---
name: "Fana Mokoena"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fana-mokoena"
fi1m_id: "fana-mokoena"
imdb_id: "nm0596350"
tmdb_id: 2607
wikidata_id: "Q3267105"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T19:50:51.943460+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fana Mokoena

## Identity

Fana Mokoena

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fana-mokoena
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fana-mokoena
- **IMDb ID:** nm0596350
- **TMDB ID:** 2607
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3267105
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fana_Mokoena, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3267105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2607

Actor. Born 13 May 1971 in Kroonstad, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 May 1971, Kroonstad, South Africa
- **Active:** 2004–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 56 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, History 2, Action 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $598m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fana_Mokoena, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3267105, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2607

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*World War Z*](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md) (55)

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## Biography

Fana Mokoena is a South African actor born on 13 May 1971 in Kroonstad. He studied Theatre and Performance at the University of Cape Town and began his career in 1993 as a member of the Playhouse Theatre company. His television debut came in the 1994 film The Line.

Mokoena is known for his role as Thula in the series Yizo Yizo (1999), Dr Mandla Sithole in Generations (1999), and Jaws Bengu in The Lab (2006–2009). His film credits include General Bizimungu in Hotel Rwanda (2004), roles in Safe House (2012) and World War Z (2013), and Govan Mbeki in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Govan Mbeki — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, as Thierry Umutoni — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as General Bizimungu — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *180* (2026), as Eezy
- *iNumber Number: Jozi Gold* (2023), as Father Kajama
- *The Call* (2015), as Sibongiseni
- *Cold Harbour* (2014), as Specialist
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), as Govan Mbeki — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), as Thierry Umutoni — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Safe House* (2012), as Officer-in-Charge
- *Inside Story* (2011), as Goodwill
- *Man on Ground* (2011), as Timothi
- *State of Violence* (2010), as Bobedi
- *Hopeville* (2009), series, Actor
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as General Bizimungu — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Jump the Gun* (1997), as Man in shacks
- *Dangerous Ground* (1997), as Youth
- *In a Time of Violence: The Line* (1994), as Tebogo
- *180*, Actor

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