Fana Mokoena

Fana Mokoena

Born: May 13, 1971
in Kroonstad, South Africa
Fana Mokoena is a South African actor best known locally for his lead roles in the television series Yizo Yizo, Generations and The Lab.

His biggest film role to date is the supporting role of General Bizimingu in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda.

He has a starring role in the 10th season of the SABC1 drama series Soul City, in 2010.

Movies for Fana Mokoena...

The Call
Title: The Call
Character: Sibongiseni
Released: January 31, 2015
Type: Movie
A pregnant prostitute, A taxi driver and an iPhone come together on an ordinary Johannesburg afternoon to decide the value of a life. Can two people who do not know how to love, create a home?
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Cold Harbour
Title: Cold Harbour
Character: Specialist
Released: July 25, 2014
Type: Movie
While investigating a smugglers' turf war in Cape Town, township cop Sizwe discovers police corruption. He must set loyalty aside to act with integrity, alone.
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Title: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Character: Govan Mbeki
Released: November 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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World War Z
Title: World War Z
Character: Thierry Umutoni
Released: June 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
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Inside Story
Title: Inside Story
Character: Goodwill
Released: December 1, 2011
Type: Movie
On a dusty soccer pitch in Malindi, Kenya young Kalu is an aggressive striker of the “Malindi Sharks,” who dreams of playing professional soccer. He’s a selfish player and a clear stand out on his team and knows he’s destined for glory. Then one day his life dramatically changes. Kalu gets an offer to play soccer on a second tier team in South Africa on the same day his father is killed in an accident and he unknowingly is exposed to the HIV virus. He makes the decision to go play soccer and send part of his salary back to home to his mother and sister.
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Man On Ground
Title: Man On Ground
Released: September 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Ade and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.
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State of Violence
Title: State of Violence
Character: Bobedi
Released: September 11, 2010
Type: Movie
When the wife of a successful black businessman with roots in the struggle against apartheid is murdered by a young stranger who knows his name, he has to go back into his own past to find the answers that will lead him to the killer. But when he finds him and the reasons for the murder, will vengeance still be possible?
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Title: Hopeville
Released: November 25, 2009
Type: TV
In a dusty small South African town, a man in search of forgiveness tries to rebuild a relationship with the son he abandoned when he was a child, while renovating a run-down outdoor swimming pool. A feel-good series with biting humor that reflects both the ills of South African society and its resilience.
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Hotel Rwanda
Title: Hotel Rwanda
Character: General Bizimungu
Released: December 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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Jump the Gun
Title: Jump the Gun
Character: Man in shacks
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.
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In a Time of Violence: The Line
Title: In a Time of Violence: The Line
Character: Tebogo
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.