Forget An American Boy! 15 Foreign Men We Love
- By
Meghan Williams
Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Hounsou was born in the West African country of Benin but emigrated to France at the age of 13. A troubled youth; he would eventually drop out of school and become homeless. But such fineness would not go unnoticed. A chance meeting with French designer Thierry Mugler developed into a Parisian modeling career for Hounsou in 1987. By 1990, his modeling afforded him passage to the United States where his appearances in music videos, televisions shows, and movies – remember Amistad? – would catapult him to superstardom. But never one to forget where he came from, Hounsou opted to retain his Beninese citizenship upon becoming a naturalized US resident. You’ve just got to respect him for that.
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