Bonko Khoza
Bonko Khoza is a South African actor from Johannesburg. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Mqhele Zulu in the record-breaking series The Wife, a performance that earned him a South African Film and Television Award for Best Actor. In 2024, Khoza won Best Actor at the National Film and Television Awards for his lead role in the crime drama Red Ink. He stars in the international thriller The Nowhere Man, which premiered at #1 on Starz in the United States. His screen credits include Heart of the Hunter, Marked, Professionals, The Woman King, The Mauritanian, Roots, Mabaso Family Reunion, The Brave Ones, and the independent feature Necktie Youth, which premiered at the Berlinale.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Bonko Khoza's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Larry in Collision (2022)
- Allyas Nkosi in The Brave Ones (2022)
- Heroas Norman in Headspace (2023)
- Mentoras Daddy Jo in Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes (2023)
- Heroas Zuko Khumalo in Heart of the Hunter (2024)
- Heroas Lukas in The Nowhere Man (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Bonko Khoza's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Bonko Khoza'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
16 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
The Nowhere Man(2025)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Marked(2025)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Mabaso Family Reunion: The Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Drop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Heart of the Hunter(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Red Ink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Headspace(2023)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes(2023)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
The Brave Ones(2022)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
The Woman King(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Collision(2022)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
First Last Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Office Invasion(2022)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Cabin Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Professionals(2020)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Necktie Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Career shape
Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles from 2015 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Headspace (2023)
Highest rated
Office Invasion (2022)
Most popular right now
Marked (2025)
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 2022Screen debut· Collision
- 2024First top-billed film· Heart of the Hunter
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 Bonko Khoza's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 20th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 43/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 24. 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 Bonko Khoza work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bonko Khoza's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akin Omotoso shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Akin OmotosoShared titles: Marked (2025), The Brave Ones (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Akin Omotoso
Writers
- Steven PillemerShared titles: Marked (2025), The Brave Ones (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Pillemer
Actors
- Desmond DubeShared titles: Marked (2025), Office Invasion (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Desmond Dube
- Langley KirkwoodShared titles: The Nowhere Man (2025), Collision (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Langley Kirkwood
- Dineo du ToitShared titles: Headspace (2023), Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Dineo du Toit
Composers and editors
- Joel AssaizkyShared titles: Marked (2025), The Brave Ones (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Joel Assaizky
- Nicholas CostarasShared titles: Marked (2025), The Brave Ones (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Costaras
- Vuyani SondloShared titles: Marked (2025), The Brave Ones (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Vuyani Sondlo
- Benjamin WillemShared titles: Headspace (2023), Office Invasion (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Benjamin Willem
