{{Short description|South African actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Vuyo Dabula | birth_place = Mahikeng, South Africa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|9|11|df=y}} | occupation = Actor, model | education = Witz Technikon | disappeared_status = Married | children = 1 | years_active = 2003–present | notable_works = ''Generations: The Legacy'' }}
'''Vuyo Dabula''' (born 11 September 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=14801|title=Vuyo Dabula Acting Career|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116032017/https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=14801|url-status=live}}</ref> is a South African model, actor and bodybuilder. He is best known for his role as Shandu Magwaza in the Netflix crime drama, ''Queen Sono''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://city-press.news24.com/Trending/queen-sono-the-spy-and-the-good-guy-20200302|title=Queen Sono: The spy and the good guy|last=Herimbi|first=Helen|work=News24|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116025909/https://www.news24.com/citypress/Trending/queen-sono-the-spy-and-the-good-guy-20200302|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life== He studied at P.H Moeketsi Agricultural High where he matriculated in 1995, followed by Wits Technikon, where he graduated after a year in 1996. He claimed what he studied in school was not something he was interested in making his career for the future; instead he started acting. For acting, he studied at AFDA Cape Town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afda.co.za/article/1216/AFDA-alumni-in-key-positions-on-over-150-Television-productions/|title=AFDA: Vuyo Dabula|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115182008/https://www.afda.co.za/article/1216/AFDA-alumni-in-key-positions-on-over-150-Television-productions/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == He is most famous for his role of ''Kumkani Phakade'' in the South African soap opera, ''Generations''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2017-07-28-vuyo-dabula-on-how-he-deals-with-being-mcm-all-the-time/|title=Vuyo Dabula reveals how he deals with all the attention|work=TimesLive|date=July 28, 2017|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116103435/https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2017-07-28-vuyo-dabula-on-how-he-deals-with-being-mcm-all-the-time/|url-status=live}}</ref> Vuyo also appeared in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) and he played the main role in the 2017 film ''Five Fingers for Marseilles''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2018/09/five-fingers-for-marseilles-vuyo-dabula-interview|title=Instead Of A White Savior, A Black Man Is The Hero In The African Western 'Five Fingers For Marseilles'|last=Golding|first=Shenequa|work=Vibe|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116032447/https://www.vibe.com/2018/09/five-fingers-for-marseilles-vuyo-dabula-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> Vuyo starred as Shandu, a spy turned rebel as well as a love interest to Pearl Thusi's character in Netflix's first African original series, ''Queen Sono''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okayafrica.com/production-for-queen-sono-netflix-first-african-original-series-is-underway/|title=Production for 'Queen Sono,' Netflix's First African Original Series, Is Underway|last=Isama|first=Antoinette|work=OkayAfrica|date=June 11, 2019|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009102058/https://www.okayafrica.com/production-for-queen-sono-netflix-first-african-original-series-is-underway/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2020, the series was renewed by Netflix for a second season.<ref name="S2Renewal">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/queen-sono-netflix-renews-first-african-original-1202919754/|title='Queen Sono': Netflix Renews Its First African Original Series|last=Kanter|first=Jake|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 28, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116025357/https://deadline.com/2020/04/queen-sono-netflix-renews-first-african-original-1202919754/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 26 November 2020, it was reported that Netflix has cancelled the series because of the production challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/tv/news/queen-sonos-second-season-cancelled-amid-current-trying-times-20201126-2|title=Queen Sono's second season cancelled amid 'current trying times'|last=Eloff|first=Herman|work=Channel24|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2005 | ''Soldiers Of The Rock'' | Vuyo | |- | 2009 | ''Invictus'' | Presidential Guard | |- | 2013 | ''Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'' | World Trade Centre Delegate | |- | 2015 | ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' | Johannesburg Cop | |- | 2017 | ''Five Fingers for Marseilles'' | Tau |- | 2022 | ''Collision'' | Bra Sol | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2011 | ''Wild at Heart'' | Kane |- | 2014 | ''Kowethu'' | Mothusi |- | 2014–present | ''Generations: The Legacy'' | Kumkani "Gaddafi" Phakade |- | 2020 | ''Queen Sono'' | Shandu Magwaza |- |2023 |Unseen |Maxwell Mwale |- |2023 |Uzalo |Bentley Majozi |- |2020-2023 |The Legacy |Siya Nkosi |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=14801 Vuyo Dabula on TVSA]
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