Sal Masekela is an American television host. He is the son of South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela. His younger half-brother is Survivor: Cook Islands contestant Nathan Gonzalez. He is of South African and Haitian descent and was raised in Staten Island, New York and Carlsbad, California (near San Diego), where he attended Carlsbad High School. Sal started in the business answering the phone for Trans World Magazine. He has hosted shows such as Ballbreakers, with co-hosts Ewa Mataya Laurance and Adrianne Curry, as well as The Daily 10 on the E! network. He has appeared on several shows on the Game Show Network, including Lingo, and has appeared on all three Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tours, which ran from 2000-2002, where he and Bam Margera were constantly dueling with messy pranks. He also was on the February 22nd, 2007 episode of SpikeTV's Pro's vs Joe's, in which he won in Overtime against Derrin Horton. He is the host of ESPN's X Games. Co-founder of Berkela Films with Jason Bergh.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 28, 1971 (55)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Selema Masekela's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 7 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
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 Selema Masekela's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Selema Masekela'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
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Lady in the Lake(2024)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
Water Brother(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Liza on Demand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Uncle Drew(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Eternal Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
I Am Thalente(2015)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bo, Barkley and the Big Hurt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Alekesam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Revival 41 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
X Games 3D: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Street Dreams(2009)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Surf's Up(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Bra Boys(2007)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsThe Daily 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Ballbreakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Ultimate X: The Movie(2002)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 64th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 2002 to 2024; peak year 2007.
Film career
Peak 2007 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2007Screen debut· Surf's Up
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.
How do Selema Masekela's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of the 8 of 9 with a score; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 22. 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 Selema Masekela work with?
People who share at least 2 of Selema Masekela's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason B. Bergh shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Tony HawkShared titles: Water Brother (2024), Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Hawk
- Kelly SlaterShared titles: Bra Boys (2007), Surf's Up (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Kelly Slater
Producers
- Jason B. BerghShared titles: I Am Thalente (2015), Street Dreams (2009), Bra Boys (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Jason B. Bergh
