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Hector Sebata’s real name is Rapulana Seiphemo born on the 4th of November 1967 and is currently 56 years old. He is a South African actor, film producer, screenwriter, Television Director and lecturer born in Meadowlands, Gauteng, South Africa. He is primarily known for his role as Tau Mogale in the soap opera Generations as well as Generations: The Legacy.
He did his high school at Anchor Comprehensive School in Orlando West in Gauteng. Rapulana enrolled at Texas A&M University in College Station in Brazos County, Texas. USA and pursued Bachelor of Arts in 1991. In 1994 he graduated in Bachelor of Arts in Acting, English, Psychology, Sociology and Theater production.
He has three brothers and a sister. Seiphemo is married to Olga Rubeiro and wedded in 2003 in Swaziland and they have three children a daughter and two sons.
Rapulana Seiphemo is well known for his leading roles in four soapies as Godlieb Mofokeng in Isidingo, as Tau Mogale in Generations, as Pheko Mokoena in Muvhango and Hector Sebata in The Queen.
His career began back in 1989 when he played a character in How to Steal 2 Million, Tsotsi and sports drama Themba. He featured in several South African productions including The Merchant of Venice in 1992, Saturday Night at the Palace in 1993, The blacks, just to mention but a few. He won a Duku Duku award for his best performance as Tau Mogale in Generations.
From 2003 upto 2015 he started a production company together with his business partner Kenneth Nkosi called Stepping Stone. The produced quite a number of TV films and drama series such as SABC1 drama series Mzansi, Paradise Stop, Task Force and Laugh Out Loud amongst others. He is also one of the school owners of Fumba Academy for Acting.
He has also directed several stage productions including Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys (at the Market Theatre in 1998) amongst other plays. He was also a judge on the SABC1 reality competition television series Class Act, since 2010, He also hosted the SABC1 reality game show Ambush, in 2010.
Rapulana Seiphemo’s instagram handle is @rapulanas. His net worth is R50 million.
