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Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, to Albertine and Pierre Hounsou. He emigrated to Paris at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond. One year before obtaining his college degree he dropped out of school. He lived on the streets for a while until he was discovered by fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who made him a model, leading him into acting.
Djimon'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 1990 Janet Jackson video “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”, 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 black African to be nominated for an Oscar. That same year, Charlize Theron, a South African actress was nominated for her work in Monster, and was the first time that two African-born performers 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.
On February 24, 2007, it was announced that Hounsou will be the new Calvin Klein underwear model. Starting with the Fall 2007 season, he will be featured in the brand’s global print advertising campaign including the launch of their new Calvin Klein Steel product line.
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. Also, David Jaffe expressed interest in seeing Djimon play the hero and main character, Kratos, in an upcoming movie based on the hit video game God of War.
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The Tempest
(2009)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren
Director: Julie Taymor
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Although Shakespeare's "The Tempest" centers on Prospero, an exiled duke-turned-sorcerer, the lead character has been rechristened Prospera for this film. Shakespeare's play mixes romance with fraternal politics and the supernatural. As revised for the screen, it will center around Prospera (Mirren)..read more »
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40%
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Push
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Chris Evans
Director: Paul McGuigan
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A group of people with special powers are being pursued by a top secret government agency. Only by banding together and uniting their powers do they have any hope of escaping them forever.
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60%
from 12,081 members
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Never Back Down - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Sean Faris, Wyatt Smith, Leslie Hope
Director: Jeff Wadlow
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Like THE KARATE KID with a Mixed Martial Arts kick, NEVER BACK DOWN centres on Jake Tyler, a new kid in town whose skills aren't enough to take on the school bully. So Jake begins to study the techniques of the hard-hitting sport under the tutelage of a gifted fighter (Djimon Hounsou, BLOOD DIAMOND)..read more »
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66%
from 1,598 member
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Never Back Down
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet
Director: Jeff Wadlow
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At his new high school, a rebellious teen (Faris) is lured into an underground fight club, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran (Hounsou).
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67%
from 10,909 members
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Eragon - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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Based on the first novel in Christopher Paolini's popular INHERITANCE trilogy, ERAGON is a fantastical adventure in a vein similar to that of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. A classic story of a quest driven by destiny and set in a land where elves, magicians, and humans ..read more »
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59%
from 2,113 members
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Blood Diamond
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Basil Wallace, Jennifer Connelly, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Edward Zwick
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An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsoue). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child ..read more »
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78%
from 85,833 members
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Eragon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Edward Speleers, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg - a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
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61%
from 32,975 members
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The Island
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou
Director: Michael Bay
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In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (Pearl Harbour, Armageddon), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
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63%
from 95,097 members
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Constantine
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.
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62%
from 73,663 members
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Island, The - HD DVD Version
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou
Director: Michael Bay
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In this action thriller from director Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR, ARMAGEDDON), survivors of global contamination live in a sterile, self-contained world where their every move is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, refrain from asking questions, and don't rock the boat. Everything they need ..read more »
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69%
from 622 members
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Constantine - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Having been born with the gift of being able to see the spirits that roam the Earth, John Constantine finds himself stuck between the boundaries of Heaven and Hell. Seeking salvation, he teams up with a sceptical LAPD cop who is investigating the suspicious death of her sister, and together they ..read more »
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69%
from 1,271 member
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Biker Boyz
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Orlando Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
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This eclectic entry in the "extreme sports" genre takes a close, fictionalized look at the world of California motorcycle clubs. (It is based on an L.A. New Times article.) The great Laurence Fishburne appears as Smoke, the unbeaten "king of Cali" motorcycle racing, and president of The Black ..read more »
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53%
from 2,615 members
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In America
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Jim Sheridan's autobiographical film, IN AMERICA, begins as Irish immigrants Johnny (Paddy Considine, ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS), his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton, SWEET & LOWDOWN), and their two daughters drive their wood-panelled station wagon across the Canadian border and into the United States. As ..read more »
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65%
from 15,618 members
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Deep Rising
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Aboard the luxury liner Argonautica, a mysterious and deadly presence makes mincemeat of vacationing passengers, leaving only a handful of terrified survivors adrift at sea. Enter a mercenary sailor and his crew, who board the ship in hopes of pilfering its riches--but instead find themselves the ..read more »
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62%
from 2,376 members
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Stargate
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
Director: Roland Emmerich
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In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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69%
from 16,291 members
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Stargate - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson
Director: Roland Emmerich
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In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government ..read more »
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74%
from 884 members
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In America - Not to be missed 30 December 2003
...o surprise to see the younger of the two take best actress in a supporting role.Djimon Hounsou is not a name that I have come across before but again a fine piece of acting b...
Don't miss this one 31 December 2006
