Jones recently visited South Africa to participate in filming Madiba, a six-part US miniseries based on the life and times of Nelson Mandela, in which he stars as Oliver Tambo.
“It was one of the greatest experiences of my life,” says Jones.
The miniseries, which also stars Laurence Fishburne as Mandela, will air in 2017.
During his trip, Jones was also a guest judge, alongside “sushi King” Kenny Kunene, at the first Comedy Central
Roast Battle, show at Parker’s Comedy & Jive in May, which saw some of the best local comedians sparring in a hilarious show-down. Jones was so impressed with the standard of the local South African comedians he saw at the battle, that he invited local comedians Dillan Oliphant and Simmi Areff to join him on stage.
“Building on our heritage of bringing major international stars to South Africa, Blu Blood is proud to bring stand-up genius Orlando Jones to South Africa for his first appearance in the territory in four years, and for his first one-man show in SA. This is the blu blood way,” says Osman Osman, managing director of Blu Blood.
“We are delighted to partner with Blu Blood to showcase high quality international comedy and to profile a comedy legend of the stature of Orlando Jones to South Africa,” says Evert van der Veer, vice president of Comedy Central Africa.