Portrait of Desmond Dube

Acting

Desmond Dube

Career

Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2025 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Desmond Dube Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.5, average 3.8
  • Wonder
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • South African Culture 2
  • Redemption Arc 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 57
180
180 (2026)
GoodWatch score 47

as Floyd

Impilo The Scam
Impilo The Scam (2026)

TV show ยท as Khulubuse

Marked
Marked (2025)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Zachariah Kunene

Love and Wine
Love and Wine (2025)
GoodWatch score 46

as Bab'Tom

Soccer Season: Playmaker
Soccer Season: Playmaker (2025)

as Tata

Magenta Coal
Magenta Coal (2023)

TV show

Reyka
Reyka (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Pastor Zik

How to Ruin Christmas
How to Ruin Christmas (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Uncle Shadrack

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys
"Master Harold" ...and the Boys (2020)

as Sam

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 62
The Adventures Of Supermama
The Adventures Of Supermama (2018)

as Cecil

Mandela's Gun
Mandela's Gun (2016)

as Govan Mbeki

Schuks: Pay Back the Money
Schuks: Pay Back the Money (2015)

as Minister

Nothing for Mahala
Nothing for Mahala (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

as Cedric

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 65
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as BK

Hopeville
Hopeville (2009)

TV show

Jacob's Cross
Jacob's Cross (2007)

TV show ยท as Rau Rau

Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

as Dube

The Long Run
The Long Run (2001)
GoodWatch score 44

as Miso

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 57
Inside
Inside (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

as Scabenga

Panic Mechanic
Panic Mechanic (1996)
GoodWatch score 60

as SABC man