- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.43
- Peak run
- 1978’10
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.43
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.43
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
47y
1978 to 2024
Total votes
757K
across every film
Best
6.8
The Lion King
Worst
5.7
Murder Mystery 2
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  Mufasa: The Lion King | Rafiki | 6.6 | 85,075 |
| 2023 |  Murder Mystery 2 | Colonel Ulenga | 5.7 | 86,460 |
| 2023 | Beyond the Light Barrier | Narrator | · | 618 |
| 2019 |  Murder Mystery | Colonel Ulenga | 6.1 | 194K |
| 2019 |  The Lion King | Rafiki | 6.8 | 296K |
| 2010 | White Lion | Old Gisani | 6.5 | 1,097 |
| 2009 | Endgame | Oliver Tambo | 6.2 | 2,943 |
| 2008 | Wild Ocean | Narrator | · | 298 |
| 2007 | The Bird Can't Fly | Stone | · | 284 |
| 1996 |  The Ghost and the Darkness | Samuel | 6.8 | 71,520 |
| 1992 | Sarafina! | School Principal | 6.4 | 2,476 |
| 1978 |  The Wild Geese | Sgt. Jesse Link | 6.8 | 15,986 |
Takes
On John Kani
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