---
name: "Desmond Dube"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/desmond-dube"
fi1m_id: "desmond-dube"
imdb_id: "nm0239221"
tmdb_id: 2602
wikidata_id: "Q5264704"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 November 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:52:17.243853+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Desmond Dube

## Identity

Desmond Dube

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/desmond-dube
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** desmond-dube
- **IMDb ID:** nm0239221
- **TMDB ID:** 2602
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5264704
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dube, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2602

Actor. Born 27 November 1969 in Lesotho.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 November 1969, Lesotho
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dube, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2602

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Desmond Dube is a South African actor, comedian, writer and producer. He was born on 25 January 1969.

He is known for his role as Dube in the film *Hotel Rwanda* (2004). Other credits include BK in the series *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* (2008), George in *Office Invasion* (2022) and Floyd in *180* (2026). He has also appeared in *Joburg Blues* (1997) and *Suburban Bliss* (1996), and is known for the comedy series *Dube on Mondays* and the Amaglug-glug television commercial.

Dube is married to Tlotliso Matsela.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Dube — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *180* (2026), as Floyd
- *Impilo The Scam* (2026), series, as Khulubuse
- *Love and Wine* (2025), as Bab'Tom
- *Marked* (2025), series, as Zachariah Kunene
- *Soccer Season: Playmaker* (2025), as Tata
- *Magenta Coal* (2023), series, Actor
- *Office Invasion* (2022), Actor
- *Jewel* (2022), Actor
- *Reyka* (2021), series, as Pastor Zik
- *How to Ruin Christmas* (2020), series, as Uncle Shadrack
- *"Master Harold" ...and the Boys* (2020), as Sam
- *The Adventures Of Supermama* (2018), as Cecil
- *Mandela's Gun* (2016), as Govan Mbeki
- *Schuks: Pay Back the Money* (2015), as Minister
- *Nothing for Mahala* (2013), as Cedric
- *Hopeville* (2009), series, Actor
- *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* (2009), series, as BK
- *Jacob's Cross* (2007), series, as Rau Rau
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as Dube — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *The Long Run* (2001), as Miso
- *Panic Mechanic* (1996), as SABC man
- *Inside* (1996), as Scabenga

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