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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).
Djimon Hounsou
Martian Manhunter
for Martian Manhunter in Vigilante: New York War
Suggested by matthewfenner
In the grim underbelly of New York City on Earth-56732, Adrian Chase has worn the mask of Vigilante for fifteen relentless years — a one-man crusade against the rot that the Justice League’s spotlight never reaches. A former district attorney turned executioner, Adrian long abandoned faith in the legal system after seeing corruption infect both the courts and capes alike. His war reignites when Lennie Allen — a ruthless British aristocrat turned drug kingpin — brings a new narcotic empire to the city. Protected by an army of mercenaries and politicians on his payroll, Lennie’s network poisons the streets and tightens its grip on the city’s pulse. To take him down, Adrian must cross lines even he once swore never to breach. As Vigilante hunts through the blood-soaked alleys of Gotham’s sister city, he faces a war not just for justice, but for his soul. His pursuit of Lennie drags him through nightclubs, docks, and luxury penthouses — each encounter more brutal and desperate than the last. When Adrian uncovers that Lennie’s trade funds a larger network tied to foreign syndicates, his mission transforms from vengeance to eradication. Haunted by ghosts of his victims and hunted by both heroes and police, Adrian Chase becomes the embodiment of moral decay — a man who fights monsters by becoming one. In the end, only one truth remains: redemption may be impossible, but punishment is absolute.
