Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as James Rhodes in Iron Man and its video game adaptation. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as DJay in the movie Hustle and Flow. His other notable roles include Winnie, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, August Rush, The Brave One, and Prisoners.
Terrence Dashon Howard was born on 11th March 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He belongs to African-American ethnicity and his birth sign is Pisces.
Talking about his family, he is the son of Tyrone Howard and Anita Jeanine Wiliams. He was physically abused by his father when he was a child. His father also stabbed another man in front of Terrence when he was 2 years old.
Howard's parents divorced after his father served 11 months in jail. He was raised by his great-grandmother with his 4 siblings 3 brothers Antonio Howard, Tyrone Howard Jr., Darnell Williams, and a sister Ariana Williams.
Talking about Terrence Education, he said in an interview he had earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from South Carolina State University and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Hunmane Letters from the South Carolina State University.
He never attended the university and he told the university is not empowered to confer doctorates in chemical engineering.
Terrence was married five times to three different women and has five kids and two grandchildren.
He is married to Lori McCommas in 1989 and in 4 years they got divorced and again remarried in 2005. The Howard has three children from his first wife, two daughters Aubrey and Heaven and a son Hunter.
The couple divorced the second time in 2007.
Later in 2010 he married Michelle Ghent and divorced in February 2011. His second wife filed for a restraining order for him physically violence with his wife.
Howard took his third-time marriage vows with model and restaurateur Mira Pak in 2013. The couple welcomed their first child Qirin Love in 2015 and second son Hero in 2016.
The couple got divorced in 2015 and again got engaged and remarried in December 2018.
As of 2019, Terrence Howard has an estimated net worth of $5 million which is similar to celebrity Joe Dinicol and Megan Cushing net worth.
His primary source of income is from his career as an actor in Hollywood movies and television series. Here are some movies with his salary included.
Movie | Released Date | Salary |
Hustle & Flow | 2005 | $12,000 |
Idlewild | 2006 | $40,000 |
Iron Man | 2008 | $3,500,000 |
Fighting | 2009 | $1,750,000 |
Winnie | 2011 | $1,000,000 |
American actor debuted from the television series All My Children as Justin in one episode in 1992 and he first appeared as Customer in 1993 movie Who's the Man?. He appeared in various movies and television series after that.
Terrence got his major role as Quentin Spivey in 1999 movie The Best Man from which he was nominated for different awards and Cameron Thayer in 2004 movie Crash for which he was nominated in various awards. A year later his character Djay in Hustle & Flow was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor.
He also shared his screen presence with various actors like Mark Wahlberg and Tyrese Gibson in the 2005 movie Four Brother, Robert Downey Jr. in 2008 Iron Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2014 movie Sabotage and many more.
Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer.
He is 50 years old, as of 2019.
Terrence stands 6 feet or 184 cm.
As of 2019, he has a net worth of $5 million.