Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor and singer known for playing Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past, and Cheetor in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
13 Facts About Tongayi Chirisa
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Tongayi Chirisa studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Live Performance at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.
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Tongayi Chirisa played the part of "Detective Trevor Davies" in the popular Zimbabwean television series Studio 263.
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Tongayi Chirisa appeared in numerous feature films, the most well known being Tanyaradzwa in 2004, for which he won the Best Actor for Film and Television Award.
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Tongayi Chirisa has featured in music videos and is a singer.
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Tongayi Chirisa starred in a serial radio drama Mopani Junction that was taken off air at the height of political turmoil in Zimbabwe.
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Tongayi Chirisa has been nominated and won many NAMA Awards over the last five years.
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Tongayi Chirisa recently played the lead in the comedy feature film Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past.
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Tongayi Chirisa made a dramatic appearance in the mini-series Rough directed by British director, Andy Wilson, appeared in an international feature film Skin, directed by Anthony Fabian and co-starring Sam Neill, and played a lead in a local drama series Redemption for SABC 1.
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Tongayi Chirisa played Man Friday on the NBC international television series Crusoe, based on the classic story Robinson Crusoe.
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Tongayi Chirisa appeared in Sleepy Hollow based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
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Tongayi Chirisa played Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show.
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Tongayi Chirisa played the Maximal Cheetor in the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.