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In which movie did he play the character of Cinqué?

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The answer is “Amistad,” Steven Spielberg’s 1997 historical drama film about the 1839 revolt aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad. Djimon Hounsou portrays Cinqué, a Mende tribesman from West Africa who led the rebellion against the ship's crew and was put on trial for murder and piracy in the United States.
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