Biography: A Beninese-American actor and model. 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, Ed
Born: April 24, 1964 in Cotonou, Benin
FILMOGRAPHY
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Directors:
John Krasinski
Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
Directors:
Joel B. Marsden