ACTOR · FROM SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
Presley Chweneyagae
1984–202513 credits since 2005
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ABOUT PRESLEY
Presley Chweneyagae (October 19, 1984 — May 27, 2025) was a South African actor best known for his breakthrough lead role in Tsotsi (2005).
Chweneyagae went into acting at an early age, taking acting classes from the age of 10. His first major role proved to be a history-making one, securing the part of David, aka Tsotsi, in Gavin Hood’s searing 2005 crime drama Tsotsi. In the film, set in a Johannesburg township, Chweneyagae plays a small-time hoodlum who steals a car, only to discover a baby in the back seat that causes him to change his ways.
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Born19 October 1984
Died27 May 2025
BirthplaceSoweto, South Africa
Known forActing
On Cineora5 of 12 titles
Known for
The titles people know Presley from.
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 5
- Average IMDb
- 6.1
- Highest rated
- TsotsiIMDb 7.2
- Working since
- 2005
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
1 title · IMDb 4.4 on average
Movieas Shoes
The 2010s
8 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average
as Thuso "Cobra" Mokoena · 3 episodes
as China Boy
Movieas Shoes
Movieas Militant Prisoner
as Joseph Phiri
The Gentleman
Not on Cineoraas Sipho
Movieas Egg
as Boy-Boy
The 2000s
3 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Don P
as Mark Shimmers
Movieas Tsotsi
