Djimon Hounsou (Constantine and Guardians Of The Galaxy)

Djimon Hounsou is an incredibly talented Beninese expatriate model and actor. He’s been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has appeared in fantastic movies like Amistad, Gladiator, In America, Blood Diamond, and Furious 7.

In 2014, he was cast in Guardians of the Galaxy as the secondary villain, Korath the Pursuer. It was a relatively minor role in which the star was wasted – especially given that he died and won’t be reprising it – and it was made all the more disappointing by the fact that he announced that he wanted to prove that black actors could play worthwhile superhero characters with his performance.

His screen time was minimal; he worked under Ronan, who worked under Thanos, so he was essentially an underling. And he was killed when Dave Bautista’s Drax tore his cybernetic parts from his head. In 2005, he was also the minor character Papa Midnite, who was a witch doctor, in the less prominent Constantine.