Not unlike a certain medieval legend, the origins of two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou are humble. Born in what is now the African country of Benin, Hounsou immigrated to France at the ...

This marks Hounsou’s latest horror movie, after recently starring in Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place: Day One prequel, where he reprised his role as Henri from the 2020 sequel. He also ...

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 ...