Winston Ntshona
Actor · Died August 2, 2018, aged 76 · Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Winston Ntshona (6 October 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a South African playwright and actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1975. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Ntshona, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 6, 1941
- August 2, 2018 (aged 76)
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Winston Ntshona's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 5
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heraldas Gordon in A Dry White Season (1989)
- Allyas Quett in Night of the Cyclone (1990)
- Mentoras Mugambe in Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Winston Ntshona's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Winston Ntshona's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Blood Diamond(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsMalunde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
I Dreamed of Africa(2000)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Tarzan and the Lost City(1998)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all filmsThe Storekeeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Air Up There(1994)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Power of One(1992)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Night of the Cyclone(1990)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
A Dry White Season(1989)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Stick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Gandhi(1982)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Marigolds in August (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Dogs of War(1980)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Ashanti(1979)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Wild Geese(1978)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1974 to 2006; peak year 1979.
Film career
Peak 1979 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1978Screen debut· The Wild Geese
- 2006Career best· Blood Diamond
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Winston Ntshona's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 11; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Winston Ntshona work with?
People who share at least 2 of Winston Ntshona's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Janet Suzman shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Janet SuzmanShared titles: Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012), A Dry White Season (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Janet Suzman
- Ian RobertsShared titles: Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), The Power of One (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Roberts
Producers
- Greg CooteShared titles: Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), The Power of One (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Greg Coote