
N!xau
Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor".
On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.067 |
Birthday | 1944-12-16 |
Place of Birth | Tsumkwe, Namibia |
Also Known As | Gcao Coma, N-Xau, G/qa'o /'Hana, Gaco C'oma, G!kau, Gcau, Nixau, Nǃxau ǂToma, ن!شاو, |

1989

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
7.1/494
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue th...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy II

1980

The Gods Must Be Crazy
7.3/1179
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy

1993

Crazy Hong Kong
4.5/23
In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the fish-out-of-water aspects of the first two films.
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Crazy Hong Kong

1991

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
5.2/52
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ances...
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The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari

1994

The Gods Must Be Funny in China
5.4/15
Hijinks ensue when N!xau the Bushman travels to Beijing, where he's recruited to accompany a track team on a week-long survival race through the Chine...
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The Gods Must Be Funny in China

1994

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
0/0
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

2004

Journey to Nyae Nyae
6/1
N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before his death in 2003; the way he and his fellow San (Bus...
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