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Djimon Hounsou is a male actor from Benin. His professional career began in 1986. He was born on April 24, 1964.
The actor has been associated with the tag "benin" on Last.fm, where he has 805 listeners and a playcount of 2888. Crossref lists five works under his name, while Open Library records him as an author with zero works.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Benin
- Place of birth
- Cotonou
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Djimon Hounsou push premiere (cropped).jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Djimon Hounsou
- date of birth
- 1964-04-24
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- unmarried partner
- Kimora Lee Simmons
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- name in native language
- Djimon Hounsou
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Encyclopedic overview
Djimon Gaston Hounsou (/ˈdʒaɪmən ˈuːnsuː/ JY-mən OON-soo; French: [dʒimɔ̃ unsu]; born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-American actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990). He then earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. For his performances in In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006), Hounsou was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he portrays Korath the Pursuer in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Captain Marvel (2019) and What If...? (2021). In the DC Extended Universe, he appears as the Fisherman King in Aquaman (2018) and as the wizard Shazam in Shazam! (2019), Black Adam (2022) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). His other notable films include Stargate (1994), Gladiator (2000), Constantine, The Island (both 2005), Special Forces (2011), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Furious 7 (2015), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), A Quiet Place Part II (2021), Gran Turismo, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (both 2023), Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver and A Quiet Place: Day One (both 2024).
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