Djimon Hounsou

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film actor human model television actor voice actor

Djimon Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor and former model known for powerful supporting roles in films such as "Amistad," "Gladiator," and "Blood Diamond."

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Djimon Gaston Hounsou 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
model ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Blood Diamond

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for In America ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ
birthName Djimon Hounsou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Djimon Gaston Hounsou
countryOfCitizenship Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1964-04-24 ⓘ
discoveredBy Thierry Mugler ⓘ
ethnicGroup Beninese ⓘ
hasChild Kenzo Lee Hounsou ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
name Djimon Hounsou self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Quiet Place Part II ⓘ
Amistad ⓘ
Blood Diamond ⓘ
Captain Marvel ⓘ
Constantine ⓘ
Furious 7 ⓘ
Gladiator ⓘ
Gladiator ⓘ
surface form: Gladiator II

Guardians of the Galaxy ⓘ
How to Train Your Dragon (film series) ⓘ
surface form: How to Train Your Dragon 2

In America ⓘ
Never Back Down ⓘ
Shazam! ⓘ
The Island ⓘ
The King’s Man ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
model ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
partner Kimora Lee Simmons (former partner) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cotonou ⓘ
surface form: Cotonou, Benin
portrayed Ajihad in Eragon ⓘ
Chief Mbonga in The Legend of Tarzan ⓘ
Cinqué in Amistad ⓘ
Drago Bludvist in How to Train Your Dragon 2 ⓘ
Juba in Gladiator ⓘ
Korath the Pursuer in Guardians of the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Korath the Pursuer in Captain Marvel

Korath the Pursuer in Guardians of the Galaxy ⓘ
Solomon Vandy ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Vandy in Blood Diamond

The Wizard Shazam in Shazam! ⓘ
The Wizard Shazam in Shazam! Fury of the Gods ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
workedAs fashion model in Paris ⓘ
yearsActive 1980s–present ⓘ

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Djimon Hounsou → birthName → Djimon Hounsou self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Djimon Gaston Hounsou
Blood Diamond → leadActor → Djimon Hounsou ⓘ
Djimon Hounsou → name → Djimon Hounsou self-link ⓘ
Gladiator → portrayedBy → Djimon Hounsou ⓘ
Blood Diamond → starring → Djimon Hounsou ⓘ
Serenity (2019 film) → starring → Djimon Hounsou ⓘ
The King’s Man → stars → Djimon Hounsou ⓘ