
N!xau
Born
December 16, 1944
Died
July 5, 2003 (58 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tsumkwe, Namibia
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

Journey to Nyae Nyae
Self (as G/qa'o /'Hana)
2004

The Gods Must Be Funny in China
N!xau
1994

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self
1994

Crazy Hong Kong
N!xau
1993

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
N!xau The Bushman
1991

The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Xixo
1989

The Gods Must Be Crazy
Xi
1980