Djimon Hounsou is an actor Franco - Bénin ois born the April 24th 1964 with Cotonou. It is known in particular for its roles in Gladiator, Amistad or Blood Diamond.

Biography

Djimon Hounsou arrives very early to France. It does not have whereas 13 years. It is found in Lyon in his brothers. But its studies not going, it launches out in the mannequinat, encouraged by its advantageous physique. In May 1987 it releases all and goes up on Paris, with the adventure. After weeks of galère to sleep in the street, it is located one morning washing itself in the fountain opposite the Beaubourg center, by a person working for Thierry Mugler. Its harmonious physique will jump to him to the eyes. It is the beginning of the fairy tale. It will become mannequin, for Thierry Mugler. It is thanks to this prestigious collaborations that it will pose for an album of dressmaker, and will turn in three videos realized by David Fincher: Roll With It , Express train Yourself and Straight Up , with the respective participations of Steve Winwood, Madonna and Paula Abdul. It also poses for the book of photographs of Herbert Ritts Men and women and takes part in the video of Janet Jackson, Love Will Never Do Without You .

Arrived in 1990 at Los Angeles to become there actor, it holds its first role this same year in Without You I' m Nothing, then, two years later in the thriller of Jonathan Kaplan, fatal Obsession, followed in 1994 of a participation in Stargate of Roland Emmerich. Steven Spielberg, by offering to him the role of Cinque in Amistad, provides him the occasion to hold a first role, for which it moreover has just been nominated with the Golden Globes in the category Meilleur actor.

Its physique and its African origins make of him the perfect actor for the roles of " costaud" or of indigêne good and intelligent that do not make it believe the others. Its roles of combatant, fellow-member of Russell Crowe, in Gladiator (2000), of detective in the Ball (2002), of Sudanese soldier in Brothers of the desert, of motorcyclist in Biker boyz (2003) and of tribal chief in Lara Croft Tomb Raider the cradle of the life. Jim Sheridan enables him however to vary its play of actor by entrusting to him the role of a mysterious painter, close to an Irish family coldly unloaded to New York, in In America (2004). He played more recently under the direction of Michael Bay in the action film The Island (2005), like in Eragon, a film of Heroic fantasy, left on the screens in 2006, and in which he incarnates the leader of a community rebelling against a tyrannical king. He also exploits in 2006 in Blood Diamond, a committed film of Edward Zwick invaluable the stone traffic resulting from African conflicts, at the sides of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Catalog of films

Between brackets, the name of the character that it interprête.

Cinema

Television (series)

  • 1998 : Urgencies - Season 5, in the episodes: 13,14,15,17,18,19 (Mobalage Ekabo)
  • 2003: Alias - Season 3, in the episode: 5,17,18 (Kazari Bomani)

Rewards

For its role in Blood Diamond, of Edward Zwick

Nominations

  • Best supporting role with the Oscars 2007
  • Best supporting role with the Black Real Awards 2007
  • Best supporting role with BFCA Award 2007
  • Best supporting role with the Image Award 2007
  • Best supporting role with the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007

Victories

  • Best supporting role with the Sierra Award 2007
  • Best supporting role with NBR Award 2007
  • Best supporting role with WAFCA Award 2007

See too

Random links:Coye-the-forest | Satanas and Diabolo | Mount the Sinai Hospital (New York) | Eisch | Montreal-draper

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