---
name: "Sam Phillips"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-phillips-1080061"
fi1m_id: "sam-phillips-1080061"
imdb_id: "nm0680771"
tmdb_id: 1080061
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1948"
died: "16 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:59:34.380664+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."
---

# Sam Phillips

## Identity

Sam Phillips

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-phillips-1080061
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-phillips-1080061
- **IMDb ID:** nm0680771
- **TMDB ID:** 1080061
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1080061

Actor. Born 18 March 1948 in South Africa. Died 16 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1948, South Africa
- **Died:** 16 January 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1080061

## Biography

Sam Phillips was a South African actor and writer. He played the Wachootoo Chief in the 1995 film *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls*.

Born on 18 March 1948 in Cape Town, he studied drama at Langa High School. His career included roles in South African television series such as *Soul City*, *The Wild* and *Kings of Jo'burg*, as well as films including *Nukie* (1987) and *Red Dust* (2004). He also worked as a writer, director, producer and music composer. Phillips died on 16 January 2021 in Johannesburg.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, sowetan.co.za.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Fi1m 54, as Wachootoo Chief — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Forgotten Kingdom* (2013), as Shopkeeper
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), as Wachootoo Chief — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)

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