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Full Name:Djimon Hounsou
Birth Name:Djimon Gaston Hounsou
Famous As: Actor
Date of Birth: April 24, 1964
Place of Birth: Cotonou, Benin, West Africa
Height: 6' 4
Nationality: African
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Relationships: Victoria Mahoney (actress)
Mother: Albertine Hounsou (d. 1989)
Brother(s): Edmond Hounsou (older)
Claim to Fame: As Horus in Stargate (1994)

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Djimon Hounsou
Born Djimon Gaston Hounsou
April 24, 1964 (1964-04-24) (age 45)
Cotonou, Benin
Other name(s) Djimon Housoun
Occupation Actor/Model
Years active 1990–present
Spouse(s) Kimora Lee Simmons
(2009-present) 1 child1

Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards.2

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Early life

Djimon Hounsou (pronounced [dʒimɔ̃ hũsu]need tone) was born in Cotonou, Benin, the son of Albertine and Pierre Hounsou, a cook.3 He emigrated to Paris at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond, and moved to the U.S. in 1990.34 One year before obtaining his college degree he dropped out of school.

Career

Hounsou's film debut was in the 1990 Sandra Bernhard film Without You I’m Nothing, and he has had television parts on Beverly Hills, 90210 and ER and a guest starring role on Alias, but received a larger role in the science fiction film Stargate. His first on-screen appearance was in the 1989 Janet Jackson video “Love Will Never Do (Without You)†from Rhythm Nation 1814, which co-starred Antonio Sabato, Jr. He also starred in a 2002 Gap commercial directed by Peter Lindbergh, dancing to a rendition of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" by Arrested Development's Baba Oje.

He received wide critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role as Cinqué in the 1997 Steven Spielberg film Amistad. He gained further notice as Juba, in the 2000 film Gladiator. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for In America, in 2004, becoming the first African to be nominated for an Oscar. That same year, Charlize Theron, a White South African actress, was nominated for her work in Monster, and was the first time that one African man and one African woman were nominated for an Oscar in the same year. In 2006, he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Blood Diamond; he received Broadcast Film Critics Association, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Academy Award nominations for this performance.

Also on the 4th of March 2008 Djimon starred as Jean Roqau in the movie Never Back Down. On February 24, 2007, it was announced that Hounsou will be the new Calvin Klein underwear model. Starting with the Fall 2007 season, he was featured in the brand’s global print advertising campaign including the launch of their new Calvin Klein Steel product line.

Hounsou also acted in a supporting role in the 2009 science fiction film Push, as Agent Henry Carver.

Director Tim Story recently mentioned to IGN that if he was to do a third Fantastic Four movie, he would like to have Hounsou as the Black Panther. In November 2008, it was announced that Hounsou will be providing the voice of the Black Panther in the upcoming animated series of the same name.5 Also, David Jaffe expressed interest in seeing Hounsou portray the hero and main character, Kratos, in an upcoming movie based on the hit video game God of War.

Personal life

Since 2007, Hounsou has been dating model and CEO of the fashion label Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons.6 On 30 May 2009, Simmons gave birth to their son, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, reportedly named in honour of Japanese fashion designer, Kenzo Takada. Honsou is now a naturalized U.S. citizen7 and resides in Los Angeles. Hounsou and Simmons were married in 2009 before Kenzo's birth.

Mr. Hounsou spoke at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. 8

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