Kwaku Fortune | |
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![]() Fortune at the 2019 Dublin International Film Festival | |
Born | Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Alma mater | The Lir Academy |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Kwaku Fortune is an Irish actor.
Fortune is from Roundwood, County Wicklow. He is of Ghanaian descent on his mother's side. [1] [2] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2017. [3]
Fortune's early work includes roles in various short films and the main role of Tobi in 2011 RTÉ miniseries The Importance of Being Whatever. [4]
Post-graduation from The Lir, Fortune landed the role of Finn in the 2017 film Kissing Candice . [5] He then made his stage debut with Playboyz, a modern interpretation and version of J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World , which featured in the 2017 Dublin Theatre Festival. [1] [6]
In 2018 Fortune took part in On Raftery's Hill and a stage adaptation of the novel Asking for It by Louise O'Neill. [7] [8]
Fortune was on the Diversity on Screen panel at the 2019 Dublin International Film Festival. [4] He played the role of Julian in the Sophie Hyde directed 2019 film Animals . [9] That same year, Fortune narrated the perspective of Leon in an audiobook of The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher for Macmillan Audio. [10] Theatre-wise, Fortune reprised his role in Asking for It as well as starring in Peat and They Float Up. [11] [12] [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Kissing Candice | Finn | |
2019 | Animals | Julian | |
A Girl from Mogadishu | Receptionist | ||
2022 | Luck | Gael (voice) | |
2024 | Cult Killer | Glenn | |
TWIG | Eddie | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | The Importance of Being Whatever | Tobi | Main role |
2020 | Normal People | Philip | Recurring role |
2021 | Line of Duty | DS Marks | Episode #6.1 |
2021–2023 | Hidden Assets | Josh Ola | Recurring role |
2022 | Redemption | Michael Dunne | Episode #1.5 |
2024 | The Dry | Dec | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Playboyz | Patrick | Dublin Theatre Festival, The New Theatre |
2018 | On Raftery's Hill | Dara Mood | Abbey Theatre |
2018, 2019 | Asking for It | Eli | The Everyman, Gaiety Theatre, Abbey Theatre |
2019 | Peat | Ray | The Ark, Dublin |
They Float Up | Darnell | Bewley's, Dublin | |
2021 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Ray | Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith |
2025 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Michael | Crucible, Sheffield Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Flatshare | Leon | Macmillan Audio |