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Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor, singer, and television actor who began his professional career in 1992. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 11, 1969, he is a citizen of the United States. Howard received his education at the Pratt Institute. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
As a musician, Howard performs with his voice and is associated with Columbia Records. His musical work has been tagged with genres including blues, soul, rnb, rap, and Smooth Jazz. He speaks, writes, and signs in English.
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies,…
Known for
- Turnbuckle2026
- BFFs2025
- Shirley — Arthur Hardwick Jr.2024
- A Look Through His Lens — Self2024
- Skeletons in the Closet — Mark2024
- Crescent City — Brian Sutter2024
- Showdown at the Grand — George Fuller2023
- The Walk — Lamont Robbins2022
- The System — Bones2022
- The Best Man: The Final Chapters — Quentin2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1969
Discography
- Shine Through It2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,685
- Total plays
- 67,154
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Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor, singer and Rapper. Having appeared in film and on television since the late 1980s, Howard had his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television and film roles between 2004 and 2006. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Terrence
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- television producer
- Educated at
- Pratt Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Terrence Howard - Monte-Carlo.jpg
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- Terrence Howard
- date of birth
- 1969-03-11
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- birth name
- Terrence Dashon Howard
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor performing on film and television. He has received a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards.
Howard made his film debut in a minor role in the buddy comedy Who's the Man? (1993). In 1995 he had a minor role in Mr. Holland's Opus. He later was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a pimp and drug dealer in Hustle & Flow (2005). He played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man (2008).
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