Djimon Hounsou is a very popular and highly skilled actor who is very underpaid…

Reblogged from the New York Post:

(with photos from other sources)

Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou says he’s ‘still struggling to make a living,’ blames ‘systematic racism’

By 

Eric Todisco

Published Jan. 12, 2025, 10:08 a.m. (New York Post)

Djimon Hounsou is “struggling to make a living” despite his Hollywood success

Djimon Hounsou hasn’t had a fairytale career in Hollywood

Despite being a two-time Oscar-nominated actor who has appeared in blockbuster films, Hounsou, 60, recently revealed that he’s “still struggling to make a living” in the industry.

“I’ve been in the filmmaking business for over two decades with two Oscar nominations and many blockbuster films, and yet, I’m still struggling financially,” he said on CNN’s “African Voices Changemakers.”

“I’m definitely underpaid,” he added.

From Positive Press:

I saw Hounsou in Amistad, The Island, Blood Diamond, A Quiet Place: Day One, and many more; he is prolific, talented and appealing as a character actor. I hope he starts getting paid what white actors do. It is a disgrace that he has not, to date.

Not only that, but if studios are featuring him in movies (like Amistad, for example) about racial injustice, but not paying him well, that is hypocritical as well.