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Djimon Hounsou: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Djimon Gaston Hounsou
  • Birth Place: Cotenou, Benin
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/24/1964, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor
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A commanding supporting player who excels at portraying strong but wounded souls, Benin-born Hounsou endured a real rags-to-riches story off screen. Although his family sent him to France at age 13 to pursue a ... read more

Djimon Hounsou: TV Guide News

  • Scarlett Johansson's Triple-play, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 8/17/2007
    Per the Reporter, Scarlett Johansson has joined the ensemble cast of He's Just Not That Into You (playing a pilates instructor who has an affair with a married man), will play a femme fatale in Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit, and will don a crown as Mary Queen of Scots.... Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Dakota Fanning and Camilla Belle are on board for the supernatural thriller Push.... Jamie Foxx is biopic'ing again, playing homeless musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers in The Soloist. read more
  • Movie News: Matrix Star Meets Up with Alchemist | Today's News: Our Take | 6/27/2007
    Laurence Fishburne is adapting the best-selling novel The Alchemist into a feature film fancied as "Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones." Fishburne will also direct.... Rapper 50 Cent is in final talks to join Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the crime thriller Righteous Kill, playing a drug dealer who helps track a serial killer.... Djimon Hounsou is a mixed-martial-arts coach in Get Some, an indie drama also starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard (Hidden Palms) and Cam Gigandet (The O.C.).... Alfred Hitchcock's first film, The Lodger, is being remade as a modern-day urban thriller set in Los Angeles.... Oliver Platt will play television exec Bob Zelnick in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon film. read more
  • Road to Oscar: Florida Favors Departed, Queen, King | Today's News: Our Take | 12/27/2006
    There is yet even more kudos for The Departed and Martin Scorsese, which earned best-picture and -director honors from the Florida Film Critics Circle on Tuesday. Sweeping the lead-actor categories, again, were Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) copped supporting wins. Winning the documentary, foreign-language and animated categories were An Inconvenient Truth, Pan's Labyrinth and Monster House, respectively. read more
  • Djimon Hounsou: Not a Household Name? | Today's News: Our Take | 8/10/2005
    The Island, the big-budget action flick directed by Michael Bay, had blockbuster written all over it, but finicky moviegoers decide to skip the flick in favor of a certain candy man and some wedding crashers. To date, the film has grossed only $30 million, but we doubt that will keep one of its supporting stars, Djimon Hounsou, down for long. The 41-year-old actor, who was nominated for an Oscar for 2002's In America, tells TVGuide.com that he's already got his next role in his sights. TVGuide.com: Since you usually tend to do quieter, indie kind of movies, were you skeptical about starring in an action film like The Island?Djimon Hounsou: No, there's nothing wrong necessarily with bein read more

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Djimon Hounsou: Credits

Title Year Type
Never Back Down (Actor - Jean Roqua) 2008 Movie
Blood Diamond (Actor - Solomon Vandy) 2006 Movie
Eragon (Actor - Ajihad) 2006 Movie
Beauty Shop (Actor - Joe) 2005 Movie
The Island (Actor - Albert Laurent) 2005 Movie

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