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Howard in 2015
Born	Terrence Dashon Howard (1969-03-11) March 11, 1969 (age 56) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Lori McCommas ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2001)​ ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2007)​ Michelle Ghent ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2013)​ Mira Pak ​ ​ (m. 2013; div. 2015)​

Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. He is well-known for his roles in movies and TV shows. He has won a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for other big awards like an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Terrence Howard first appeared in a movie called Who's the Man? in 1993. He later received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow (2005). He also played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first Iron Man movie in 2008.

He has acted in many other films, including Ray (2004), Crash (2004), Four Brothers (2005), and The Butler (2013). He also lent his voice to the character James in the Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog (2009).

On television, he played Jackie Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) and Lucious Lyon in the popular musical drama series Empire from 2015 to 2020. Terrence Howard also made his Broadway debut in 2008 in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He released his first music album, Shine Through It, in 2008. In December 2022, he shared that he plans to retire from acting.

Early Life

Terrence Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 11, 1969. His parents were Tyrone and Anita Howard. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised by his great-grandmother, Minnie Gentry, who was also an actress. She passed away in 1993.

Acting Career

Terrence Howard started his acting journey in 1992. His first role was playing Jackie Jackson in the ABC miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream. He got his first big movie role in 1995 in Mr. Holland's Opus.

He continued to get roles in TV shows and movies. He co-starred in the TV series Sparks in the late 1990s. He also appeared in music videos for artists like Ashanti and Mary J. Blige.

Howard in 2005

Terrence Howard has mentioned that he chooses roles that help him learn about himself. He has also worked as a film producer, for example, on the 2007 film Pride. In 2008, he hosted the PBS series Independent Lens.

He was cast as Colonel James Rhodes in the 2008 movie Iron Man. He was the first major actor to sign on for the film. Later, he was replaced by actor Don Cheadle in the sequels to Iron Man.

Howard at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

In 2008, he made his Broadway debut. He played the character Brick in an all-African-American production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 2010, he joined the cast of Law & Order: Los Angeles as Deputy District Attorney Joe Dekker.

From 2015, Terrence Howard starred in the TV series Empire. He played Lucious Lyon, a hip-hop business owner. He also appeared in the TV series Wayward Pines as Sheriff Arnold Pope. In December 2022, he shared that he had mostly retired from acting a couple of years before.

Personal Life

As of 2007, Terrence Howard lives near Philadelphia. He has been married four times to three different women. He has five children and two grandchildren.

He first married Lori McCommas in 1993. They had three children together. They divorced in 2001 but remarried in 2005. They divorced again in 2007.

He married Michelle Ghent in 2010. They divorced in 2013.

He married his third wife, Mira Pak, in late 2013. They have two sons. They divorced in 2015 but later got engaged again in December 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Music videos

Video games

Awards and Honors

Howard at the 38th People's Choice Award (2012)

Honorary Fraternity Member

In 2010, Terrence Howard became an honorary member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

Discography

• Shine Through It (2008)

See also

In Spanish: Terrence Howard para niños