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Desmond Tutu

Desmond TutuAKA Desmond Mpilo Tutu

Born: 7-Oct-1931
Birthplace: Klerksdrop, South Africa

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Religion, Activist

Nationality: South Africa
Executive summary: Archbishop of Cape Town

Father: Zachariah Tutu
Mother: Aletta
Wife: Leah Nomalizo Tutu (m. 1955, one son, three daughters)
Son: Trevor Thamsanqa
Daughter: Theresa Thandeka
Daughter: Naomi Nontombi
Daughter: Mpho Andrea

    High School: Johannesburg Bantu High School
    University: Pretoria Bantu Normal College
    Teacher: Johannesburg Bantu High School
    Teacher: Munsieville High School, Krugersdorp
    Theological: St. Peters Theological College, Rosettenville, Johannesburg
    Theological: University of Fort Hare
    Theological: BA Theology, King's College, London, England
    Theological: MA Theology, King's College, London, England

    Academy of Achievement 2003
    Hague Appeal for Peace Honorary Committee
    Heart of America Foundation Executive Advisory Board
    Institute of Noetic Sciences International Advisory Board
    Ordained 1960
    Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa (1986-96)
    Endorsement of Qualcomm Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Las Vegas, NV (7-Jan-2013)
    Nobel Peace Prize 16-Oct-1984
    Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism 1986
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 12-Aug-2009
    Traveled to the USSR Jun-1988
    Visited Disneyland 19-May-1990
    Prostate Surgery Jan-1997
    Funeral: Nelson Mandela (2013)
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Polio

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Jock the Hero Dog (29-Jul-2011) [VOICE]
    Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song (Jan-2011) · Himself
    I Am (Oct-2010) · Himself
    When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (5-Feb-2010) · Himself
    For the Bible Tells Me So (21-Jan-2007) · Himself

Author of books:
The Divine Intention (1982)
Crying in the Wilderness: The Struggle for Justice in South Africa (1982)
Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches (1984)


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