Mojak Lehoko

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Mojak Lehoko
Born
Mojakisane Lehoko

Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality South African
OccupationActor, comedian, writer
Years active2009–present
Website https://www.mojaklehoko.com

Mojakisane 'Mojak' Lehoko, is a South African actor, Stand-up comedian and scriptwriter. [1] [2]

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Personal life

He was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. [3]

Career

He started stand-up comedy acting at Cool Runnings in Melville [3] in 2009, and his shows have featured at the Ghramstown Arts Festival. [4] Also known as 'The Underground', Cool Runnings is the longest running comedy club in South Africa. Due to his success as a stand-up comedian, he was able to performed in numerous comedy clubs all over South Africa such as 'Parker’s Comedy & Jive' (Johannesburg), 'Tings & Times' (Pretoria), 'Zula' (Cape Town) and 'Jou Ma Se Comedy Club' (Cape Town). [5]

Then he was nominated for a Comic’s choice award for the television show Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola. [1] He also wrote the script of the show. He was nominated for an International Emmy for the show as well. [6] He was also nominated in the Newcomer category in the inaugural Comics Choice awards. [5]

He produced the popular television serials: The Real Jozi A-Listers, Ekasi stories and the sitcom Abomzala telecast on SABC. [7] As a stand-up comedian, he staged one man show How Did I Get Here which became highly popular in South Africa. [6] He then made the television series The Bantu Hour, which later nominated at the South African Film and Television Award (SAFTAs). [8] In 2017, he became a multiple Comics Choice Awards nominee and winner of the Comics Pen Award for best writer. [3] In the television, he worked as the host of popular programs Newsish and Woza Kleva. Then he appeared in the comedy show As a People aired in Comedy Central. Meanwhile, he made his maiden film appearance in the film Wonderboy For President directed by John Barker. [1]

In August 2020, he appeared in the comedy film Seriously Single with a minor role. [9] It was released on July 31, 2020 on Netflix. [10]

Television credits

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