Washington DC, July 27 -- Actor, writer, director and producer Thabo Rametsi has been unveiled in his role as activist and music legend Hugh Masekela in Bill Condon's 'The Road Home' as the filming continues in South Africa.

The makers released the first look of the actor in the film, showing Rametsi as Masekela, who lived in exile in the UK and the U.S. for 30 years after fleeing his native South Africa in the wake of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, playing his trumpet, reported Deadline.

A first-look image was released by the film's backers and producers Canal+, Studiocanal and Flora Film as well as South African co-producer Blue Ice.

While sharing the post, the makers wrote, "Thabo Rametsi is Hugh Masekela. Bill Condon's THE ROAD HOM...