Hoji Ya Henda Braga Fortuna (born 4 September 1974) is an Angolan actor. Born in

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

and named after war hero

Hoji-ya-Henda José Mendes de Carvalho (c. 1941 – April 14, 1968), known by his '' nom de guerre'' Hoji-ya-Henda, was a guerrilla fighter of the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA). Now remembered as a folk hero in Angola, he was killed ...

, Fortuna emigrated to Portugal at the age of 20. He worked as a model and DJ in parallel to his study of law at the

Catholic University of Portugal The Catholic University of Portugal (Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run univers ...

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, and eventually took up acting. In 2008, he followed his partner and now wife, travel writer Anja Mutic, to live in New York. Fortuna has appeared in many stage, TV and film productions since 2001, acquiring a certain celebrity in Portugal for appearing in at least ten television series there. He received an

Africa Movie Academy Award The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...

as best supporting actor for his breakthrough role as the criminal César in the 2010 Congolese movie ''

Viva Riva! ''Viva Riva!'' is a 2010 Congolese crime thriller film written and directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga. Starring Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Fabrice Kwizera, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Alex Herabo & Diplôme Amekindra, the film received 12 nomin ...

''. In 2013, he was cast to appear in a supporting role in the fourth season of the HBO fantasy drama series ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

''.

Appearances

;Television *'' O Bar da TV'', Portuguese reality TV show based on '' The Bar'', winner (2001) *''

Morangos com Açúcar ''Morangos com Açúcar'' (lit. ''Strawberries with Sugar''; distributed internationally as ''Sweet Strawberries'') is a Portuguese teen drama. It was broadcast daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI between 30 August 2003 to 15 September 2012. ...

'', Portuguese teen drama series (2004) * ''Game of Thrones'' (season 4), American fantasy series, unnamed role (2014) ;Film *''

'', Congolese thriller, César (2010)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortuna, Hoji Angolan male actors Portuguese male television actors 1974 births People from Luanda Living people Portuguese male film actors 21st-century Portuguese male actors Best Supporting Actor Africa Movie Academy Award winners Angolan emigrants to Portugal Portuguese expatriates in the United States Catholic University of Portugal alumni