---
name: "Thapelo Mokoena"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thapelo-mokoena"
fi1m_id: "thapelo-mokoena"
imdb_id: "nm2293920"
tmdb_id: 229640
wikidata_id: "Q7710689"
roles: []
born: "21 October 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:33:39.728201+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."
---

# Thapelo Mokoena

## Identity

Thapelo Mokoena

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thapelo-mokoena
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thapelo-mokoena
- **IMDb ID:** nm2293920
- **TMDB ID:** 229640
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7710689
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thapelo_Mokoena, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7710689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2293920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229640

Actor. Born 21 October 1982 in South Africa.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 October 1982, South Africa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thapelo_Mokoena, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7710689, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2293920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229640

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Thapelo Mokoena is a South African actor, producer and television presenter. He was born on 21 October 1982 in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal.

He played Elias Motsoaledi in the 2013 film *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*. His other credits include the role of Quinn Makebe in the series *Trackers* (2019), Anthony Gabisa in *Blood & Water* (2020), Leonard Mahlati in *Fatal Seduction* (2023), and William in *Bulletproof* (2021). He has also appeared in *Nothing for Mahala* (2013) and earlier series such as *Wild at Heart*.

Mokoena presented the first season of the South African version of *Fear Factor* in 2005. He is the owner of the production company Easy Sundays Productions.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Elias Motsoaledi — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Pimville* (2026), series, as Kenneth Tumagole
- *Bad Influencer* (2025), series, as Themba
- *Skeleton Coast* (2024), as Lerato
- *A Royal Christmas Surprise* (2023), as Mandla Amitu
- *Fatal Seduction* (2023), series, as Leonard Mahlati
- *Pulse* (2022), series, as Errol · Actor's Assistant
- *A Royal Surprise* (2022), as Mandla Amitu
- *Angeliena* (2021), as Dr. Alasa
- *Kings of Jo'Burg* (2020), series, as Victor Gaxa
- *Blood & Water* (2020), series, as Anthony Gabisa
- *Trackers* (2019), series, as Quinn Makebe
- *Dominee Tienie* (2018), Actor
- *Mrs Right Guy* (2016), as Dumile
- *Between Friends: Ithala* (2014), as Nkanyiso
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), as Elias Motsoaledi — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *Nothing for Mahala* (2013), as Axe Gumede
- *High Rollers* (2013), series, as Jakes Xaba
- *Mad Buddies* (2012), as (Voice)
- *Riding with Sugar* (2006), as Terrence
- *Boyz Trip*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Thapelo Mokoena](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-edc50af72db1.jpg) Thapelo Mokoena — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Thapelo_Mokoena..jpg/1280px-Thapelo_Mokoena..jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thapelo Mokoena's portrait (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-d6efb43633a3.jpg) Thapelo Mokoena's portrait (2024) — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/UDP_1813-Edit.ThapeloM.jpg/1280px-UDP_1813-Edit.ThapeloM.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thapelo Mokoena, Actor (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-3354a77e308e.jpg) Thapelo Mokoena, Actor (2024) — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UDP_1864-Edit.jpg/1280px-UDP_1864-Edit.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thapelo Mokoena, Actor. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-e38b117d4eb3.jpg) Thapelo Mokoena, Actor. (2021) — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Thapelo_Mokoena%2C_Actor.jpg/1280px-Thapelo_Mokoena%2C_Actor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thapelo Mokoena (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-a8d03c5f2204.jpg) Thapelo Mokoena (2024) — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/UDP_1953-Edit.jpg/1280px-UDP_1953-Edit.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Thapelo Mokoena, Actor (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4164493/gallery-65078c4697dc.jpg) Portrait of Thapelo Mokoena, Actor (2021) — Ken Khutso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Thapelo_Mokoena.jpg/1280px-Thapelo_Mokoena.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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