1996Winner
Best Performance
When We Were Kings
Mobutu Sese Seko
Actor
Likasi, Belgian Congo
October 14, 1930
Biography
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 1965 to 1971.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1962Nominee
Best Performance
Eruption
2019Winner
Best Performance
Africa Rising
Career Highlights
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1971Highlight
Best Performance
Flame of Persia
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When We Were Kings
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest