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Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-American actor and model. He began his career appearing in music videos, made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing and earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards. Hounsou became a naturalized American citizen in 2007. He was reluctant to renounce his Beninese citizenship and therefore opted to become a dual citizen of both Benin and the United States, effectively rendering him a Beninese-American. Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in 1964, to lbertine and Pierre Hounsou. He immigrated to Lyon in France at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond. In 1987, he became a model and established a career in Paris. He moved to the U.S. in 1990. One year before obtaining his college degree, he dropped out of school. In 1989, he appeared in a music video of Straight Up by Paula Abdul. Hounsou's film debut was in the 1990 Sandra Bernhard film Without You I’m Nothing, and he has had television roles 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).” 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 fourth African male to be nominated for an Oscar (along with Basil Rathbone, Cecil Kellaway and Omar Sharif). 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. In 2007, Hounsou began dating model/CEO of Baby Phat, Kimora Lee Simmons. In 2008 Hounsou and Simmons visited Hounsou's family and while there, the two participated in a traditional commitment ceremony. On May 30, 2009, Simmons gave birth to their son, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, reportedly named because Kenzo means 3 (Kimora's third child).
The movie opens with Batman, Martin Stein, and Ronald Raymond entering the Justice League Watchtower as all of the heroes gather for Batman's speech. Ronald asks why they're there but Batman doesn't say anything and goes up to the microphone. Just then Superman gets there and tells Batman that Darkseid's army is almost there. The Flash tells Batman that they should be preparing for doomsday but Batman tells him doomsday wont happen. All of the heroes start talking to each other about it until Batman tells everyone to be quiet. Superman asks why they should be listening to him, a human with no powers. Flash defends Batman but Batman says yes he is just a human and doesn't have powers but that makes him strong, the fact that he is there with nothing but he is still willing to fight alongside Gods to fight a God. He tells them that Darkseid is sending his nephew Steppenwolf to retrieve the 3 mother boxes and use them to find the Anti-Life Equation and they need to protect Earth at all costs. The movie climaxes with a huge battle between the League and Steppenwolf which ends in Superman taking all three boxes and hiding them while Flash and Green Lantern deliver the final blow to Steppenwolf. The movie ends with Darkseid telling Desaad that it is only a matter of time before he goes to Earth himself while the League celebrates their victory not knowing what is coming.
