Djimon Hounsou

Q: Has Djimon Hounsou won any major awards?

Hounsou has been nominated for several prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for 'In America' and 'Blood Diamond', though he has not won an Oscar.

Q: What was Djimon Hounsou's first film?

Hounsou's first film role was in 'Without You I'm Nothing' (1990), where he appeared alongside comedian Sandra Bernhard.

Q: What is Djimon Hounsou's estimated net worth?

Djimon Hounsou's estimated net worth is around $12 million, attributed to his successful career in acting and modeling.

Q: How did Djimon Hounsou start his career?

Hounsou began his career as a model after being discovered by a scout in Paris, leading to his transition into acting in the early 1990s.

Q: What character did Djimon Hounsou play in 'Gladiator'?

In 'Gladiator', Djimon Hounsou portrayed Juba, a fellow gladiator who forms a bond with the main character, Maximus.

Q: Does Djimon Hounsou have any children?

Yes, Djimon Hounsou has one son named Kenzo Lee Hounsou, born in 2009 during his marriage to Kimora Lee Simmons.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Djimon Hounsou's acting style?

Hounsou is known for his intense performances and deep, resonant voice, which adds gravitas to his roles in both dramatic and action films.

Known for

Blood Diamond (2006)

IMDb 8.0 / 10

2006 / Adventure, Drama / 143 min

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering...

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

IMDb 8.0 / 10

2014 / Action, Adventure / 121 min

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted...

Gladiator (1992)

IMDb 6.5 / 10

1992 / Action / 101mins

Chicago's slimiest fight promoter introduces a promising young athlete to the dark side of illegal boxing.

Name

Djimon Hounsou

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Born

2 April 1964, Cotonou, Benin

Spouses

Kimora Lee Simmons (2008–2012)

Children

1 child, Kenzo Lee Hounsou

Parents

Pierre Hounsou, Agnes Hounsou

Estimated Net Worth

$12 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Passenger Hassan, a Somali-American airport shuttle driver in Minneapolis, is struggling to make ends meet. When Lloyd, a stranded twenty-something at...	Hassan	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2026	Movie Thrash When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge brings devastation, chaos, and something far more frightening...	Dr. Dale Edwards	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2026	Movie Twisted Two millennials make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know...	Dr. Kezian	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2024	Movie A Quiet Place: Day One As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive...	Henri	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2024	Movie Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver The rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge...	Titus	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2024	Movie Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon Go behind the scenes with director Zack Snyder and the cast and crew of his epic sci-fi saga as they...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2024	Movie OZI: Voice of the Forest Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who...	Jojo	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes...	Titus	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Gran Turismo The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions...	Steve Mardenborough	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	Movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action...	Wizard	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2022	Movie Black Adam Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam...	Wizard	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	TV BIANCA Unfiltered and unexpected when Bianca Ingrosso invites Swedish and international stars to Sweden's new big talk show - BIANCA.	Self - Guest	Not rated
2022	Movie Janet Jackson: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits Released on August 24, 2022, in Japan by Universal Music Group as a part of the Japanese Singles Collection album...	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	Movie Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from...	Sumo (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	Movie The King's Man As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one...	Shola	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2021	Movie Kimana Tuskers There are fewer than 20 tuskers left on earth, where ivory still sweeps the ground. Filmed throughout the Greater Amboseli...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2021	Movie Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!	Korath (voice) (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV What If...? Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and...	Korath (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	Movie A Quiet Place Part II Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into...	Man on Island	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2021	TV INVINCIBLE Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the...	Martian Emperor (voice)	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2019	Movie Charlie's Angels Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way...	Edgar Bosley	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	TV The Longest Day in Chang'an Chang'an. The city of Eternal Peace. China's ancient imperial capital and the world's most magnificent metropolis. Its treasures and wealth...	Ge Lao	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2019	Movie Shazam! A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.	Wizard	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Captain Marvel The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in...	Korath	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie Serenity The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends...	Duke	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Aquaman Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being...	King Ricou (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven captures the vibrant tales of Voodoo in West Africa. Following actor Djimon Hounsou...	Host	Not rated
2017	Movie Same Kind of Different as Me International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his...	Denver	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no...	Bedivere	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	Movie I Am Heath Ledger The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie The Legend of Tarzan Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the...	Chief Mbonga	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie Air In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society...	Cartwright	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Vatican Tapes In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films...	Vicar Imani	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2015	TV Dragons: Race to the Edge Unlock the secrets of the Dragon Eye and come face to face with more dragons than anyone has ever imagined...	Drago (voice)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2015	TV Wayward Pines Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able...	CJ Mitchum	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Furious 7 Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.	Mose Jakande	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Seventh Son John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country...	Radu	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after...	Korath	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2014	Movie How to Train Your Dragon 2 Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast...	Drago (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2013	Movie Baggage Claim Although she has traveled all over the world, flight attendant Montana Moore has yet to find a man with whom...	Quinton Jamison	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	TV Dish Nation Dish Nation is a nightly "entertainment"/celebrity news program which attempts to satirize pop culture. Dish Nation features radio personalities from...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2011	Movie Special Forces Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit...	Commander Kovax	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie Elephant White An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.	Curtie Church	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie The Tempest An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of...	Caliban	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2010	Movie Black Panther Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability...	T'Challa	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	TV Black Panther Deep in the heart of Africa lies Wakanda, an advanced and unconquerable civilization. A family of warrior kings possessing superior...	Black Panther (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Push After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles...	Henry Carver	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie Never Back Down Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new...	Jean Roqua	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2007	Movie A Place in Time The film takes a look at the daily lives of people in more than two dozen countries around the world...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Eragon In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on...	Ajihad	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2006	Movie Blood Diamond An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for...	Solomon Vandy	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	Movie Strength and Honor: Production Pods Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the...	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie The Island In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of...	Albert Laurent	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2005	Movie Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scribes: Story Development, The...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie Beauty Shop Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a...	Joe	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2005	Movie Constantine John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious...	Midnite	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2004	Movie Renegade U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans...	Woodhead	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2003	Movie In America A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death...	Mateo	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a...	Kosa	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2003	Movie Biker Boyz A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King...	Motherland	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie The Four Feathers A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan...	Abou Fatma	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie Dead Weight After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.	Detective Youssouf	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	TV Alias Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working...	Kazari Bomani	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	Movie The Middle Passage A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave...	Narrator (voice - U.S. Version)	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2000	TV Soul Food Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May...	Victor Onuka	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2000	Movie Gladiator After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable...	Juba	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1998	TV The Wild Thornberrys Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan,...	Villager (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie Deep Rising A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only...	Vivo	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1997	Movie Amistad In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves...	Cinque	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Ill Gotten Gains WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men...	Fyah	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1994	Movie Stargate An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god...	Horus	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	TV ER ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and...	Mobalage Ikabo	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	Movie Killing Zoe Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his...	Moïse (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1992	Movie Unlawful Entry Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery...	Prisoner on Bench	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	TV Beverly Hills, 90210 Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending...	Nightclub Doorman	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	Movie Without You I'm Nothing Sandra Bernhard stars in a studio version of her off-Broadway show, blending re-enactments of the original show's pieces with concept...	Ex-Boyfriend	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Highlander A 16th-century Scottish warrior discovers that he is not human, but an ageless "immortal", and destined to fight with others...	Sunda Kastagir	Not rated
TBA	Movie Red Card A journey from the rolling grasslands of Kenya’s Maasai Mara to the Moroccan port city of Casablanca.	Max Elmi	Not rated
TBA	Movie One Last Fight British ex-Muay Thai champion turned instructor Marcus and his wife Ammara, who are running a training camp in Bangkok. While...	Tiga	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Bleeding Ground When an entitled, newly appointed president of a big oil firm is kidnapped in Nigeria's Delta by an environmental militant,...	Idoma Kwali	Not rated
TBA	Movie African History Y A story of tragedy and redemption.	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2018	Movie In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven captures the vibrant tales of Voodoo in West Africa. Following actor Djimon Hounsou...	Director Directing	Not rated
2011	Movie Elephant White An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10

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2026 / TMDB 5.6

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2026 / TMDB 6.1

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2026 / TMDB 4.4

A Quiet Place: Day One

2024 / TMDB 6.6

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

2024 / TMDB 6.1

Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon

2024 / TMDB 6.3

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What are some of Djimon Hounsou's most notable films?

Djimon Hounsou is known for his roles in 'Blood Diamond', 'Gladiator', and 'In America'. He has also appeared in films like 'Furious 7' and 'Aquaman'.

Has Djimon Hounsou won any major awards?

What was Djimon Hounsou's first film?

What is Djimon Hounsou's estimated net worth?

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What character did Djimon Hounsou play in 'Gladiator'?

Does Djimon Hounsou have any children?

What is a defining characteristic of Djimon Hounsou's acting style?