Viola Davis's husband is Julius William Tennon, a Texas-born actor and producer with more than three decades of screen experience. The couple first met in 1999 on the set of a CBS medical drama, married four years later, and have since built both a family and a thriving production company together. Tennon's story — former college football player turned Hollywood insider — is every bit as compelling as the love story that brought them together.
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Shevonda Diana Tennon, Duriel Dwight Tennon (from previous marriages); Genesis Tennon (adopted with Viola Davis)
Julius Tennon is an accomplished film, television, and theatre producer and actor with over thirty years of experience. He was born on 24 December 1953 in Austin, Texas, and is perhaps best known as the husband of actress Viola Davis. Long before the Hollywood credits, though, Tennon was building an unlikely dual identity — part linebacker, part thespian.
Tennon has a beautiful speaking voice that his English teacher noticed during a seventh-grade poetry unit. The following year, he memorised and performed Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Athletics proved equally natural.
