Terrence Howard
Birth Name: Terrence Dashon Howard
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 11, 1969
Ethnicity: African-American
Terrence Howard is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His many roles include the films Hustle & Flow, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Iron Man, Crash, Idlewild, Pride, and Prisoners. He is the son of African-American parents, Anita Jeanine Williams (née Hawkins), who was born in Ohio, and Tyrone Howard, who was born in Alabama. His parents are sometimes cited as having recent part European ancestry, although the degree is unclear.
Terrence is married to model and restaurateur Mira Pak. He has three children with his former wife Lori McCommas; and two with Mira.
Terrence’s paternal grandmother is named Minnie.
Terrence’s maternal grandfather is named William Milton Hawkins.
Terrence’s maternal grandmother was Marjorie O. Gentry (the daughter of Lloyd/Floyd Gentry and Minnie Lee Watson). Marjorie was born in Ohio. Lloyd was the son of Foster W. Gentry and Ida M. Calloway. Terrence’s great-grandmother Minnie was known as an actress under her married name, Minnie Gentry. Minnie was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Taylor Watson and Marcie Bettie Annie Hayes.
Source: Obituary and picture of Terrence’s maternal grandmother, Marjorie O. (Gentry) Hawkins – http://www.houseoflawinc.com
correction caucasian should be changed to european
Most black Americans don’t look like this man. They look closer to Chris Rock.
He’s clearly mixed race
Have you seen most black Americans? No you have not. Plus the fact is , Chris rock is mixed blooded also , along with I believe the majority of the black population here. Looking more mixed blooded doesn’t mean you are. As I have stated before, Blair underwood is more mixed than Tyra banks, but who looks more mixed?
Yeah, but when someone is like 30% European and 70% Sub-Saharan African, they typically look more Black than White (E.g., Tyra Banks, RuPaul Charles, Quincy Jones, Vanessa Williams). People who are 50/50 often have parents of different races and different cultural blends, so to just call them Black only scratches the surface. Blair Underwood definitely doesn’t look 30% European. I just don’t think it’s good to make African American a dumping ground for all degrees of Blackness, when honestly, Whiteness is affecting everything and everyone wants to pretend it’s not factored into the equation.
Looks like a mixture of Black, Native, and European. Seen some Dominicans that resemble him.
That’s not hard to do,I seen Dominicans that could resemble everyone I know
No way he is all black with that hair!
Terrance is nothing but a light-skinned black man. Neither parent is/was biracial as claimed. According to his father, Tyrone Howard, Terrance has a revionist view on history and his genealogy. The Santa slaying wasn’t racially provoked and his father only served 11 months for manslaughter because it was self defense. Oh and his father doesn’t have “wavy hair and blue eyes” as Terrance claimed probably more like hazel, which isn’t that uncommon for African Americans. Here’s a newspaper article with a picture of his father: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1971/12/27/page/24/article/2-worlds-clash-in-christmas-tragedy
Also Terrance claims there hasn’t been a person of full African ancestry in his family for hundreds of years BUT his great grandmother was a dark-skinned woman, a fellow thespian as well. Here’s her obit with a picture: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=14812488&page=gr
I agree, he is overwhelmingly black. Its so annoying how this site tries to mix up every black person who looks different from thier stereotype. Its actually racist.
Yup, no way he is. I knew a guy 1/2 Ghanaian and 1/2 Swiss-German and he totally had hair like that; tight tiny curls. The texture looks like that of someone mixed.
Looks like mexican/ blacks I’ve seen.
Agreed.