Djimon Hounsou
Hounsou in 2006, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Djimon Gaston Hounsou
Place of Birth: Cotonou, Republic of Dahomey (now Benin)
Date of Birht: April 24, 1964
Ethnicity: Beninese
Djimon Hounsou is an actor and model. He is known for his roles in the films Amistad, In America, and Blood Diamond, among others. He received Academy Award nominations for the latter two. Djimon was born in Cotonou, Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), the son of Albertine and Pierre Hounsou. He moved to Lyon, France, when he was thirteen years old, and to the U.S., c. 1990. He has citizenship in Benin and the U.S.
Benin is a West African country located next to Nigeria.
Djimon has a son with his former partner, fashion designer and model Kimora Lee Simmons.
Finally. Some respect and breakdown of African roots.
He’s mixed! Me and him are related. He’s Scottish, English, Navajo, African like me! LOL
I though he was german. LOL
GOOD ONE. I JUST LOGGED ON HIS PAGE TO SEE WHO WILL CLAIM WHO
Why not? If people don’t know, which ethnic has a celebrity, they just post “he’s german”
TRUE
Where is his pic? I hope, he’s coloured. It would be
even more witty
HE IS 100% AFRICAN NO DOUBT. LONG LIVE AFRICA
O’k, Lopac just trolls all persons (with psychical problems), who claim desperate, that Eisenberg,
Trachtenberg etc. are “german”
LMFAO