Presley Chweneyagae is a South African actor

Actor

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, best known for starring in the film Tsotsi

Tsotsi

Tsotsi is a 2005 film written and directed by Gavin Hood. The film is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard. The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African...

, which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards

78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2005 and were held on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, with Tom Kane making his first appearance as the show's announcer...

. His mother, Agnes Keagile named him after her favourite singer, Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

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, Although he had acted before in plays, Tsotsi was his first feature film.

He has recently been focusing on stage plays and more films. His latest films include More Than Just a Game, Violence

Violence

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 and Africa United

Africa United (2010 film)

Africa United is a 2010 film directed by first-time UK film director Deborah 'Debs' Gardner-Paterson and starring Emmanuel Jal, Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva, Sanyu Joanita Kintu, Sherrie Silver and Yves Dusenge.-Synopsis:...

. He is currently doing a play about Solomon Mahlangu, a former MK cadre who was hanged at the age of 21.
Chweneyagae was later rumored to be paying a small role in the 2009 film District 9

District 9

District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James...

, which was filmed on location in Soweto

Soweto

Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...

, as was Tsotsi. However this rumor was not fact and was formed from a scene in a District 9 trailer where an actor who resembles Tsotsi is in a van asking for a Bulletproof vest

Bulletproof vest

A ballistic vest, bulletproof vest or bullet-resistant vest is an item of personal armor that helps absorb the impact from firearm-fired projectiles and shrapnel from explosions, and is worn on the torso...

. This role was actually played by Mandla Gaduka.

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