| Taught at the American Conservatory Theater |
1987 | Received acclaim for role in "Cry Freedom" |
1985 | Reprised stage role in Showtime adaptation of "'Master Harold' .,, and the boys" |
| Starred on Broadway in "'Master Harold...and the boys'" (1982) and "Fingernails Blue As Flowers"; directed plays "Angel Feathers on the Roof," and "I'm a Come Home Child" |
1978 | First TV-movie role in "One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story" |
1969 | Moved to America; off-Broadway stage debut, "Boesman and Lena" (at the Circle Repertory Theater) |
1967 | Film acting debut, "The Comedians" |
| Performed on London stage in such plays as "Boesman and Lena," "Othello," "Brother Jero," and "The Tempest" |
1965 | Feature film debut (bit part), "Darling" |
1961 | Moved to London with production, "The Blood Knot" |
| Exiled from South Africa for radical theater |
| With playwright Athol Fugard formed small drama group The Rehearsal Room in the 1950s |