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Profile | プロフィール

Born / 生年月日
April 24, 1964 | Cotonou, Dahomey (now Benin)

Age / 年齢
61 years old (as of 2025)

Occupation / 職業
Actor, Producer

俳優、プロデューサー

Nationality / 国籍
Beninese / American (ベナン／アメリカ)

Biography | 経歴

[English] Djimon Hounsou is one of the most physically authoritative and quietly powerful screen performers in contemporary Hollywood. His presence is defined by an extraordinary fusion of physical command and internalized emotional intensity. Hounsou has dedicated his career to navigating the most extreme forms of historical and institutional injustice, from his breakout as Sengbe Pieh in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad (1997) to his Academy Award-nominated performances in In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006). His “performing intelligence” relies not on overt theatricality, but on a restrained behavioral authority that communicates the full weight of a character’s suffering and grace. With an aggregate career box office exceeding $8 billion, Hounsou stands as a profound humanistic force, consistently exceeding the generic constraints of the Hollywood system through the sheer seriousness of his artistry.

[日本語] ジャイモン・フンスーは、現代ハリウッドにおいて、最も身体的な説得力を持ち、かつ静かな力強さを湛えた主要なスクリーン・パフォーマーの一人です。その存在感は、並外れた肉体的威圧感と、内面化された深い感情的強度の融合によって定義されます。フンスーは、スティーヴン・スピルバーグ監督作***『アミスタッド』（1997年）でのシンベ・ピエ役による鮮烈なデビューから、アカデミー賞ノミネートを果たした『イン・アメリカ/三つの願いを込めて』（2002年）や『ブラッド・ダイヤモンド』***（2006年）に至るまで、歴史的・制度的不条理に直面する人間の姿を一貫して演じてきました。彼の演技的知性は、過剰な装飾を排し、抑制された立ち居振る舞いの中にキャラクターが背負う苦悩と恩寵のすべてを込める点にあります。出演作の累計興行収入が80億ドルを超えるという事実は、彼がハリウッドというシステムの枠組みを越え、その真摯な芸術性によって普遍的な人間性の勝利を証明し続けていることを物語っています。

Filmography | 主要出演作品

Feature Films — Selected (主要出演映画)

Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴

Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)

Nominated: 2 🌟

• Best Supporting Actor – In America (2004) 🌟
• Best Actor – Blood Diamond (2007) 🌟

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated:

• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – In America (2004) 🌟
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role – Blood Diamond (2007) 🌟

BAFTA Awards

Nominated:

• Best Supporting Actor – In America (2004) 🌟
• Best Actor in a Leading Role – Blood Diamond (2007) 🌟

Critics’ Choice Awards

Winner: 🏆

• Best Supporting Actor – In America (2004) 🏆

Black Reel Awards

Winner: Multiple 🏆

• Recognized multiple times across his career for his contribution to the representation of African and African diasporic experience in American cinema

Satellite Awards

Winner:

• Best Supporting Actor – In America (2004) 🏆

Other Honours

• The dual Academy Award nominations (In America and Blood Diamond) in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor categories respectively represent the most comprehensive single measure of institutional recognition of his performing gifts, and reflect the sustained quality of the performing intelligence that his finest work has most consistently demonstrated
• Recognized consistently by critics and industry observers as one of the most significantly underrecognized major screen performers in the history of Hollywood cinema—the specific pattern of his career (two Academy Award nominations alongside an extensive franchise and genre career) reflecting the specific institutional structures that have most consistently constrained the opportunities available to the Black actor of extraordinary gifts in the Hollywood system

Box Office Achievements | 興行成績

Career worldwide box office: Over $8 billion

External Links | 外部リンク

• IMDb
• Wikipedia (English)
• Wikipedia (日本語)