a National Diploma in Drama and Production Studies from the Durban University of Technology (DUT) in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Ntando Mncube: TVSA |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=17879 |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}} His two younger brothers Wiseman Mncube and Omega are also popular actors.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Uzalo's Sibonelo And Durban Gen's Sibusiso Are Brothers In Real Life. |url=https://iharare.com/uzalos-sibonelo-and-durban-gens-sibusiso-are-brothers-in-real-life/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=iHarare News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-15 |title=Actors Sibonelo from Uzalo and Sibusiso from Durban Gen are brothers in real life. |url=https://zimscandals.co.zw/index.php/2021/09/15/actors-sibonelo-from-uzalo-and-sibusiso-from-durban-gen-are-brothers-in-real-life/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=Celebrity |language=en-US}} Wiseman has appeared in serials such as Uzalo, Gold Diggers, and EHostela, whereas Omega played the popular role "Phelelani" in Uzalo.
Career
During and after his time at DUT, he performed in many theatre productions, such as Man of La Mancha, Jimbo and Spice 'n Stuff, No Tears, Let My People Go, Animal Farm, Peter Pan and Robin Hood.
In 2013, he made his television debut with the SABC1 drama series Intersexions, playing the role of "Suave Guy". He then made a guest-starring role as "Viro" in the e.tv drama anthology serial eKasi: Our Stories, which aired in 2014. In the same year, he got the opportunity to appear in the Mzansi Magic serial Saints and Sinners with the role "MUC 1" and in the SABC1 drama Kowethu with the role "Mr Mahlangu". In December 2015, he featured in the M-Net film The Ring, produced for the 2015 Magic in Motion Academy interns. In 2016, he joined the third season of the e.tv family drama series Umlilo, playing the role of "Thulane".
In 2017, Mncube played the role "Senzo" in the Mzansi Magic prison drama Lockdown and continued in a recurring role for the second season of the serial in late 2017. Following that success, he joined the third season of the SABC2 sitcom Abo Mzala in 2018, playing the role of "Bonginkosi". In that year, he starred in his first television lead role in the SABC1 miniseries Side Dish, where he played "Apollo". In 2019, he featured in the Mzansi Magic period drama Ifalakhe as "Bhekile". Then in 2020, he joined the recurring cast of the e.tv medical drama series Durban Gen, playing "Sibusiso Dlamini".{{Cite web |last=Nkosi |first=Mapule |date=2020-10-05 |title=Ntando Mncube – "Durban Gen has brought out the best in me" |url=https://gautenglifestylemag.co.za/ntando-mncube-durban-gen-has-brought-out-the-best-in-me/ |access-date=2021-11-13 |website=gauteng lifestyle mag |language=en-ZA}}
Filmography
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Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
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2013 | Intersexions | Suave Guy | TV series | |
2014 | eKasi: Our Stories | Viro | TV series | |
2014 | Kowethu | Mr Mahlangu | TV series | |
2014 | Saints and Sinners | MUC 1 | TV series | |
2016 | Umlilo | Thulane | TV series | |
2017 | Lockdown | Senzo | TV series | |
2018 | Abo Mzala | Bonginkosi | TV series | |
2018 | Side Dish | Apollo | TV series | |
2019 | Ifalakhe | Bhekile | TV series | |
2020 | Durban Gen | Sibusiso Dlamini | TV series | |
2022 | The Wife | Bafo | Drama | |
2024 -
|Pastor Sakhile |Telenovela | |
References
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Category:South African male film actors